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Dead people among those who benefited in UIF looting

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Inmates, government employees, dead people and government-funded students are among the thousands who illegally benefited from the government’s multi-billion fund meant to help workers affected by the lockdown . UIF

Labour and Employment Minister Thulas Nxesi has expressed dismay at the mismanagement of these funds and potential criminality within the UIF.

“The director-general of the department has suspended the UIF management, the chief financial officer, the chief operating officer and the head of the supply chain. These moves allow for the Special Investigating Unit to conclude its forensic investigations completely unfettered,” he said. He said he noted that there had also been overpayment and underpayment, and he took the numerous breaches seriously.

The department’s chief operating officer, Marsha Bronkhorst, has been seconded as the acting commissioner for the UIF. He said out private companies implicated in the looting of the UIF would also be brought to book for inflating their TERs claims.

 

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