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Labour minister Thulas Nxesi said on Friday his department's budget for the 2021/22 financial year had shrunk by R351m.

He said the Unemployment Insurance Fund had set aside a budget of R2.4bn for the Labour Activation Programme , which included:R1.4bn for the funding of new projects linked to employment opportunities.

He said the compensation fund had committed 10% [R7bn] of its investment portfolio towards growth and job creation. In his budget speech, Nxesi also mentioned that the national minimum wage had been increased by 4.5% to R21.69 per hour, from March 1.

 

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Nxesi was crying after being reshuffled by Zuma as minister of public works to sports . He said , it was a demotion . Today the minister is unable to process UIF relief fund applications

I would like to know if president Ramaphosa were to be given a chance of telling d nation his favorite ministers, would be Nxesi part of the chosen one 🤔 n if not why still a minister 🙄

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