The government’s relief scheme for workers has been extended until mid-September, but the payment of benefits has been suspended.
“While understanding the frustration this might cause, we are committed to pay deserving and authentic workers,” Buthelezi said.This is the second time, in less than a month, that the payment of Ters has been suspended. At the end of August, payments were suspended for a day so that the Unemployment Insurance Fund could address weaknesses in the online system that could expose it to potential fraud.
last until the state of disaster ended, but final confirmation on funding availability for that was awaited. The scheme was initially supposed to cover three months, from April to June, and was one of the main pillars of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s R500bn relief package to shield workers and protect some economic activity with the country facing the biggest GDP contraction in almost a century.
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