Unemployment Insurance Fund's Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme for the duration of lockdown alert level 4 to support the hospitality industry and its employees.
This after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday that SA will move to a higher lockdown level due to a surge in Covid-19 cases.Restaurants are closed for sit-ins and are only allowed to open for deliveries and takeaways, said Ramaphosa. “The Covid-19 Ters scheme came to an end in March, but the lockdown did not. For as long as the government prevents people from participating in the economy, it has a duty to mitigate the devastating economic impact with financial assistance,” the DA said on Monday.