Latest articles on Covid-19 relief scheme

UIF resumes relief payments after investigation delay

Business Thando Maeko - 26 Aug 2020

Temporary relief payments were suspended pending an investigation, but the UIF says it’s back on track

Workers battle for UIF payouts

Business Chris Gilili - 26 Jun 2020

Snarl-ups at the Unemployment Insurance Fund and bosses not assisting employees worsens people’s suffering

What happened to the Covid-19 special grant?

Business Dennis Webster - 27 May 2020

The newly established grant intended to bring informal economy workers into South Africa’s social security net during the lockdown has had a disastrous start

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Workers with noncompliant bosses can now access Covid-19 relief scheme

Business Sarah Smit - 26 May 2020

Last week the department of labour announced that more than R14-billion had been paid to workers, but some are still struggling to access the fund

Lockdown relief scheme payouts to employees tops R14-billion

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 21 May 2020

Now employers and employees can apply to the Unemployment Insurance Fund for relief scheme payments

Virus shakes up taxi sector

Business Thando Maeko - 7 May 2020

Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdown have continued to tear through profits in the taxi industry, requiring the sector to formulate a new approach for how it operates, even beyond the pandemic

Domestic workers are hit hard by lockdown

Coronavirus Sarah Smit - 7 May 2020

According to UIF data, only 15 888 domestic workers, of a possible 673 940, have been paid from the Covid-19 Temporary employer-employee relief scheme

Macroeconomic policy options beyond Covid-19 depression

Coronavirus Alexis Habiyaremye, Peter Jacobs, Pelontle Lekomanyane & Olebogeng Molewa - 7 May 2020

Measures need to lay the foundations of a new economy and society post the pandemic

How to claim the Covid-19 UIF benefit

Article Sarah Smit - 28 Apr 2020

In a statement, the fund emphasised that all businesses with workers, “from spaza shops to hair salons” who are registered with the UIF can apply for this relief

Covid-19 crisis: Audit offices must rise to the occasion

Article Kimi Makwetu - 28 Apr 2020

The government’s good work can easily be undone should the risks of fraud and corruption not be addressed proactively

The Great Recession looms in South Africa’s future

Article André Roux - 27 Apr 2020

The extent and length of the journey depend on a few factors, but a hard landing seems unavoidable

Covid-19 economic relief package gets a R800-billion boost

Article Tshegofatso Mathe & Thando Maeko - 24 Apr 2020

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has outlined the fiscal and monetary policy interventions implemented by the government in its fight against Covid-19

Watch it again: Mboweni’s address on Covid-19 relief measures

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Apr 2020

The finance minister will brief the media following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of an R500-billion package of economic measures aimed at addressing challenges facing the economy

Staypozi, Cyril’s new TV serial

Article Paddy Harper - 23 Apr 2020

The boss isn’t going to end the lockdown in six days time — not if he’s called out the army and got a welfare grant from the World Bank

Employers are now compelled to claim Covid-19 relief from the UIF

Article Sarah Smit - 17 Apr 2020

In the first weeks of the lockdown, workers reported that they had been left with nothing to survive on as their employers failed to apply to the UIF

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The tender that keeps on giving

Athandiwe Saba - 18 Sep 2020

A battle between three North West departments has exposed how a firm was paid half a billion rand (and counting) for a R122-million contract

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SANDF mum on serial rapist claim

Sabelo Skiti - 17 Sep 2020

An internal report on sexual offences at a military academy says the defence force failed a deceased rape victim and has called for an internal investigation

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SA’s level best: Welcome to the new normal

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It’s a lifestyle that South Africans will have to maintain as the country navigates an almost post-lockdown situation in which the coronavirus remains very alive and active

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Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

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Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

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Recyling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

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special reports - 18 Sep 2020

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special reports - 16 Sep 2020

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CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

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Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

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