Business

New rules for anyone employing a domestic worker in South Africa

Johannesburg – South African households employing undocumented foreign domestic workers could face hefty fines under proposed amendments to employment... Read more

20 Oct

Countries

Government officials hiring domestic workers in trouble over labour compliance

Cape Town – Domestic workers employed at South Africa’s parliamentary villages are set to face inspections after concerns were... Read more

23 Sep

Business

You may be sending your UIF claim to a dead website

Queues at the Department of Labour office in Cape Town. Some people claining unemployment benefits online may be sending... Read more

20 May

Countries

Department of Labour employee among 10 arrested in UIF scam

Bloemfontein – In a major operation against organised crime and corruption, the Free State Provincial Organised Crime Investigations unit,... Read more

20 Mar

Countries

Three women busted in R825 000 UIF scam

Cape Town – Three women have been arrested in Limpopo in connection with an alleged fraud and corruption scheme... Read more

9 Jan

Countries

After six weeks UIF online system still down

For more than six weeks the Unemployment Insurance Fund online service has been down. By Mary-Anne Gontsana The UIF... Read more

6 Oct, 2024

Countries

SA agriculture needs to crack the Chinese market. How to boost exports

Wandile Sihlobo, Stellenbosch University South Africa’s agricultural sector has more than doubled in value and volume terms since 1994.... Read more

15 Sep, 2024

Countries

UIF Commissioner Tebogo Maruping suspended following R5bn Thuja Holdings deal

Cape Town — The Minister of Employment and Labour, Nomakhosazana Meth, placed the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Commissioner, Tebogo... Read more

14 Sep, 2024

Countries

UIF online services frozen in court battle

Scores of people queued outside the labour office in Cape Town’s city centre on Wednesday. The UIF’s online portal... Read more

6 Sep, 2024

Business

My three-month battle with the Unemployment Insurance Fund

Queues at the offices of the Department of Labour in Cape Town. Archive photo: Qaqamba Falithenjwa By Sean Houghton... Read more

15 Aug, 2024