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David Maynier said the tourism and hospitality industry were already hard-hit, and jobs were being lost as a result of the continued closure of the beaches, the...
This is after three farm workers died, and more than 20 people were injured in an accident near Worcester on Monday.
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi on Tuesday updated the National Assembly on progress made in dealing with corruption linked to the COVID-19 relief.
As businesses felt the crunch of the coronavirus lockdown, tens of thousands of people looked to the UIF for financial help.
Nxesi said this was necessary following a report by the Auditor-General into disbursements during the lockdown, which found a number of risks.
Workers marched through the Pretoria CBD most of the day to register their discontent with the current state of the economy, lack of an efficient public transport system and non-payment of public sector wage increases, among other issues.
Nxesi has on Wednesday afternoon unpacked findings relating to the UIF COVID-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief (TER) Scheme.
The decision was taken because the auditor general has found evidence wrongdoing in the spending of COVID-19 relief funds.
Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu released a report on Wednesday on the real-time auditing that his office was requested by President Cyril Ramaphosa to do in order to track how funds were being spent.
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Parliament heard on Tuesday how hundreds of Department of Employment and Labour staffers had been infected, including its political head Minister Thulas Nxesi.
Minister Nxesi tested positive for COVID-19 last week and had been in self-quarantine at his home.
In a statement, the department said Thulas Nxesi was in isolation and would continue to work from home.
The minister said the UIF was working around the clock to ensure that the outstanding payments were processed as soon as possible.
More than 59,000 applications have been received from companies and over R3 billion paid out so far.
Speaking after a walkabout at the UIF extended call centre, Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi said directives were being amended and the large volume of UIF claims were the reason for the big delay in payment.
The minister said this was a major problem and he was in contact with police on how to clamp down on this.
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi, trade unionists and employers' organisations from South Africa will form part of over five hundred delegates in attendance.
The organisation held the four-day gathering after the Labour Registrar threatened to deregister the union if it failed to hold a congress in line with its constitution.