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Following the strict lockdown regulations currently in place in South Africa, many breweries and micro-brewers are struggling to keep their doors open. Owner of Just Brewing Co. Julian Pienaar had to close a restaurant he co-owned and let some of his staff go, but managed to keep three out of his eight employees, including the chef who now works in his brewery. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey-Makhaza

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'I don’t want anybody else to go through this': SA's business cost of COVID-19

By Theto Mahlakoana

SMMEs are not coping with the effects of the pandemic, while fraud and suspicions hovering over temporary relief schemes has not given businesses much faith.

  • Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) commissioner Teboho Maruping. Picture: @UIFBenefits/Twitter

    UIF: SIU still probing matters relating to suspension of top officials

    UIF spokesperson Makhosini Buthelezi on Wednesday told Eyewitness News that the SIU had indicated that it could release its report on the investigation at the Department of Employment and Labour later this month.

    131 days ago
  • FILE: Minister of Employment and Labour Thulas Nxesi at an inter-ministerial briefing on 24 March 2020 detailing how government will respond ahead of and during the 21-day lockdown announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Nxesi: Auditor-General’s UIF TER scheme report points to faults within system

    Nxesi has on Wednesday afternoon unpacked findings relating to the UIF COVID-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief (TER) Scheme.

    229 days ago
  • Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi delivers his department's budget vote before MPs in Parliament on 10 July 2019. Picture: @deptoflabour/Twitter

    Nxesi confirms he’s suspended UIF Commissioner Maruping

    The decision was taken because the auditor general has found evidence wrongdoing in the spending of COVID-19 relief funds.

    229 days ago
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