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BDLive reports that MPs were told on Wednesday that improvements had been made by the Compensation Fund in processing claims, but the troubled organisation was not yet out of the woods.
The fund has been in a chaotic financial state for many years, receiving repeated adverse opinions from the auditor general. Claims by injured workers, hospitals and doctors have taken a long time to pay out, resulting in threatened litigation. Labour Department director general Thobile Lamati gave an update to Parliament’s labour portfolio committee on progress made since the top management of the fund was replaced. Lamati said there had been improvements in dealing with claims since their processing had been automated. The fund was also responding more quickly to the complaints received. New commissioner Vuyo Mafata described the various initiatives underway to strengthen the administration of the fund.
- Read this report by Linda Ensor in full at BDLive
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