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Cape Argus reports that a case of fraud has been opened against a Western Cape non-profit organisation (NPO) for illegally applying for, and receiving, nearly R5 million from the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s (UIF’s) Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters).
Uniondale Integrated Empowerment Project (Uniep) is an NPO contracted by the Department of Public Works to perform Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) projects in the small agricultural town of Uniondale. The UIF’s provincial chief inspector David Esau reported: “This case came about when the department received and responded to a complaint about an employer in Uniondale who claimed for Ters funds on behalf of 520 employees even though their contract of employment was terminated on March 25. Not only did the Uniep, which employs approximately 520 workers, apply illegally for the funds, but they also kept part of the proceeds in the name of bank charges, which meant that the employer benefited illegally to the tune of R96 000. The inspectorate established that R4.7m was paid out to the employer in Ters money. The matter will now be registered with the Oudtshoorn police as a fraud case because the employer declared that the employees are receiving reduced salaries and are still employed, even though the department can confirm that the contracts of the employees were terminated in March.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mwangi Githathu at Cape Argus
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