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SowetanLive reports that Cosatu has called on the government to urgently deal with allegations of serious corruption at the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF).
The institution plays a critical role in helping workers who have lost their jobs. But, it was reported at the weekend that the UIF blew R221m in three months, training over 14,000 workers in KwaZulu-Natal who were already employed and being paid a monthly stipend through a conditional grant from the national department of basic education. Cosatu spokesperson Sizwe Pamla said the report of “dubious” courses costing millions of rand was deeply alarming. “It is also disheartening that this comes after allegations emerged a couple of months ago that UIF was fleeced of about R1.7bn through some questionable investments, including the R2.7bn which was reported to have been flagged by the A-G’ s office. These are big sums of money which should be paid to deserving workers who have no income replacement,” Pamla said. He claimed that it had become clear to the federation that the Department of Employment and Labour could not be trusted to run the UIF as it has become a “slush fund for corrupt elements in both government and the private sector”. He went on to say: “The federation will be engaging with other labour federations and stakeholders on a roadmap to overhaul the UIF and ensure it is an efficient institution that can provide efficient services to workers. We will also be calling on President (Cyril Ramaphosa) to put the UIF under administration with certain conditions to protect this institution against further looting both in government and the private sector.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Penwell Dlamini at SowetanLive
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