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GroundUp reports that people in Mamelodi trying to claim their Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) money or to report work-related problems to the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) have been left frustrated.
This after the department closed its office in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria, due to safety concerns. According spokesperson for the department, Teboho Thejane, the office closed on 6 August because of “sporadic service delivery protests targeted towards the Tshwane municipality”. The offices are in a building inside gated premises that also house offices of the City of Tshwane. There are two security guards at the entrance to the precinct. “The security risk assessment report suggested that it was not safe for the department to operate from the said building and as such, alternative office accommodation must be sourced. The staff of Mamelodi labour centre were then requested to report at the Pretoria labour centre … Clients from Mamelodi are currently serviced at the Pretoria labour centre,” Thejane indicated. A sign pasted on the DEL office window advises that the offices have been closed indefinitely and that people should use the online service. But, the Tshwane municipal offices – the ‘target’ of the protests – are open and functioning. Mamelodi resident Mozi Mtashe complained that the UIF’s online system has not been operational. Thejane acknowledged that the DEL’s online application system had had challenges, but said they had since been resolved.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Warren Mabona at GroundUp
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