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Newsday reports that Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) commissioner Teboho Maruping has been paid R1.4 million over the past year by the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) while on precautionary suspension.
According to a response by DEL Minister Minister Nomakhosazana Meth to a parliamentary question posed by Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Michael Bagraim, the commissioner has been earning his full salary since his suspension. Maruping was suspended in September 2024 after he was implicated in the unlawful R5 billion Thuja Capital contract. The court set the deal aside, ruling it invalid. The DEL then suspended Maruping in September last year for his failure to conduct due diligence and intimidation of UIF officials who had raised concerns.
The disciplinary process hasmoved at a snail’s pace. Evidence was only wrapped up in September 2025, and final arguments are only due on 12 October. The hearing will then reconvene on 20 October. Bagraim said this followed a worrying pattern. “Maruping previously sat at home on full pay between 2020 and 2022 while facing another disciplinary process over irregular spending,” he noted.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Kimberley Kersten at Newsday
- Read too, Suspended UIF Commissioner continues to earn R1.4 million amid ongoing disciplinary hearing, at IOL Business
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