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Foreigner defrauded UIF out of almost R1-million TERS for ghost employees

The Hawks’ Provincial Head, Major General Ebrahim Kadwa welcomed the eight-year sentence meted out on a foreign national, Chisoko Songiso (32) who is a director of Lejiko Capital (Pty) Ltd by the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria on 18 July 2022 for defrauding Covid-19 Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) funds […]

Parliament updated on suspended UIF officials implicated in R170 million COVID-19 fraud and corruption

The Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour today received an update on the case of suspended officials of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), accused of defrauding the department’s Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (TERS). The officials were suspended following a report by the Auditor-General which discovered that about R170 million from the TERS fund meant for […]