For most South Africans, the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) is more than a line item on a payslip. It’s the difference between survival and despair when jobs are lost, when illness strikes, or when ...

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) in South Africa provides financial support to workers who have lost their jobs, are on maternity leave, or cannot work due to illness. In some cases, employers or ...

Many Unemployment Insurance Fund applicants experience frustrating delays and confusing procedures. Knowing what documents you need and how to avoid the pitfalls can save you time. You can apply for ...

The Department of Employment and Labour in the Free State has encouraged the public to use digital platforms when applying for services. Those eligible for assistance by the Unemployment Insurance ...

uFiling is a free online service that enables users to submit documents electronically to the Department of Employment and Labour. Its meant to help streamline Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) claims ...

In an unusual move, the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has sought to place directors of its choice in control of a private company to which it lent hundreds of millions of rand in public funds. The ...

Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) has lamented inefficiencies and governance failures at the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), which have left it “failing in its primary function—paying unemployment ...

Employers are evading accountability when domestic workers are injured on the job, Pinky Mashiane, founder of United Domestic Workers of South Africa (UDWOSA), told a roundtable discussion organised ...

Manufacturers and dealers play up fuel savings and federal incentives to potential EV customers. However, buyers who follow through on buying an EV may be surprised by an added expense when ...

The UIF online portal has been down for six weeks, including uFiling, Unstructured Supplementary Service Data and Virtual Office. This comes after a court interdict prevented a new service provider ...

More than six weeks ago, Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) online services went down. The fund says it has made a “breakthrough” in terms of alternative measures, and will make an announcement “very ...