This, the department said, had resulted in delayed payouts - but it promised that all valid claims would be paid.
Tens of thousands of invalid or fraudulent UIF applications have been lodged, the employment and labour department said on Monday.More than 4,000 Covid-19 related UIF claims were made on behalf of people who had died, about 90,000 were made with invalid ID numbers and close to 200,000 made with ID numbers couldn't be found on any government system.
“Through vetting, we have been able to establish that there were at least 4,000 claims - April and May - were lodged on behalf of deceased persons, and the thorough vetting that has been instituted has picked up all these anomalies,” said UIF commissioner Teboho Maruping. “We have been assailed in certain quarters – sometimes deservedly so – for not paying on time, but in reality we have had to ensure that the system is not taken advantage of,” said Maruping.
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