covid-19

During the national lockdown, the Unemployment Insurance Fund provided wage subsidies to thousands of employees and employers affected by the lockdown. However, it was revealed that many companies and individuals wrongfully received money from the fund.

Although the country’s largest government fund bursary scheme has grown considerably over the years, the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on the tertiary education sector disrupted the National Student Financial Aid’s ability to fund students.
 

It appears that those implicated in Covid-19 TERS fraud allegations are resorting to intimidation tactics to deter a UIF auditor who is key to its probe. The UIF has now said that an employee has received a death threat due to his work. 

Earlier this year, many of the Covid-19 regulations were repealed by the health department. This signalled the changing environment under which citizens had to operate while remaining safe from possible infection.

As businesses try to manage the realities of the post-pandemic workplace, they are being forced to deal with issues such as tax and HR regulation of digital nomads.

Covid-19 regulations aimed at controlling the spread of the Covid-19 virus were set to expire last week, however, a government gazette was published just hours before the deadline and new regulations came into effect.