2023-w3914 - 24 November 2023

Michael John Cardo to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour

Whether he has brought criminal charges against a certain person (name and details furnished); if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Employment and Labour on 24 Nov 2023

Firstly, I suspended a project that involved Thuja Holdings Proprietary Limited, Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and Department of Employment and Labour, (DEL) whilst doing that I also instituted an investigation into Thuja Project before it kicked off. Mthunzi Mdwaba is a CEO of Thuja Holdings Proprietary Limited. Mthunzi Mdwaba was the Chairperson of the Productivity SA Board.

The investigation that I instituted was completed. ...

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2023-w3810 - 20 November 2023

Siphosethu Lindinkosi Ngcobo to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour

What are the relevant details of how his department contributed to the (a) creation of youth employment and (b) support of youth entrepreneurship to curb rising poverty rates in the past three financial years?

Reply from the Minister of Employment and Labour on 20 Nov 2023

The Department registers more than1 million work seekers, provides career counselling to more than 300000 work seekers, and has placed about 60000 work seekers into employment, annually. For the period ending September 2023, 69% (32 816) of work seekers placed are young people aged 15-35 years and 31% (14 687) aged 36 years and above.

Through job creation investments the COIDA has created 1,325 ...

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2023-w3552 - 10 November 2023

Constance Nonhlanhla Mkhonto to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour

Before accepting the recent resignation of his department’s Director-General, Mr Thobile Lamati, what specific precautions have been taken to ensure that he does not escape accountability?

Reply from the Minister of Employment and Labour on 10 Nov 2023

Hon. Mkhonto, let me repeat what I stated in the Portfolio Committee meeting. On Wednesday, afternoon of 18 October 2023, I received the letter of intention to resign by the 30 November 2023 from the department’s Director General.

I have then processed the letter containing the intention to resign from the position of the Department of Employment and Labour Director General by and from ...

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2023-w3554 - 10 November 2023

Constance Nonhlanhla Mkhonto to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour

(1)What total number of officials have been subjected to disciplinary proceedings directly related to the poor performance of the (a) Unemployment Insurance Fund and (b) Compensation Fund; (2) what specific steps have been taken to ensure that the former Commissioner of the Compensation Fund is not redeployed to other government departments and entities while the investigations about his alleged role in the poor performance of the Fund are underway?

Reply from the Minister of Employment and Labour on 10 Nov 2023

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND

During the period 2022/23 the Unemployment Insurance Fund issued Intent to Discipline letters to eight (8) SMS members for the Fund’s poor performance in Quarter 2 (decline in performance from Quarter 1 to Quarter 2). This resulted in improved performance in Quarter 3. In addition, one (1) SMS member was disciplined for poor performance and dereliction of duties and issued with ...

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2023-w3508 - 03 November 2023

Siphosethu Lindinkosi Ngcobo to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour

What was the total (a) number of (i) unsuccessful and (ii) successful applications for Unemployment Insurance Fund in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 financial years and (b) expenditure in this regard?

Reply from the Minister of Employment and Labour on 3 Nov 2023

The table below shows the total number of unsuccessful and successful UIF applications and expenditure for the financial years 2021/22 and 2022/23.

FINANCIAL YEAR 2021/22

FINANCIAL YEAR FINANCIAL YEAR 2022/23

Number of successful UIF Applications

Number of unsuccessful UIF Applications

Expenditure

Number of successful UIF Applications

Number of unsuccessful UIF Applications

Expenditure

1 073 548

207 299

R22 599 302 590.69

982 124

185 ...

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2023-w3372 - 30 October 2023

Siphosethu Lindinkosi Ngcobo to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour

Whether his department has any records of the total number of government officials who are involved in labour dispute matters such as suspensions and dismissals; if not, why not; if so, what is the breakdown of the total number in terms of (a) each department and (b) in each province?

Reply from the Minister of Employment and Labour on 30 Oct 2023

Hon. Ngcobo, there is a Department that is known as Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA). It is the DPSA that may have the information that you are looking for. Information on all Government officials and all the departmets are collected and collated by the DPSA. My genuine and sincere advice is that kindly consider asking this question to DPSA.

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2023-w3168 - 19 October 2023

Siphosethu Lindinkosi Ngcobo to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour

Whether his department has any new and/or functional strategies for curbing high unemployment and/or creating sustainable jobs; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Employment and Labour on 19 Oct 2023

The Department of Employment and labour does have new and existing strategies to curb unemployment in the country. These include:

1. The developed a National Employment Policy (NEP) in line with the ILO Employment Convention No C122 and Employment Policy guidelines with 09 intervention areas. The Draft policy is currently under consultations within government Departments and will be soon tabled to Cabinet before it ...

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2023-w2917 - 21 September 2023

Constance Nonhlanhla Mkhonto to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour

What total number of officials of his department have been found guilty of collusion with employers in defrauding the (a) COVID-19 Temporary Employee Relief Scheme and (b) Unemployment Insurance Fund during the 2022-23 financial year?

Reply from the Minister of Employment and Labour on 21 Sep 2023

a) The total number is three (3) based in Kwazulu Natal province, all officials are dismissed from the Department;

b) Five officials were dismissed as follows;

1 Gauteng

1 Northen Cape

1 Western Cape

2 North West

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2023-w2916 - 21 September 2023

Constance Nonhlanhla Mkhonto to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour

What consequence management steps will he take against the commissioners of the Unemployment Insurance Fund and the Compensation Fund for not submitting on time the annual financial statements of the two entities to the Auditor-General for the 2022-23 financial year?

Reply from the Minister of Employment and Labour on 21 Sep 2023

The Director General will evaluate the impact that the approved delay in the submission of the 2021/22 financial statements (which impacted the submission of the 2022/23 annual financial statements) has yielded on the control environment of the Compensation Fund’s control environment, the audit outcome and service delivery performance.

There will be feedback sessions conducted with all stakeholders (management, audit committee, Auditor General) to reflect ...

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2023-w2933 - 21 September 2023

Traverse Anatole Le Goff to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour

What total number of Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) COVID-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme claims remain unprocessed by the UIF?

Reply from the Minister of Employment and Labour on 21 Sep 2023

There is a total of 215 557 claims across all the different lockdown periods that are unprocessed, these are all claims that have been processed however failed validations and verifications due to missing employee’s records/ information. These Covid-19 claims are processed upon correction by employers.

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