Pretoria — The number of people lining up for the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has almost doubled in the past year as the economic crises forced thousands of people out of jobs.
This is despite an increase of 158 000 more contributors on the UIF database as compared to the end of March 2009 amounting to 7.7 million workers. Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana said on Tuesday the UIF paid benefits to 746 352 beneficiaries amounting to R5.3 billion - which is a 71 percent increase in unemployment benefit payments compared to the previous year.
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