Employment and Labour Minister, Thulas Nxesi says the Unemployment Insurance Fund has, to date, already recovered more than R2-billion-Rand that was inappropriately paid out last year in the fund’s TERS-scheme. Nxesi says unauthorized payments were made to prison inmates, university students and deceased people. The scheme also overpaid and underpaid to employers in some instances.

Employment and Labour Minister, Thulas Nxesi says the Unemployment Insurance Fund has, to date, already recovered more than R2-billion-Rand that was inappropriately paid out last year in the fund’s TERS-scheme. Nxesi says unauthorized payments were made to prison inmates, university students and deceased people. The scheme also overpaid and underpaid to employers in some instances.