Minister cancels R5bn UIF investment in untested scheme

08 January 2023 - 00:04

By Sabelo Skiti

Two days after the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and its owner, the department of employment and labour, defended their decision to invest R5bn into an untested job-creation project, minister Thulas Nxesi has stepped in and pulled the plug.

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