Frustrations over the process & red tape involved in claiming from the UIF amid Covid-19

SAfm — The Democratic Alliance (DA) says if the the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) is unable to cope with processing and paying out a high volume of Covid-19 Ters benefit applications, then this function should be handed over to the South African Revenue Service (SARS). This comes as number of people took to twitter and other platforms to voice their frustrations over the process and red tape involved in claiming from the UIF's Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Scheme (Ters). We spoke to DA Shadow Minister of Employment and Labour, Dr Michael Cardo..