sharpsharpit UIF brings festive cheer with almost R1 billion in ordinary benefits The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has paid R931 million in ordinary benefits since the beginning of December 2021, and more than R63.8 billion in Covid-19 TERS assistance. This ensured 180 833 beneficiaries have a joyful festive season, and was achieved by decentralising the processing of u-Filing claims from the UIF’s head office in Pretoria to the provinces. The Fund said on Wednesday this process “resulted in applications being […]
sharpsharpit UN and partners urge feuding Somalia leaders to reduce tensions The United Nations and other countries are in talks with Somalia’s prime minister and president to urge them to reduce tensions in their political feud that has fed fears of a military clash, officials said on Wednesday. A Somalia government official said Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble had separately talked with Molly Phee, US assistant secretary of state for African affairs, on the political situation in Somalia, which is […]
Following Eskom’s stage eight load shedding scare, as they were slapped with an obligation to comply with emission standards, experts say it was not due to environmental standards that the power utility was now forced to shut down one-third of its generating capacity. Bobby Peek, director of nonprofit environmental justice service and developmental organisation groundWork, said the plants were due to close, based on the National Environmental Management Act of August 2004, when emission standards were coming into place and […]
The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Private Ambulance Service on Friday responded to an accident scene on the N2 Paddock after receiving reports of a head-on collision. Emergency personnel assessed the two-vehicle collision and attended to six critically injured patients at the scene of the accident The patients were transported to a nearby hospital for further medical treatment. However, while emergency personnel were busy on the scene, a vehicle passing by lost control. As reported by Arrive Alive, the vehicle crashed into the […]