Question NW849 to the Minister of Employment and Labour
21 May 2020 - NW849
Cardo, Dr MJ to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
What (a) total number of applications for Covid-19 relief funding have been received through the Unemployment Insurance Fund in each province to date, (b) number of the specified applications have been (i) approved and (ii) rejected in each case in each province and (c) was the Rand value of each (i) approved and (ii) rejected application in each case in each province?
Reply:
a) Provincial breakdown per province for Covid-19 benefits
Province |
Employers |
Employees |
Amount |
Eastern Cape |
12953 |
144818 |
R 776 156 233.74
|
Free State |
10077 |
89704 |
R 473 946 419.72 |
Gauteng |
78007 |
1175703 |
R 6 727 878 282.04 |
Kwa Zulu Natal |
29510 |
405933 |
R 2 121 794 517.27 |
Limpopo |
6882 |
72317 |
R 369 951 437.25 |
Mpumalanga |
10 816 |
143686 |
R 753 803 741.85 |
Northern Cape |
2 925 |
24919 |
R 139 026 339.16 |
North West |
6 432 |
68393 |
R 390 741 314.34 |
Western Cape |
37 872 |
425763 |
R 2 325 801 123.84 |
Total |
195 471 |
2 551 236 |
R14 079 099 409.20 |
b) The employers and employees not found in UIF system or rejected (not paid) per province
|
EMPLOYERS |
EMPLOYEES |
AMOUNT |
Eastern Cape |
5 066 |
31 735 |
R 130 415 911.65 |
Free State |
3 941 |
19 657 |
R 79 636 227.49
|
Gauteng |
30 510 |
257 636 |
R 1 130 471 342.60 |
Kwa Zulu Natal |
11 542 |
88 954 |
R 356 520 703.27 |
Limpopo |
2 692 |
15 847 |
R 621 62 167.69 |
Mpumalanga |
4 230 |
31 486 |
R 126 660 069.10 |
Northern Cape |
1 144 |
5 461 |
R 23 360 305.54 |
North West |
2 516 |
14 987 |
R 65 655 447.34 |
Western Cape |
14 813 |
93 299 |
R 390 799 507.49 |
Total |
76 453 |
559 062 |
R 2 365 681 682.17 |