Question NW849 to the Minister of Employment and Labour

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21 May 2020 - NW849

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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

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