Picture and words: Mary-Anne Gontsana / GroundUp
The Unemployment Insurance Fund's (UIF) online services have been down for weeks. And a court interdict is preventing a new service provider from stepping in.
UIF's Director for Communications Trevor Hattingh told GroundUp that the fund's previous service provider has been the biggest headache during its 19 years of service.
On Monday, Minister of Employment and Labour Nomakhosazana Meth announced the temporary disruption of UIF online platforms, including uFiling , Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, Virtual Office, as well as the UIF Covid-19 TERS systems.
On 30 August 2024 the Pretoria High Court handed down a judgment on the matter of a service provider that rendered online portal services of UIF. The court issued an interim interdict preventing, with immediate effect, the new service provider from rendering services for the UIF online portal, read the statement.
