(THREAD) Here is a summary of the Auditor General’s findings on the #UIF special audit on the R37.7bn payments made under the TERS benefit as at the end of July.

R1.3bn paid to companies without submitting any invoices.

UIF head Teboho Maruping and EXCO suspended.
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2. #UIF paid R28.2m prematurely. In other words, companies got paid before making application. #sabcnews

13. #UIF underpaid 1700 applications by R250.9m. #sabcnews

14. #UIF paid one employer 3 times for the same employees - R597k. #sabcnews

3. #UIF made overpayments of R84.2m on 183 applications. #sabcnews

4. #UIF made TERS payments of R14.2m to people who were also claiming normal #UIF benefits. #sabcnews

6. #UIF paid R30m to 4 161 people with invalid ID numbers. #sabcnews

7. #UIF paid R441 144 to people who are deceased. #sabcnews

8. #UIF paid R169 000 to people who are in prison. #sabcnews

9. #UIF paid R140m to people who also received benefits from other agencies like NSFAS (R10.3m), SANDF (R327k) and government employees (R41k). #sabcnews

10. #UIF paid R4 027 to an individual with the same ID number as UIF employee. Four other applications totalling R14 614 were linked to another UIF employee. #sabcnews