Luthuli House must be investigated over lack of UIF payments
29 August 2021
The DA has written to the Minister of Employment and Labour, Thulas Nxesi, and the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Commissioner, Teboho Maruping, asking them to acknowledge whether or not the ANC has been paying over UIF contributions to the state.
This follows a claim by disgruntled staffers at Luthuli House that since 2018 the ANC has been deducting UIF contributions from workers but not paying them over to the government.
In the absence of a satisfactory answer from the Minister or the UIF Commissioner, the DA will lay a charge for the Hawks to investigate further. If no UIF payments have been made, the ANC would be in breach of the law and the Top Six would need to be charged.
Earlier reports suggest that the ANC has not handed over Pay As You Earn (PAYE) deductions to the South African Revenue Service (SARS) either, and that it owes the tax authority over R80 million.