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The Citizen
16-07-2025
- The Citizen
Six found guilty in Compensation Fund payment scam
Six fraudsters confessed to rerouting Compensation Fund payments to personal bank accounts through fake medical providers. A group known as the 'Capitec Group' has pleaded guilty to assisting a scam that involved redirecting payments from the Compensation Fund (CF) into personal bank accounts. 'Capitec Group' has no affiliation with Capitec Bank South Africa. The Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court has found six accused guilty of contravening Section 5 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA), Act 121 of 1998, for assisting another person to benefit from the proceeds of unlawful activities. The six accused, Phumzile Ivy Ngubane (48), Thuleleni Joyce Ngubane (44), Delisile Constance Ngubane (62), Busisiwe Brenda Masango (43), Gunther Nsibande (51) and Nhlanhla Mkhabela, pleaded guilty on Tuesday. 'Capitec Group' redirected Compensation Fund payouts into their accounts The accused, dubbed the 'Capitec Group', were part of what is believed to be a syndicate that embezzled funds from the CF. The Compensation Fund is a public entity under the administration of the Department of Labour. The CF offers cover for workers who sustain injuries and/or contract illnesses at work. ALSO READ: Gauteng's 'debt collector' move against the RAF and Compensation Fund 'The syndicate made misrepresentations to the Compensation Fund, which gave rise to the fund making payments to entities purporting to be medical aid providers supposedly to the benefit of legitimate claimants,' Hawks spokesperson Warrant Officer Thatohatsi Mavimbela said. As a result, the fund deposited money into the bank accounts of the medical service providers, using the bank account details recorded in the fund's system. Investigations further revealed that the suspects owned the bank accounts used to receive the payments and that these medical service providers were not registered in accordance with the regulations. Sentencing in November The matter has been postponed to 3 November 2025 for sentencing. This is not the first time criminals have defrauded the fund by altering the personal details of claimants and redirecting payments to assumed accounts. ALSO READ: Labour department to temporary shut-down ROE online system: Here are the affected services In December 2018, three former CF employees—Maxwell Ramaphosa, Samuel Mfeleng, and Kgabo Johanna Methi—were sentenced for defrauding the fund of R476 150. Ramaphosa and Mfeleng received 12-year sentences, while Methi got six years. The trio, who colluded with physiotherapist Dr Jones Modau to create fictitious claims, were convicted of fraud and money laundering.
Zawya
26-06-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Employment and Labour Committee Welcomes Presentations on 2025-2030 Strategic and 2025/26 Annual Performance Plans of the Compensation Fund and Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)
The Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour has welcomed presentations on the 2025-2030 strategic plans, 2025/26 annual performance plans and budget estimates of the Compensation Fund and the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). The Compensation Fund and UIF are entities of the Department of Employment and Labour. The committee encouraged them to work in a coordinated manner together with sister entities within the portfolio, such as the Supported Employment Enterprises. The committee believes that there is a minimal impact when the department and its entities work in silos on skills training and programmes to empower people living with disabilities. The committee has directed the UIF to put measures in place to monitor and evaluate the impact made through its Labour Activation Programme. This programme is the department's initiative to minimise unemployment and stimulate job creation through skills development and financial assistance to employers and employees through the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS); it is implemented through the UIF. The committee has encouraged the Compensation Fund and UIF to strengthen their ICT infrastructure to improve the turnaround time on benefit payments and minimise queues at service centres. Having been briefed on the 2025-2030 strategic plans, 2025/26 annual performance plans and the medium-term expenditure framework of the department and its entities, the committee will now meet on Friday, 27 June 2025, to consider its 2025 budget vote report. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Republic of South Africa: The Parliament.
Eyewitness News
30-05-2025
- Business
- Eyewitness News
Return of Earnings, message by the Labour Compesation Fund
ATTENTION EMPLOYERS! Here is an update for the 2024 ROE Submission. The Compensation Fund has finalised system upgrades to implement the 2024 Return of Earnings (ROE) filing season. The ROE Online system is anticipated to open from 1 May 2025-31 July 2025. Employers are encouraged to submit Online on The following documents are compulsory and must be uploaded on the Online system:
Daily Maverick
21-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Maverick
Where your tax money goes — how the state spends every R100
Ever wonder where your taxes are going? Budget 3.0 lays it bare: For every R100 spent, about R13 goes to basic education, R12 to social protection and more than R16 vanishes into debt service costs. Meanwhile, just cents trickle towards arts, job creation and innovation. Some of these expenditure categories seem a bit vague. Let's break them down: Social security funds refers specifically to financial reserves and schemes like the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), and the Compensation Fund, which provide temporary relief of cover for specific social risks. Community development typically includes spending on housing, local amenities, and urban or rural development projects aimed at improving living conditions, especially in under-resourced areas. Economic regulation and infrastructure covers the funding of regulatory bodies as well as infrastructure investments in roads, railways, ports, and other public utilities. Public administration and fiscal affairs involves the National Treasury, tax collection, budgeting, auditing, and general bureaucratic oversight.
Eyewitness News
13-05-2025
- Eyewitness News
WC women farmworkers call for Labour Dept to enforce laws on commercial farms
CAPE TOWN - Women farmworkers from various parts of the Western Cape are calling on the Department of Employment and Labour to enforce labour laws on commercial farms in the province. They took their grievances to the department's doorsteps on Tuesday in the Cape Town CBD. They're accusing the department of ignoring their complaints of labour rights violations by farm owners. A group of women seasonal farmworkers under the banner of Women on Farms Project are demanding the enforcement of all labour laws, including the National Minimum Wage Act. Handing over a memorandum of grievances on Tuesday afternoon, spokesperson Daniel Samuel said they also wanted the department to issue fines and penalties to non-compliant farms. "We demand a meeting with provincial staff, the inspectorate, heads of labour centres from Worcester, De Doorns, Ceres, Paarl, and Somerset West, including Dr Bax, who is heading the Compensation Fund by no later than 6 June 2025." They're also demanding the fast-tracking of UIF applications, especially those of women seasonal farmworkers.
