The Department of Employment and Labour’s Compensation Fund (CF) together with Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), Rand Mutual Assurance (RMA) and Federated Employers Mutual Assurance (FEM), will be rendering services to the community of Upington, Northern Cape Province.
The Mall Activation/Community Outreach will be bringing services inclusive of registration and processing of Compensation Fund and UIF applications, payment of claims, and resolving enquiries pertaining to the occupational injuries and diseases.
Employers and Medical Service Providers in Upington and surrounding areas are also encouraged to visit the outreach to get information on the COID Amendment Act that was signed into Law by President Cyril Ramaphosa in April 2023.
The departments’ inspectorate will also assist with labour related matters while the Public Employment Services (PES) will be facilitating the registration of work seekers on the Employment Services of South Africa (ESSA) database for possible future employment.
Clients are encouraged to bring along CF claim number (the one received from employment and Labour centre/ Compensation Fund) and Identity Document (ID). Employers are encouraged to bring their 99…reference number and whilst work seekers are urged to bring along their CV’s for registration on the ESSA database.
The Department has already visited two provinces namely, Kwazulu-Natal and Limpopo in this financial year (2023/2024)
The Northern Cape is the last province to be visited through this initiative this financial year, 2023/2024
Details of the Outreach are as follows:
Date: Saturday, 27 January 2024
Time: 08:00 – 14:00
Venue: Piet Thole Community Hall, Rosedale
For media enquires contact:
Danisa Mbambu
Assistant Director: Marketing & Communication CF
Cell: 0609898671
Email: Danisa.Mbambu@labour.gov.za
