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Unemployed struggle to obtain grants to put food on the table

FOR many, the beginning of the year is called “Januworry”. Add Covid-19, unemployment and difficulty in receiving UIF grants, and loan sharks run rife.

Nine months after losing his job and after 10 frustrating visits to the Department of Labour, Nkosana Sukwana is yet to receive a UIF payout.

Sukwana is among the thousands of people who have stood in long

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