The jobs emergency | UIF optimistic it will meet 700,000 job creation target

JOHANNESBURG - The Unemployment Insurance Fund says its confident it will meet its target and create 700,000 jobs for the 2024-2025 financial year.

Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi recently announced that his department will allocate R23-billion to the UIF's labour activation programme.

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UIF commissioner Teboho Maruping says the target may even be surpassed.

"We're optimistic that we'll meet the target and maybe even surpass it."