The short answer You can go to the UIF uFiling website. The long answer You can go to the UIF uFiling website here: https://ufiling.labour.gov.za/uif/. Register or log in with your ID number. Once logged in you can: View your UIF contributions Check your claim status See available credits (balance) You can also call the UIF Call Centre at 0800 030 007. Have your ID...

JDG Trading sold disability or retrenchment insurance to people who were already disabled or unemployed By Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti An insurance product infringes on the rights of social grant beneficiaries, the Gauteng High Court has ruled. The product offered disability and retrenchment insurance as part of a bundle. But many clients, especially social grant beneficiaries, were already disabled or unemployed. Because...

The Children’s Institute has taken government to court over its late birth registration backlog By Tania Broughton At least 250,000 people have waited up to seven years for Home Affairs to process their late birth registration applications. Without birth certificates, children face numerous complications in life and struggle to access schools and grants. The Children’s Institute wants the Western Cape High...

The short answer If you can't afford school fees, you should apply for a fee exemption or negotiate a payment plan before legal action is taken. The long answer Parents do have to pay fees at public schools unless they are “non-fee schools”, but if a parent or parents cannot afford to pay, they can apply for partial or full fee exemption....

There are far too many cases in which the litigants don’t know what they want the judge to decide By Judge Stuart Wilson I am a high court judge. Every day, I help people resolve their disputes according to law. There’s nothing I don’t like about the work. I find every part of the law interesting. I take genuine pleasure in...

People must be able to access asylum system even if they don’t have valid transit visas By Tania Broughton Parts of the Refugees Act and its regulations that allowed for Home Affairs to “filter” asylum seekers who do not have valid transit visas, have been declared unconstitutional. The Western Cape High Court agreed with the Scalabrini Centre that this put asylum...

Supreme Court of Appeal dismisses appeal by City of Johannesburg By Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of 71 waste pickers evicted from a property in Midrand. The City of Johannesburg wanted to move them to a place where they are unable to continue picking waste, arguing that their activities were unlawful. The Court ruled...

Equal Education argues late applicants are blocked from accessing schooling. But department argues that parents need to apply on time. By Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti Equal Education wants the Western Cape High Court to declare the Western Cape Education Department’s school admissions policy unconstitutional. The organisation says the system does not make provision for parents or caregivers who apply late for school...

The short answer As you are paying rent, you can complain to the Rental Housing Tribunal. The whole question Dear Athalie I have been living as a backyard dweller on council property and have been paying rent since I moved in. The owner has passed away, so I am now paying rent to one of the deceased's family member, who does not live...

The short answer The true beneficiary can officially revoke the power of attorney that the person has assumed, and report the fraud to SASSA. The whole question Dear Athalie My father has a disability. His sister, my aunt, applied for a disability grant for him without his knowledge or consent, and had been collecting it in secret for three years. She had also been renting out...