The Department of Labour (DoL) has admitted that the software used for the workers compensation fund is so flawed that “[it] cannot possibly account for each claim in the system, and it cannot tell us the status of that claim”. This means that workers injured on site would not be able to receive prompt payment on a filed claim against the fund as they are legally entitled to. 

 
Fund commissioner Shadrack Mkhonto told the portfolio committee on labour that the situation has deterior...

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