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Dependants Benefits
Unemployment Insurance Fund
UIF BENEFITS
Dependants Benefits
Tender Description
• The surviving spouse/life partner must apply for benefits within 18 months
f
rom the date of death of the contributor.
• A dependent child can apply for benefits if the surviving spouse/life partner
has not applied within 14 days after 18 months has expired.
• Any child of the deceased who is between the ages of 21 and 25 at the date
o
f death of the contributor may also qualify for benefits.
• The child has to be a learner/student and must have been wholly dependent
o
n the deceased contributor.
• Subject to credits, benefits can be paid for a maximum of 365 days within
a
period of four years.
• Contributors will be allowed to nominate their own beneficiaries in case
o
f death benefits, provided there is no surviving
spouse/ life partner or childern.
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