Category Archives: News

SEIFSA Bursary Opportunity: 2025 Intake

SEIFSA support and promotes the development of skilled human capital relevant to the Steel and Engineering industry. SEIFSA grants bursaries every year to learners who are pursuing a career related to the Steel and Engineering sector. The financial assistance is awarded to qualified full-time students registered for approved undergraduate Engineering programmes at South African Universities or […]

SEIFSA WELCOMES A PRO-GROWTH MEDIUM TERM POLICY STATEMENT

Johannesburg, 30 October 2024. The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) commends the National Treasury on a policy statement that is underpinned by a pro-economic growth narrative while maintaining a good degree of fiscal prudence. The latter is critical because it will ensure a virtuous cycle where further pro-growth initiatives can be […]

UIF Platforms are down!

3 September 2024 FOR YOUR INFORMATION Please note that DEL Minister has issued a statement confirming that all UIF platforms, including uFiling, USSD, TERS portal, are currently down. This is linked to a court decision relating to service provider challenge. It is not clear when services will resume. Monthly payroll declarations, done via the eDecs […]

Financial Intelligence Centre Act Amendments & High Value Goods

15 July 2024 The recent changes to the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Act (General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act 22 of 2022) have resulted in some companies meeting the definition of a High-Value Goods Dealer and now being required to comply with the FIC Act. Importantly, in some instances, this now […]

Access to Housing for Industry Workers

4 July 2024 SEIFSA, on behalf of the 18 member organizations, concluded a settlement agreement this year with the industry’s five trade unions on terms and conditions of employment for the next three years. Aside from wages, a key undertaking is a provision dealing with access to housing for industry workers. It has recently come […]

Skills Development Workshops

25 June 2024 Improve on your skills. 03 July 2024 – Employment Equity Complementary Webinar 4 July – 25 July 2024 – Employment Equity Committee Training 08 July 2024 – Facilitator- Facilitate learning using a variety of given methodologies 11 July 2024 – Skills Development Committee Training 17 July 2024 – Supervisory Management 18 July […]