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      <video:description><![CDATA[The Unemployment Insurance Fund has one less stakeholder. Business Unity South Africa has severed ties with UIF structures at Nedlac, and has removed its representatives from the Board. This as, the business body points out, that the current state of dysfunction at the UIF, is unsustainable. Joining CNBC Africa for more is Sanelisiwe Jantjies, Head of Social and Labour Market Policy, at BUSA.]]></video:description>
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