Maternity payout

Ive app**** for maternity benefits since March 2023 its now 2024 and thers has been no payout nor have they bothered themselves with providing feedback for my query my son will soon be turning a year old and nothing has been said Ive instead bern asked to make affidavits,confirm my identity but thsr hasnt helped me in any way instead I was told that a company I have no knowledge of de*****ed the department using when I asked them to provide the papers showing where I signed in order for that company to make that claim there was absolutely so I am being held accountable for something that is an inside job and yet I am still contribute a portion of the peanuts I earn still even when its useless because it shows that it wont help me even if I were to loose my job,I am an epwp contractor that gets close to nothing on a monthly basis and I still get exploited by the government