The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) says it has tightened its systems to prevent fraud in the current roll-out of its special R350 grant.
The agency’s spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi it is important to clamp down on the crime, partly because the agency will have to account for every R350 grant awarded.
“We think our system in this current cycle is very tied up because we have managed to make sure that must get the SASSA R350 grant do get it and I think if we follow up on that, those who are in the wrong will get arrested because the intention here is to make sure we do not necessarily give people who don’t deserve this amount of money,” he said to eNCA.
SASSA R350 grant fraud being probed
Letsatsi says SASSA’s I.T system has been upgraded and is now able to pick up and identify those who had tried to defraud the agency, including by applying for the R350 grant, even though they know they are not eligible for it.
A reported 177 000 public servants have wrongfully received the R350 grant, which the agency is currently investigating.
According to the agency, since its special R350 grant was rolled out in August, more than 14 million applications have been submitted. More than 8.3 million have been approved, while over 5.6 million received their monies by September 2021.
The SASSA R350 grant was established at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to help the country’s most marginalised navigate the economic devastation spurred by the respiratory illness. Since its roll-out, there have been growing calls, particularly from labour unions and federations, for the grant to not only be increased, but to also continue beyond the pandemic.”
from The South African https://ift.tt/3a00ctH
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