More than 20,000 cases of social grant fraud reported
Social Development minister Lindiwe Zulu says a working team involving the SA Reserve Bank, Bankserve, Basa and Sabric has been established to identify weaknesses in the admin process
30 July 2019 - 15:00
A total of 20,787 social grant fraud cases had been registered by the SA Post Office (Sapo) by the end of June, social development minister Lindiwe Zulu said in Parliament on Tuesday.
Sapo is involved in the distribution of social grants, which are paid to about 17.6-million beneficiaries. Total social grant payments in 2019 will amount to R162.6bn...
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