Sassa intercepts 6‚000 fraudulent grant payments in a month
Amid ongoing social grant fraud, the agency is putting ‘stringent' measures in place, adding that ‘the law will deal harshly’ with criminals
01 August 2019 - 18:34
The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) has stopped 6‚000 “fraudulent” grants payments in less than a month.
“In a move to combat the prevalent fraud targeting social grants‚ Sassa stopped 6‚000 payments and the figure went down substantially to 500 in the August payment cycle‚” said Sassa spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi...
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