Prisoners scored big in bogus government grant payouts

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Among those who also benefited illegally from grants paid out by government during the Covid-19 lockdown were 1,768 postal workers and 4,276 people who lived outside SA while the borders were closed.

4,726 grant beneficiaries who transacted outside SA, who were receiving social grants; andZulu said the following amounts were paid out collectively:R196,000 a month to inmates.

“Debts are being raised for these citizens. It should also be noted that, as soon as the anomalies were identified by the AG, payment of the special relief grant to these clients was stopped, thus limiting the loss to the state.” She said it was remarkable that SA’s social security system moved so quickly for the Covid-19 grant to be extended to so many more people than beyond the normal grant beneficiaries. The country’s system was one of the quickest in the world in terms of response times, but when working with such speed verification systems could be compromised.

 

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Roots of corruption runs deep. This shouldn't be a problem to trace all the recipients of the money. Lock them up.

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