Sassa officials convicted over social grant fraud of R750,000

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The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) in KwaZulu-Natal has welcomed the sentencing of five of its officials to a total of 37 years behind bars for processing fraudulent social grants amounting to R750,000.

 

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Wow, greed.

babbie33 Its called 'follow the leader' 😡🇿🇦

Well done SAPS

crimemind3 Thats why they dont want to give up the cash disbursements, why they dont want FICA due diligence and biometrics

crimemind3 The tiniest tip of the iceberg. There are millions of crony ghost accounts.

crimemind3 Why have the names of these despicable criminals not been printed, Times LIVE...?

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