Sassa fires four officials over R33 million social grants fraud

The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has dismissed four officials from its Nebo office in Limpopo’s Sekhukhune district after they were found guilty of involvement in a R33 million social grants fraud scheme. The dismissals follow an internal investigation that uncovered how the officials allegedly manipulated the social grants system while working with external syndicates. GUEST: Tebogo Tshipi, Sassa Senior Manager: Communications and Marketing and Customer Care Unit