President Jacob Zuma’s lawyer Michael Hulley has played various roles in the drawn-out awarding of a disputed multi-billion rand contract.
"Open chequebook" bribe claim hits controversial tender award, as Norman Arendse reveals social grants scandal implicating sports boss Gideon Sam.
A social grants payment contract has sparked a court battle because it was awarded to foreign firm with a chequered past in South Africa.
In an attempt to curb fraud, the Social Security Agency has announced those receiving social grants will have to re-register to get benefits.
There are moves afoot to overhaul the social grant payout system to make it less cumbersome as some grant recipients wait hours in queues.
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In 2010, SASSA received nearly 4.7 million applications for social grants.
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) manages a range of social grants that are disbursed nationwide monthly.
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<b>Thandi Sibanyoni</b> said that most fraud cases are "related to private beneficiaries".
SASSA engages with citizens via media campaigns and mobile offices built into trucks that drive out to far-flung rural areas.
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Millions of citizens receive social grants from the government but to cut out fraud all beneficiary cases face a review process.
<b>Bandile Maqetuka</b> believes that any citizen who applies for a social grant should "be treated with respect and dignity".
SASSA is currently responsible for the disbursement of 10.5 million grants to more than 15 million beneficiaries each month.
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Social Development Month will be launched in Mokgophong, Limpopo province, on October 4.
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) is forking out an additional R15-million this year to plug its financial management skills gap.
Contractors take huge chunk of budget.
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/ 10 December 2009
Food parcels handed out by ANCYL president Julius Malema last week were not sponsored by Sassa, the Social Development Ministry said on Thursday.
Grandmothers are often left to raise unwanted kids. Surika van Schalkwyk looks at the struggles they face.
Alleged inappropriate management practices at the South African Social Security Agency will be investigated.
The government has set aside millions of rands to assist the poor cope with harsh economic conditions, the Department of Social Development said on Monday. Minister of Social Development Zola Skweyiya appealed to churches and community-based organisations to help the department in creating awareness around the relief.
Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya was not in contempt of court and was respecting a high court ruling for social grants to be given to applicants with alternative forms of identification, his department said on Wednesday. The Department of Social Development said Skweyiya was in the process of implementing the court’s decision.
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More than 5 000 public servants have been convicted for defrauding the South African Social Security Agency, Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya said on Tuesday. In April 2005, Skweyiya tasked the Special Investigating Unit with investigating fraud and corruption which then plagued the social-grant system.
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/ 15 October 2007
Investigations into fraud, corruption and maladministration in South Africa’s social-grant system have saved the government about R7,7-billion since inception, Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya said on Monday. ”There has been a dramatic turnaround in the social-grant system,” Skweyiya said.