1. (a) and (b)
Table 1 shows that as at July 2021, 177 108 social grants were received by employees of national and provincial government departments. The Table also shows the breakdown by grant type.
NATIONAL/PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENT |
Care Dependency Grant |
Com |
Child Support Grant |
Disability Grant |
Foster Child Grant |
Old Age Grant |
TOTAL |
EASTERN CAPE |
413 |
47 |
8570 |
435 |
2063 |
595 |
12123 |
FREE STATE |
116 |
8 |
2916 |
114 |
529 |
144 |
3827 |
GAUTENG |
537 |
15 |
20136 |
460 |
901 |
221 |
22270 |
KWAZULU/NATAL |
1717 |
74 |
61384 |
3321 |
3414 |
8449 |
78359 |
LIMPOPO PROVINCE |
267 |
10 |
8577 |
186 |
826 |
466 |
10332 |
MPUMALANGA |
224 |
4 |
7744 |
302 |
617 |
512 |
9403 |
NATIONAL DEPARTMENTS |
630 |
22 |
10113 |
372 |
1605 |
522 |
13264 |
NON GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS |
|
|
14 |
1 |
2 |
|
17 |
NORTH WEST |
416 |
25 |
17074 |
579 |
846 |
246 |
19186 |
NORTHERN CAPE |
127 |
14 |
3474 |
217 |
313 |
228 |
4373 |
WESTERN CAPE |
192 |
3 |
3079 |
111 |
473 |
96 |
3954 |
TOTAL |
4639 |
222 |
143081 |
6098 |
11589 |
11479 |
177108 |
Table 1: Number of National and Provincial government employees receiving social grants per province
2. (a) The total amount that SASSA has spent in paying Public Service employees who applied for and received SASSA administered grants is
approximately R200, 7 million. Table 2 shows the amount paid during July 2021.
Table 2: Amount paid to public servants during July 2021 per province by grant type
REGION |
CSG |
DG |
FCG |
CDG |
COM |
OAG |
Total |
Eastern Cape |
R8,037,695 |
R1,513,124 |
R3,719,837 |
R1,259,226 |
R232,733 |
R1,613,858 |
R16,376,473 |
Free State |
R2,232,898 |
R342,625 |
R949,518 |
R323,190 |
R36,540 |
R349,913 |
R4,234,684 |
Gauteng |
R13,158,586 |
R1,115,230 |
R1,753,063 |
R1,426,750 |
R76,020 |
R620,144 |
R18,149,793 |
KwaZulu Natal |
R63,236,049 |
R9,706,180 |
R7,970,354 |
R5,564,046 |
R419,155 |
R20,866,448 |
R107,762,232 |
Limpopo |
R9,902,243 |
R642,859 |
R1,638,430 |
R881,959 |
R54,540 |
R933,824 |
R14,053,855 |
Mpumalanga |
R7,233,146 |
R882,309 |
R1,129,420 |
R722,528 |
R27,510 |
R1,249,995 |
R11,244,908 |
North West |
R2,797,271 |
R646,044 |
R650,465 |
R435,553 |
R62,160 |
R553,705 |
R5,145,198 |
Northern Cape |
R14,185,790 |
R1,504,404 |
R1,958,887 |
R1,310,375 |
R106,680 |
R534,644 |
R19,600,780 |
Western Cape |
R2,081,331 |
R294,809 |
R960,180 |
R516,273 |
R29,610 |
R337,522 |
R4,219,725 |
Total |
R122,865,009 |
R16,647,584 |
R20,730,154 |
R12,439,900 |
R1,044,948 |
R27,060,053 |
R200,787,648 |
2. (b) Steps taken against the implicated employees
It should be noted that all social grants are means tested, apart from the foster child grant. Public servants are entitled to receive the foster child grant. Where the foster child grant is paid in conjunction with a care dependency grant for the same child neither are means tested, and public servants would not be contravening any laws by receiving these grants.
For the remainder of the grant types, the means test would need to be applied. Since the information has been extracted, arrangements have been made to suspend the grants, apart from the foster child grants, for all public servants. Those who still qualify will have to come in and review the grant, and provide current information on their income, to determine whether they still qualify to receive these grants.
Measures will also be taken to recover any funds overpaid. Where it is found that the public servants were receiving a grant to which they were not entitled, the matter will be reported to their employing department, for disciplinary action to be taken.