1. (a-b) (i) During the period under review (2012/2013 to 2021/2022 financial years) SASSA referred a total number of 489 cases for criminal investigations and possible prosecution. These cases involved 1174 individuals, (ii) of which 761 were officials as reflected in the table below.
No. |
Year |
Beneficiaries |
Officials |
Money Lenders |
Other |
1 |
2021/2022 |
- |
50 |
- |
- |
2 |
2020/2021 |
17 |
20 |
- |
- |
3 |
2019/2020 |
83 |
16 |
3 |
|
4 |
2018/2019 |
73 |
52 |
1 CPS Official 6 Public Works Officials 5 Former SASSA Officials |
|
5 |
2017/2018 |
38 |
195 |
53 |
7 private person 1 CPS |
6 |
2016/2017 |
1 |
22 |
- |
3 Private Persons |
7 |
2015/2016 |
9 |
337 |
5 Doctors 5 Private persons 3 Former SASSA Officials |
|
8 |
2014/2015 |
- |
3 |
64 |
16 Private Persons 2 CPS Officials |
9 |
2013/2014 |
- |
56 |
- |
|
10 |
2012/2013 |
- |
10 |
- |
03 Former SASSA Official 15 Agents/Tout |
Subtotal |
221 |
761 |
120 |
72 Private persons |
|
Total |
1174 |
2. (a) Of the 489 cases referred to Law Enforcement Agencies, b) 31 were successfully prosecuted.
3. SASSA has an approved Fraud Prevention Strategy that is aligned to the National Anti-Corruption Strategy. (i) Fraud awareness campaigns are conducted on a quarterly basis as per the operational plan. (ii)The emphasis of the strategy is on fraud prevention through fraud awareness capabilities.