The Inspectorate for Social Security is being established in terms of Chapter 4 of the Social Assistance Act, 2004, as amended. As a key social security institution, its primary function will be to ensure that the integrity of the social assistance framework and systems is upheld. It will seek to achieve this by undertaking structured and systematic assessments of statutory compliance, investigating financial misconduct, and launching any other interventions required to combat leakage and fraud in the social assistance administration system.