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Actions taken on recovery of fraud:
The matters have been referred to the
SAPS with case number 559/10/2007:
FRAUDULENT BAS PAYMENT.
The implicated SASSA official is suspended
pending disciplinary hearing.
The matter is still under the proceedings/
investigations by the SAPS Commercial
Crime Branch in Pietermaritzburg.
The SASSA official including implicated
company’s owners were arrested by the
SAPS.
The issues are pending investigations which
is currently under way.
Head Offıce SASSA
SASSA head office has the undermentioned
record of all cases of criminal activity
committed by both its employees and the
members of the public.
CASE 1 amount involved R250 000
CASE 2 amount involved R1 000 000
Total amount involved R1 250 000
Actions taken on recovery of fraud:
Case 1 hearing convened and finalised the
officer pleaded guilty and was dismissed.
Case 2 the officer is suspended and allegations
are under investigations.
Mpumalanga
The Mpumalanga region has the following
cases related to criminal conduct:
Case 1 — Fraud — Amount involved
R325 380
Case 2 — Fraud — (Grants related)
R9839,67
Total Amount Involved R335 219.67
Recovered R335 219,67
Western Cape
The following cases relates to criminal
Conduct:
Case 1 — Fraud — amount involved
R4190,00
Case 2 — Fraud — amount involved
R5 640,00
Eastern Cape
Only one case related to fraud in the E Cape
region with R11 500 amounts involved.
Northern Cape
A single grant related fraud registered with
R810 amount involved.
Limpopo
Only one case related to fraud with an
amount of R5 300.
Free State
Case 1 — Fraud — amount involved —
R2 000
Case 2 — Fraud — amount involved —
R300
Case 2 — Fraud — amount involved —
R200
Total amount involved R2 500
Unauthorised Expenditure/Overdraft
The overdraft as reflected in part A of the
Appropriation Statement is attributed to
imbalances between allocated funds and
SASSA operational requirements, better explained
as an overdraft in the financial year
2007-08 as SASSA is a public entity.
Short Description: — Issues that led to
overdraft of the Agency’s allocated budget:
The Agency was allocated a total of
R4 142 747 billion for the 2007-08 financial
year as captured in the 2007 ENE. An
additional amount of R374 467 million was
made available through the Budget Adjustment
process. Thus the Agency’s allocation
increased to R4 517 214 billion.
In line with Government Priority of taking
the services to the people and ensuring that
the indigenous do not walk more than 20
kilometres in order to access the services, the
Agency procured 40 mobile trucks which
cost more than R37 821 065,45. The maintenance
and repairs R2 943 360, satellite
dish (bandwidth) costs R29 040 960 and
salaries for the truck drivers cost around R27
million. (All for the period of two years.)