Official reply:
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION 1397/2013
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
Date of publication on internal question paper: 07 June 2013
Internal question paper no: 20
1397. Mrs H Lamoela (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:
What investigations have (a) a certain company (name furnished)*, (b) the
SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) and (c) her department conducted into
claims of fraud and exploitation of the elderly when they access their
grants at preferred vendors?
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Reply:
Neither is (a) Cash Paymaster Services, (b) the SA Social Security Agency
(SASSA) nor (c) the Department aware of any cases of fraud and exploitation
of the elderly when they access their grants at preferred vendors. It will
however be appreciated if evidence of such cases could be forwarded to the
department for further investigation.