Inside Sassa’s grant review: Queues, outages, suspensions

Podcast: Daily Maverick · Daily Maverick

Opublikowano: 2026-09-23

Daily Maverick’s Tamsin Metelerkamp visited Sassa offices across five provinces to look at the agency’s intensified grant review process, launched to detect fraud. The investigation found overburdened, understaffed offices, frequent system outages, and lawful beneficiaries facing suspended payments and repeated office visits to resolve them. Reporting by: Tamsin Metelerkamp Filmed by: Joel Seboa Edited by: Anda Tolibadi Produced by: Emilie Gambade Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme Support journalism that protects democracy. Become a Maverick Insider. https://tinyurl.com/SupportDailyMaverick Subscribe to our cha...