Social development cracks down on grant fraud

Social Development says it is clamping down on people who attempt to defraud the social grants system, regardless of their nationality. The department has expressed concern at media reports and allegations about foreigners, especially Zimbabwean woman, who enter the country illegally in order to give birth in South Africa in an attempt to obtain the child support grant. But Social Development insists that the Anti-fraud and Corruption Strategy, in partnership with law enforcement agencies such as the Special Investigating Unit, the South African Police Services and the Scorpions, continues to yield positive results in removing illegitimate beneficiaries from the system.