Allegations of housing subsidy fraud

The Democratic Alliance has called on housing minister Lindiwe Sisulu to devise a plan that will prevent housing subsidy fraud. This comes after the party revealed details of the Auditor General’s report on the approval and allocation of housing subsidies at provincial housing departments. According to the report, 3-point-6 percent of housing subsidies granted to government employees between 1995 and 2004, worth about 323 million rands, have been found to be irregular. DA spokesperson Butch Steyn says more than seven thousand government employees benefited from the fraud, while almost five thousand subsidies were granted without the correct identity documents.