Public servants in court for fraud

By Busisiwe Mtabane

At least sixty-five public servants in the Western Cape will appear in the Athlone District Court today to face charges of defrauding the social grant system. Peter Bishop from the Special Investigating Unit says the officials were arrested after an interdepartmental initiative was launched to rid social grant system of unscrupulous beneficiaries who illegally benefited from the money meant for the poor.
Social development Minister, Zola Skweyiya has vowed to continue to clamp down on corrupt operators involved in crimes against the social grants system.