The government warns that state employees accessing special social relief of distress grants commit fraud and will be referred to law enforcement agencies lockdown grants R350
Public service and administration director-general Yoliswa Makhasi on Thursday said the department was concerned about public servants who see nothing wrong in applying for the grant while they have a source of income as the SRD grants were intended to provide relief to the poor and financially distressed citizens.
According to Makhasi, this amounts to fraud and the DPSA is ready and available to support the Department of Social Development and the SA Social Security Agency in strengthening controls to prevent public servants from accessing the SRD grants. “The DPSA will also give support to ensure that money is recovered from public servants who wrongfully benefited and that their cases are referred to the law enforcement agencies to take action on such officials,” she said.
Makhasi continued: “I want to reiterate that any official who receives any form of income from the public service, does not qualify for this grant and may not apply for it as it is tantamount to stealing from the poor.” Public servants on the government’s personnel salary system, internships, the expanded public works programme , learnerships or any developmental program or receive a form of stipend from the state do not qualify to receive the grant include, according to Makhasi.
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