Overview
- The officials were dismissed between November 2025 and February 2026 after disciplinary hearings tied to the Johannesburg office probe.
- Three additional disciplinary cases are at an advanced stage pending decisions by presiding officers.
- Investigators report that fake beneficiary profiles enabled withdrawals exceeding R260 million from Sassa pay points.
- The probe found more than 150 forged Sassa and bank cards were used at a Shoprite in Soweto.
- Sassa's Johannesburg office, closed on 15 September 2025 to strengthen oversight, has reopened with leadership pledging tougher anti-fraud controls.