The woman accused of defrauding SASSA of more than R120,000 has been adjourned to July, TimesLIVE reports. The South African Social Security Agency is tasked with providing monthly welfare payments to Mzansi's most vulnerable citizens amid a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
We're talking about aging pensioners, parents struggling to feed their children, veterans who have bravely served their country, and people with disabilities. This funding will not go to sole directors of companies that lie on applications and receive multi-million dollar government bids.
deceive Sassa
According to reports, Sarathamoney Devi Sigamoney (67) was charged with defrauding SASSA. These include violations of social assistance laws, perjury, fraud, and theft. She appeared in the Pretoria Northern District Court this Wednesday (17 April 2024). When Sigamoney applied for the SASSA elderly grant in 2017, she said she had not worked for 20 years.
Between 2017 and 2022, Sigamoney will R123,000 Join SASSA's old age pension. However, her problem is throughout the period when she was allegedly the sole director of a company called KJP Traders. The company received several favorable bids for large sums of money. R88 million Over a period of 5 years. Specifically, we provided furniture to the SA Police Service (SAPS). In court, a SAPS colonel testified regarding payments to KJP traders.
complete denial
A SASSA employee who helped apply for SigaMoney testified that she had not declared herself a director of KJP Traders. Additionally, Cigamone signed her application and declared that she would not hold any shares in any company. On the contrary, Cigamone denies all the accusations, and she said she last worked for the company in 2012. She claims that her son and daughter-in-law handle all the company's transactions.
Adding to his contempt for the state, Sigamane remained on welfare for an additional 16 months after being charged. The matter was adjourned to July 29 for further cross-examination.
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