{
  "id": 12578594,
  "title": "SASSA grant system leaks public funds to dead beneficiaries, government workers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/sassa-grant-system-leaks-public-funds-to-dead-beneficiaries",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T07:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-10-07-sassa-grant-system-leaks-public-funds-to-dead-beneficiaries-government-workers/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Parliament has raised the alarm over financial leakages in SASSA’s social grant payment system, after weaknesses were found to have allowed payments to government employees and people who have died.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "SASSA beneficiaries warned after alleged food-parcel grant scam in Soshanguve",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/sassa-beneficiaries-warned-after-alleged-food-parcel-grant-scam-in",
        "published": "2026-10-07T05:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Sassa warns social grant beneficiaries against doing this one thing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/sassa-warns-social-grant-beneficiaries-against-doing-this-one-thing",
        "published": "2026-10-07T09:35:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}