{
  "id": 12780759,
  "title": "Sassa paid R1.33bn to ineligible grant recipients in 2025/26, AG finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/sassa-paid-r1-33bn-to-ineligible-grant-recipients-in-2025-26-ag-finds",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T03:53:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/mercury/news/2026-10-08-sassa-paid-r133bn-to-ineligible-grant-recipients-in-202526-ag-finds/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sassa paid R1.33 billion to people deemed ineligible for social grants during the 2025/26 financial year, although the figure was down from R2.3 billion the previous year, according to the Auditor-General.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}