{
  "id": 12866422,
  "title": "Sassa paid R1.33bn in grants to ineligible beneficiaries, AG finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/sassa-paid-r1-33bn-in-grants-to-ineligible-beneficiaries-ag-finds",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T11:51:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/capetimes/news/2026-10-08-sassa-paid-r133bn-in-grants-to-ineligible-beneficiaries-ag-finds/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Auditor-General says Sassa paid R1.33bn to ineligible beneficiaries during the 2025/26 financial year, including deceased people and government employees.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-08T03:53:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}