{
  "id": 6278679,
  "title": "SASSA recipients warned: This is how unauthorised funeral policies could hit your grant",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/sassa-recipients-warned-this-is-how-unauthorised-funeral-policies",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T11:38:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/2026-09-08-sassa-recipients-warned-this-is-how-unauthorised-funeral-policies-could-hit-your-grant/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The FAIS Ombud has urged SASSA recipients, particularly older people, to check their bank accounts and grant payments for unauthorised funeral-policy deductions.",
  "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."
}