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The Portfolio Committee on Social Development has heard that 67 000 Social Relief and Distress (SRD) grant payments should be subjected to investigations as they may have been paid to undeserving beneficiaries.
Committee Chairperson, Mondli Gungubele, said: “double-dipping, particularly by people employed in the public service, is unacceptable and should be eliminated.”
He was commenting after the Portfolio Committee received a briefing from the Office of the Auditor-General on two Special Reports relating to the R350 Covid-19 grant.
Gungubele said the Department of Social Development should spare no effort in getting to the bottom of this and, if there is a need, should also recover the money.
He said the committee also heard that although 146 936 food parcels had been distributed as part of the Covid-19 relief response, the procurement process was affected by poor planning.
The Portfolio Committee also noted that Quarter 3 performance targets had not been met.
