Inmates serving time, students funded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme and deceased people were among those who were fraudulently paid by the Unemployment Insurance Fund Covid-19 relief fund. | IsaacPat
Makwetu released findings of their real-time auditing, which his office was requested to do by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the government's Covid-19 relief expenditure.
The AG found that fraudulent payments had been made to undeserving people, including inmates, students receiving financial aid and deceased people, due to lack of controls and verification of details with other departments. “On basic controls, we were very clear to management [and] we kept reminding them that your controls have to always be up to date. That's why we are disappointed at the audit findings,” Nxesi said.
Another man, Tshepang Phohole, received a R5.6m windfall after TERS money meant for about 200 workers was deposited into his account. Phohole and several of his associates were arrested and about 28 bank accounts the money had been moved to were frozen.
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