The South African Social Security Agency plans to launch a facial recognition system to help combat fraud, but South Africans are divided over how it will work.
SASSA is looking to combat fraud after two Stellenbosch University students uncovered fraud at the agencySASSA is committed to combatting fraud and will launch a facial recognition system, but South Africans are unsure how it would work. Image: @sapeople.
The agency plans to roll out facial recognition nationwide as an added security measure to prevent fraud.ANC promises to protect citizens from rising cost of living, South Africans don't believe it“The facial recognition was implemented, but it was obviously a pilot process which basically started in the Eastern Cape. We intend to roll it out all over the country. However, we also acknowledge that there are people who still don’t have access to gadgets, like your smart phones,” he said.
“So, we need to make sure that those individuals are catered for. So that they are able to come to a SASSA office and do the verification,” he explained.James Kanelo said: “But we all know when it comes to our government that the system will be offline. Our grannies will return home without money.”Byron Pillay is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He received a Diploma in Journalism from the Caxton Cadet School. He spent 11 years covering a wide variety of news as a community journalist, including politics, crime and current affairs. He also was a Head of Department for Sports Brief, where he covered both local and international sporting news. Email: byron.
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