TimesLIVE reports that two suspects who allegedly tried to bribe a SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) official to register elderly people for social grants outside the normal procedure were arrested in Roodepoort on Wednesday after the whistle was blown on them.

The suspects, aged 45 and 70, will appear in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court on Friday to face charges of corruption and possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. The suspects allegedly approached the Sassa employee with a proposal of working together in registering elderly social grant employees with the agency. They promised that each application would be accompanied with R1,000 for processing and an initial batch of 15 application was handed to the employee with a R15,000 enticement to process the applications. A second batch of 20 applications and R23,150 was handed over on Thursday and both suspects were arrested at Sassa offices in Roodepoort. When police searched the suspects' vehicle, they found an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.

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