TimesLIVE reports that a SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) officials and two women are expected to return to the Kgapane Magistrate's Court on Thursday for allegedly submitting fraudulent documents for disability grants.

Mphekgwana Elisa Modjadji, 59, Lefupane Mahloatlie Mamotome, 58, and Malekutu Walter Ramoshaba, 48, were charged with fraud after they were arrested in Limpopo on Tuesday. This was after Modjadji and Mamotome went to the Bolobedu Sassa office in Kgapane to apply for disability grants on 26 May 2021 and 23 December 2021 respectively. A Sassa official gave the two application forms to be completed by government doctors. “The forms were then completed but not approved as the two ladies did not qualify for disability grants. The forms were resubmitted with amendments enabling the pair to be approved,” Hawks spokesperson Col Katlego Mogale indicated. However, a capturing clerk suspected foul play and reported the matter to the Hawks serious corruption investigation unit. The investigation discovered that the handwriting on the documents was that of a Sassa employee. The case was postponed to Thursday for formal bail applications.

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