JOHANNESBURG - Sassa has confirmed an investigation into growing black market operating outside its offices.
Desperate grant recipients are being forced to pay for places in queues.
The agency expects to release the findings in a month and has already flagged one of its offices.
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"We currently have identified one office in the KwaZulu-Natal where people go there and sell the chairs to the old people," said Sassa spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi.
"We are doing two investigations, but the first investigation is with regard to how widespread it is.
"The second investigation that we are doing is to check indeed if there's a collusion between these individuals and Sassa staff."