SASSA to introduce a new digital biometric enrolment in September [SOUND]

# The South African Social Security Agency says it will commence with a new digital mandatory beneficiary biometric enrolment in all its offices across the country from the first of September. This aims to secure grant payments, improve the integrity of the social grant system, and mitigate fraud linked to suspected deceased or inactive accounts. Sassa’s spokesperson, Andile Tshona, says this biometric system will revolutionise the administration of social grants: