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Jan 10, 2024 · Reading Time: < 1 minute. The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has revealed that over 70,000 beneficiaries did not receive their social grants last week due to suspicious fraudulent activities detected in their accounts.
Apr 25, 2022 · The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has slammed an announcement that it has approved the payment of R700 grant payments to all citizens of South Africa as fake news. This...
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Aug 14, 2023 · However, the agency has since dismissed the post noting that it was fake and that the message does not come from SASSA. The fake post called on beneficiaries of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant to apply by clicking on a link to register for the grant.
Sep 14, 2021 · Separating fake news and facts of grant applications. September 14, 2021 Unathi Gumede. “If you did not get the Covid-19 vaccination, you won’t be eligible for the SASSA R350 grant.”. This message has been going around but has been slammed as fake news by SASSA. Having the Covid vaccine is NOT part of the SRD R350 Covid-19 application ...
Jul 26, 2021 · Sassa warned citizens to be vigilant of fake news posts about the SRD urging the public to apply for the grant via WhatsApp, USSD, e-mail or by calling a call centre.
Jul 11, 2018 · Wednesday, July 11, 2018. The South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) has distanced itself from a fake news article doing the rounds on social media, claiming that SASSA accidentally paid grants to 17 000 illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe.
Recent evidence shows that: 1) 62 percent of US adults get news on social media (Gottfried and Shearer 2016); 2) the most popular fake news stories were more widely shared on Facebook than the most popular mainstream news stories (Silverman 2016); 3) many people who see fake news stories report that they believe them (Silverman and Singer-Vine 2...
