OPEN SECRETS: Digital Profiteers (Part 3): How combating fraud in SA’s digitalised grants system hurts the poor

Previously in this series, Open Secrets explored challenges arising from the reliance on commercial banks and other private entities to digitally verify grant recipients. The contracts obtained by Open Secrets highlighted the fees charged for these services and risks posed to grant recipients data. This article analyses a key feature of the income verification of grant recipients – combating fraud.