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Grant fraudsters everywhere...
07/08/2006 21:22 - (SA)
Johannesburg - The civil servants who fraudulently claimed social grants include police, national prosecuting authority employees and a staffer in the president's office.
The list of 1 792 civil servants who are required to pay back fraudulently obtained grants was released by the social development department.
The list includes a staff member in the presidency who owes R5 120, or about 10% of her annual salary. She must repay R200 a month.
There are 242 police on the list. Three of them earn more than R100 000 a year each, owe more than R14 000 together and must repay in total R450 a month.
There four staffers in provincial departments of safety and security, two from the independent complaints directorate, 36 from the justice department, three from the national prosecuting authority and one from a premier's office.
73-year-old owes R44 347
There are 338 health staff, nine principals and 445 education staff.
The youngest fraudster is a 20-year-old nurse who owes R2 140 and the oldest is a 73-year-old nurse who earns R46 908 a year and owes R44 347.
Eleven are older than 65.
The smallest sum owed is R170 and the largest is R74 801.
More than 60% owe less than R5 000 each.
There are 21 people who owe more than R40 000 each, and 99 who owe more than R20 000 each.
For repayments: 169 repay less than R100 a month although some owe more than R5 000; 480 pay back R100 a month although four of them each owe more than R20 000; only 80 are paying back more than R500 a month each.
31 years to repay debt
In total, the civil servants owe R10.9m and are together paying back R402 570 a month.
Some are repaying their whole debt in one or two monthly instalments, while others will take years to pay it back.
The biggest sum, R74 801, is owed by a KwaZulu-Natal teacher who is paying back just R200 a month over 31 years.
An Mpumalanga teacher who owes R57 944 is paying R150 a month over 32 years.
- SAPA
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