议会听证揭社会补助误发问题 SASSA被要求强化核查 补助金诚信成焦点
2026年10月7日周三，南非议会社会发展组合委员会开会审议补助金发放问题，审计长向议会报告的内容显示，部分社会补助金被发给了不符合资格的人。据南非社会保障局（SASSA）随后10月9日的声明与多家媒体报道，此事源于2025/26财年的审计发现，委员会主席布里奇特·马桑戈（Bridget Masango）要求收紧管控，并要求 SASSA 提交详细行动计划，说明如何追回误发资金、防止重演。
马桑戈表示，每一兰特发给无资格者，都是从真正需要的人手中拿走的。审计指出的漏洞包括收入核实不足、受益人状态检查不充分、已故人员未被及时从支付系统中移除等。周报汇总的报道还提到，与不合格领取相关的金额受到议员与媒体的高度关注，具体口径以审计长的正式报告为准。
SASSA 在10月9日的回应中欢迎对公共资金管理的持续监督，强调社会救助是宪法义务、是数百万弱势南非人的关键安全网，但系统同样必须防范欺诈、滥用、错误与冒领。该机构称，其强化的补助审查与电子存活认证（eLife）措施引发部分社会团体批评，担心合法受益人被排除，机构明确否认审查意在排斥合格者，并说补助金并非无条件权利，受益人有义务报告收入、就业、婚姻、银行信息与居住情况的变化。
南非社会补助覆盖人口数以千万计，是该国减贫体系的支柱，也是财政支出的大项。误发问题牵动的是整个系统的公信力：核查过松会让公款流失，过严又可能误伤最脆弱的人。委员会要求的时间表与 SASSA 的整改方案，将成为接下来数月监督的重点。
Parliamentary Hearing Exposes Grant Payments to Ineligible Recipients; SASSA Told to Tighten Verification
On Wednesday, October 7, 2026, Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Social Development met over the administration of social grants, after the Auditor-General's findings for the Department of Social Development and its entities indicated that grant money had been paid to people who should not have received it. SASSA's later statement on October 9 and multiple media reports traced the matter to the 2025/26 audit, and committee chairperson Bridget Masango demanded tighter controls and a detailed SASSA action plan on recovering improper payments and preventing a recurrence.
Masango said every rand paid to someone ineligible is a rand taken from a vulnerable person who truly needs it. The audit highlighted weaknesses including inadequate income verification, insufficient checks on beneficiary status, and delays in removing deceased individuals from the payment system. Weekly roundups of the coverage noted intense parliamentary and media attention on the amounts involved; the Auditor-General's formal report remains the authoritative source for the figures.
Responding on October 9, the South African Social Security Agency welcomed continued scrutiny of public funds, stressed that social assistance is a constitutional obligation and a critical safety net for millions of vulnerable South Africans, and said the system must equally be protected against fraud, abuse, error, misrepresentation and payments to people who no longer qualify. SASSA rejected suggestions that its intensified grant reviews and eLife certification were designed to exclude legitimate beneficiaries, saying a grant is not an unconditional entitlement and beneficiaries must report changes in income, employment, marital status, banking details and residence.
South Africa's grant system supports tens of millions of people, anchors its poverty-relief architecture and accounts for a large share of public spending. The improper-payment findings therefore strike at the system's credibility: controls that are too loose leak public money, while controls that are too blunt can harm the most vulnerable. The committee's deadlines and SASSA's remediation plan will be the focus of oversight in the months ahead.
图片来源：图：南非议会大厦（开普敦），社会补助听证在此举行。摄影：Dietmar Rabich，CC BY-SA 4.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons
