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ANNUAL OPERATIONAL PLAN 2022/2023

Programme 3: Social Security Policy and Administration
Purpose: To provide for social security policy development, administrative justice, the administration of social grants, and the reduction of incorrect benefit payments.

Sub-programmes: This programme consists of the following sub programmes:
• Social Security Policy Development develops and reviews policies and legislation in respect of social assistance, as well as contributory income support aimed at protecting households
against life cycle contingencies such as unemployment, ill health, retirement, disability, or the death of a breadwinner;
• Social Grants Administration provides SASSA with its operational funds;

• Social Grants Fraud Investigations funds fraud investigations by the Special Investigations Unit;
• Appeals Adjudication seeks to provide a fair and just adjudication service for social assistance appeals; and

• The Inspectorate for Social Security maintains the integrity of the social assistance framework and systems.

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