#SASSA The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has found no wrong doing in relation to police action to disperse disability grant recipients. GLS
#SASSA In January, officers used a water cannon to enforce social distancing among queueing beneficiaries at SASSA's Bellville office. GLS
#SASSA Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz then laid a complaint. GLS
#SASSA The IPID report has not been made public, but Eyewitness News has seen it. GLS
#SASSA However, the Western Cape legislature's Social Development committee chair Gillion Bosman is disappointed. GLS

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