'Unsecured grant cash transported in boots of private cars'

Explosive allegations have emerged about how millions of rands in cash meant for social welfare grants allegedly changed hands in an underground parking lot and were put in the boots of cars at the Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) offices in Rosebank, Johannesburg.

- Faizel Patel

The shocking claim was revealed in an affidavit deposed by a former senior security officer at Fidelity Services Group (FSG).

FSG was the company appointed to secure the movement of money from depots and banks to social grant pay points nationwide.

The officer previously submitted an affidavit to the Zondo Commission in 2020, but was not investigated at the time, according to The Sunday Times.

In his affidavit, the FSG officer disclosed how he and his colleagues collected and delivered cash to Nanda Pillay, who was chief operating officer of CPS at the time and went into the boots of two vehicles - one of them Pillay's BMW.