SASSA plans to roll out facial recognition to curb SRD fraud

The South African Social Security Agency wants to reintroduce its controversial facial recognition tool to combat SRD (social relief and distress) fraud. Sassa has underscored recent discoveries made by two first year computer science students at Stellenbosch University in October as the key motivation behind the agency’s decision to forge ahead with a biometric system that was wholly rejected before. Sassa says in its current state, it's system is prone to several shocking vulnerabilities. Phemelo speaks to Sassa Spokesperson, Paseka Letsatsi.