South Africa: Minister Pule Must Implement Emergency Measures to Protect the Poor

press release

The New Year's Day heist of R42 million from the South African Postbank points to serious flaws in the entity's security systems.

The security of these systems has important implications for poor South Africans. The bank not only targets low-income earners and provides banking services in poor rural areas, but its systems are used in the payment of social grants.

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