People queue for social grants outside the Sassa office in Eerste River. (Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks) A rapid increase in hunger levels in the poorest households undermines people’s ability to comply with the lockdown.
The expansion of social grants can be viewed as one of the greatest post-1994 redistributive achievements in South Africa. Social grants provide financial relief to the most vulnerable: the elderly, children, and people with disabilities. However, there is no social income support for able-bodied people who have little to no income between the ages of 18 years, after which the Child Support Grant ends, […]
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