The Department of Social Development has published a Green Paper on social security and retirement, including a proposed overhaul of the country’s grant systems to cover a much wider group of people.
The current social assistance framework does not provide a ‘comprehensive floor’. As a result, the department said the largest portion of the population remains without any or very little social protection coverage.
“It is proposed that the means tests for social grants be phased out through alignment of social assistance with the structure of personal income tax rebates, and the safety net be expanded to include working-age individuals.”“The objective […]
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