South Africa has developed a social security system based on the constitutional right, composed of three pillars: non-contributory schemes, including targeted social assistance and public employment programmes, mandatory social insurance, and voluntary insurance. Since its transition to democracy in 1994, South Africa has made notable progress by creating the South African Social Security Agency, expanding benefits to children and elderly, and extending the Unemployment Insurance Fund to include domestic workers. The Child Support Grant and the Old Persons Grant are the two major programmes that compose South Africa’s social protection floor.