Thursday, July 16, 2020
Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu says that South Africa will introduce a universal basic income grant as part of a range of packages to help the country’s unemployed – but this plan is still a couple of years away from becoming a reality,...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
South Africa’s social grant payment system has been the subject of various scandals for almost a decade. Until recently most of the controversy over grant payments focused on the role of Net1/CPS, contracted to the South African Social Security Agency (...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Sunday’s announcement by His Excellency President Matamela Ramaphosa in response to the Corona virus epidemic brings much needed hope to the country. It also enables SASSA to accelerate the pace of paying out the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress grant...
Country:
Africa, Africa - General, South Africa
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020
A typical day for Samuel – a fruit stand vendor in Nairobi, Kenya – would start at 6 am, buying fruits from the wholesale market and selling them at a street corner of a bustling commercial area. He had migrated from his village to the city in search of...
Country:
Africa, Benin, Kenya, South Africa
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
President Ramaphosa announced on 21 April that the government would pay temporary supplements to recipients of social grants and would also introduce a temporary ‘Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant’. This new emergency grant was aimed at people who...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Given the high risk older persons face in terms of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, governments in low and middle-income countries that provide cash transfers to older persons as part of their social protection strategies have had to rapidly implement...
