Just under 16 million South Africans were receiving some form of social security grant from government last year, according to Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini.
This cost government more than R109 billion during 2013/14, she said on Monday, in a written reply to a parliamentary question.
The SA Social Security Agency provides grants including old age, war veterans, disability, grant-in-aid, care dependency, foster care, and child support.
Of the total 15,932,473 grant beneficiaries last year, 70 percent (11,125,946) received child support grants. A total of R39.6bn was paid out on child support grants during 2013/14.
Over the same period, R44.1bn was spent on old age grants -- referred to as older person's grants -- to 2,969,933 beneficiaries.
The total spent on all grants last year was R109,053,880,000.
READ MORE
Follow us on Facebook:
PEFM 87.6
Follow us on Twitter:
@PEFMnews
Listen to us on streaming internet radio at: Tunein and from our website at: PEFM
International Correspondent Scott Congdon can be reached at:
Mail: scottcpefm@gmail.com
Phone: 010 500 8203 (in South Africa) (Available 3-5pm SAST weekdays)
011 27 10 500 8203 (calling from outside of South Africa) (Available 3-5pm SAST weekdays)
*Note: Views expressed in the commentaries on this website are those of individual authors and not necessarily those of PEFM 87.6or our presenters or correspondents. Quotes are obviously the opinion of the source. A quote is just a quote and these are offered without comment. Use of a news story or commentary is not an endorsement of the source website.
© PEFM 87.6
No comments:
Post a Comment