Author:Leatt, AnnieDate:May 2004This paper focuses on the Child Support Grant (CSG), the biggest poverty alleviation mechanism targeting children. The extent of poverty and increased social security provision in South Africa are examined to contextualise the CSG. Since its ...Read morecbnd
Author:Leatt, AnnieDate:Jun 2006The Child Support Grant (CSG) is a cash grant for children who are cared for by adults living in poverty. In 2003 the age eligibility of this grant was extended from children under the age of seven to children under the age of 14 in a roll-out ...Read morecbnd
Author:Leatt, AnnieDate:Nov 2003The Child Support Grant is the South African government’s primary poverty alleviation mechanism targeted at children. From April 2003 eligibility for the grant was extended to children above the age of six who live in poverty. The South African ...Read morecbnd