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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Child support grant"”.
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The relationship between child support grant and teenage pregnancy
This study examined the relationship between the Child Support Grant (CSG) and teenage pregnancy. The first objective of the study was to establish the relationship, if any, between teenage pregnancy and the Child Support Grant. The second objective was to determine whether or not the variable of …
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Challenges facing the recipients of the child support grant in the Umhlathuze Municipality
… the challenges facing the recipients of child support grant with special reference to uMhlathuze District Municipality. The government in its efforts to alleviate poverty, to the previously disadvantaged and vulnerable segments of our communities introduced several poverty alleviation …
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Exploration of the child support grant in a community of the North West Province
The child support grant (hereafter referred to as CSG) in South Africa was implement in 1998 to fight child poverty. The CSG came after the state maintenance grant (SMG) was repelled, because it (SMG) only benefited certain races. Section 27(c) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, …
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Is South Africa's social protection system addressing the causes or the symptoms of poverty? : the case of the Child Support Grant
… means of poverty reduction. Focusing on the Child Support Grant (CSG), empirical analysis is then applied to examine whether the underlying causes of poverty are being addressed. Using the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) Wave 1 Dataset, the effects of the CSG on households' expenditure …
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Using the Child Support Grant to advance the socio-economic rights of children affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa : a critical reflection
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-102).
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Cash transfers and child health: understanding the barriers and facilitators to early application and receipt of the child support grant in Langa Township, Cape Town
The Child Support Grant (CSG) is increasingly a social protection instrument of choice aimed at alleviating child poverty and malnutrition in South Africa, with over 13 million children as beneficiaries of the Child Support Grant (CSG). Timely receipt of the grant, within the first three months of …
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Ramification of Social Assistance Act 13 of 2004 intentions, on social relief programme based on Child Support Grant at Ha-Mutsha Area in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province
The child-support grant is one of the social assistance programmes, aimed at alleviating poverty. It is guided by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) Act 09 of 2004 and Social Assistance Act 13 of 2004. Social assistance programmes have created dependency on government and the …
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A study of state-based social assistance provision and its influence on the developmental character of the South African State: the case of the child support grant
… social assistance provision, in the form of Child Support Grant (CSG), influences the character of a developmental state. Social assistance provision is understood to be part of a developmental state response to the needs of its citizens. I have argued in this thesis that CSG influences the …
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The social assistance act has been interpreted to delegate the decisions on the qualifying age limit and income threshold for the child support grant to two executive ministers. is the delegation constitutional?
… authority to them to determine the age limit of children and the income threshold of caregivers who qualify for the Child Support Grant (CSG). The Minister of SD, with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, has promulgated two sets of regulations in terms of s32 of the Act. The first set was …
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The experiences of single teenage mothers in raising their children at Mtubatuba Local Municipality
… of single teenage mothers in raising their children at Mtubatuba Local Municipality. It sought to explore their challenges, to establish the significance of the child support grant in helping them support their children, and to examine the support that they received from their families. The …
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Household livelihood: the church's coping strategies against the impact of HIV and AIDS on the female-headed households in the KwaDlangezwa Area
… chapter goes further to address the issue of the Child Support Grant. This is because some people have adopted the Child Support Grant as their only means of livelihood, it concludes with a number of business opportunities the Church can use to mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS on a …
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Evaluation of policy regulating access to South African Social Security Agency's disability grants in Umlazi township
… social assistance in the form of older person's grant, disability grant, child support grant, foster care grant, war veteran grant, care dependency grant and social relief of distress. The provision of a disability grant is prescribed in Section 9 of the afore-mentioned Act which sets out the …
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The associations of cash transfers and childcare for the development of children born to adolescent and young mothers in South Africa
Exposure to adversities strongly predicts early childbearing among adolescent girls and young women. Early motherhood is associated with negative effects on their children's developmental outcomes, but the factors contributing to the well-being of children born to adolescent mothers remain …
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Factors contributing to teenage pregnancy in King Cetshwayo District Secondary Schools
… has many causes, some of which are new, like the child support grant. The results of teenage pregnancy are destructive, and long-lasting. This has given the researcher an impetus to conduct this study, and investigate as to: ∙ What the factors are that contribute to teenage pregnancy in King …
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A small push goes a long way: An evaluation of the cumulative effects of a cash transfer on South African youth
… human capital. South Africa launched the child support grant (CSG) in 1998, an unconditional cash transfer for children below the age of seven. By 2017, the program boasted twelve million beneficiaries, with an upper age limit of eighteen. Globally, initial evaluations of cash transfers …
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Follow the child: the effect of an unconditional cash transfer on adolescent human capital and mental health
… an unconditional cash transfer program for children, which had more than eleven million beneficiaries in 2014. The evaluation of similar cash transfer programs is a widely researched space, however much of the literature focuses on younger children, and outcomes which are both short term, …
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A case study variate analysis of low-income learner progression in South Africa’s high school system
… namely, family structure, learner health, supported retention, food security, welfare income, sanitation, energy, and environmental conditions. Although learners across both contexts share similar socio-economic disadvantages, the influence and function of these factors diverge …
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The realisation of children’s survival rights in South Africa, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo: a comparative analysis
… conventions dealing with the application of children’s rights in three Sub-Saharan jurisdictions, namely, South Africa, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). All the three countries selected for comparative analysis signed and ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child …
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