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South Africa: Ten-Year-Old Orphan's Case Wins Rights for Millions
allAfrica, 7 September 2012
A 10-year old orphan who waited for more than five years for a South Africa government grant has changed the way the state will support children in need. Read more »
South African Govt Acts to Help Poor Children
A conference on poverty and inequality in Cape Town witnessed a policy breakthrough when the government announced a new type of "kinship grant" to support orphaned children living in poverty.Audio
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7 September 2012
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South African Govt Acts to Help Poor Children
- Author:
- Mantsadi Sepheka
- Publisher:
- Mantsadi Sepheka
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The South African Government has announced a new type of grant to help children. The news was released at a major conference in Cape Town devoted to ... see more »
The government has resolved to introduce the new kinship benefit to children, so that even if orphaned children are living with members of their extended family they can receive support.
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South Africa: Design and Policy Implementation Issues in South Africa's Jobs Fund and Youth Wage Subsidy
Carnegie3, 3 September 2012
The South African Government is increasingly experimenting with the introduction of numerous policies and programs to fight what appears to be an obstinate unemployment problem. Read more »
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South Africa: Foster Grant Ruling - Minister Dlamini Must Outline Measures to Support Grandparents
DA, 3 September 2012
Grandparents could stand to lose their monthly foster grant of R770 to care for their grandchildren. Last week the Johannesburg High Court ruled that grandparents should no longer… Read more »
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South Africa: Save the Children Answers Govt's Call
BuaNews, 31 May 2012
Save the Children South Africa has welcomed government's call to join forces with various stakeholders in the quest to protect the country's children by investing in them. Read more »
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South Africa: Social Grants to Get New Biometric System - Dlamini
BuaNews, 3 May 2012
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) will begin re-registering all social grant beneficiaries on a new biometric system between June 1 and December 31, the Minister of… Read more »
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7 September 2012
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Rage Builds in South Africa Over Inequality
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- Mantsadi Sepheka
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- Mantsadi Sepheka
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AllAfrica's Mantsadi Sepheka reports from the last day of "Towards Carnegie III," a conference in Cape Town which brought government, academics and ... see more »
InFocus
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Mantsadi Sepheka wraps up AllAfrica's reporting on a major conference in Cape Town aimed at finding strategies to end poverty and inequality. Below her report, find her daily ... Read more »
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As global tuberculosis rates are declining, South Africa has seen a 400-percent increase in the incidence of tuberculosis in the last 15 years, a major conference on poverty has ... Read more »
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As the country's growth is lagging behind that of many smaller African economies, smallholder agriculture has the potential to alleviate poverty and spur general economic growth, a ... Read more »
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Civil society, business and education specialists have formed a education partnership to deal with problems in the school system, a conference has been told. Read more »
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South Africa has one more chance to overcome poverty and inequality, says academic, activist and businesswoman Mamphela Ramphele. "Three strikes and you're out, and we're on the ... Read more »
