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SASSA at 20 years: 73% of pensioners receive the old age grant

Grant has helped reduce poverty, but it is being stretched to maintain households

This is the second in a short series looking back over 20 years of SASSA.
Nearly three in four older people in South Africa receive an old age grant. Researchers say the grant has helped reduce poverty among older people, but it is being stretched by rising living costs and growing care needs.
Currently valued at R2,400-R2,420 a month, the grant is being used not only to support older people, but also to feed extended families and cover transport, healthcare and other household expenses.
Over the past 20 years, since the establishment of SASSA, the number of beneficiaries of the grant has increased substantially. In 2006, 2.2-million, or 61% of the over-60 population at the time, received the grant. Today…

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