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  2. Social welfare programmes in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Social assistance, including grants and public works, is funded through tax revenue, unlike statutory and voluntary funds that are funded by employers and employees. [7] Social welfare programmes in South Africa include cash assistance, unemployment insurance, medical provisions, and housing subsidies. Cash assistance is distributed by the ...

  3. Department of Social Development (South Africa) - Wikipedia

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    Charity Status. The Department of Social Development (DSD) of South Africa is a government department responsible for providing social development, protection, and welfare services to the public. Previously called the Department of Welfare, it was renamed in July 2000. [1] The current Minister of Social Development is Lindiwe Zulu.

  4. South African Social Security Agency - Wikipedia

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    The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is a national agency of the South African government created in April 2005 to administer South Africa's social security system, including by distributing social grants, on behalf of the Department of Social Development (DSD). It is under the oversight, but not the operational control, of DSD and ...

  5. Social programs in sub-Saharan Africa - Wikipedia

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    Social assistance, including grants and public works, is funded through tax revenue, unlike statutory and voluntary funds that are funded by employers and employees. [18] Social welfare programmes in South Africa include cash assistance, unemployment insurance, medical provisions, and housing subsidies. Cash assistance is distributed by the ...

  6. List of countries by social welfare spending - Wikipedia

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    Total net social spending in terms of percent of GDP, takes into account public and private social expenditure, and also includes the effect of direct taxes (income tax and social security contributions), indirect taxation of consumption on cash benefits, as well as tax breaks for social purposes.

  7. Open Society Foundation for South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The foundation was established by George Soros in 1993, just prior to the dismantling of apartheid and South Africa's transition to democracy. [2] From 2013 to 2019, its Executive Director was Fatima Hassan a human rights lawyer and social justice activist. [3] The organisation is connected to the Open Society Foundations.

  8. Section Nine of the Constitution of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Khosa v Minister of Social Development; Mahlaule v Minister of Social Development (2003) — social welfare grants provided to South African citizens must also be provided to non-citizen permanent residents; to do otherwise is unfair discrimination.

  9. Conditional cash transfer - Wikipedia

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    Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs aim to reduce poverty by making welfare programs conditional upon the receivers' actions. The government (or a charity) only transfers the money to persons who meet certain criteria. These criteria may include enrolling children into public schools, getting regular check-ups at the doctor's office ...

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