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Mikhail Moosa
@Mikhail_Moosa
Public opinion and policy researcher @_IJR_. Tweets and views are my own.
Jan 5, 2021 • 23 tweets • 5 min read
Why do so many South Africans receive a social grant and why has it increased so rapidly over time? THREAD (because I had to tweet about my MA eventually) 1/ Of the 18m grant recipients, around 12m (so 2/3) are children. Caregivers (overwhelmingly women) receive the grant on the child's behalf. The child support grant was only introduced in 1998, so not sure why DA asks for data since 1994. Other grants have not increased hugely.