Question NW3088 to the Minister of Social Development

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23 December 2020 - NW3088

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Stubbe, Mr DJ to ask the Minister of Social Development

What total number of persons who fall under the category of (a) pensioners, (b) child-headed households, (c) child support grants and (d) COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress grant recipients in Johannesburg, Gauteng relied on social grants during the period 27 March 2020 until 27 October 2020?

Reply:

The table below shows the number of social grants paid in Johannesburg during the period March to October 2020 to;

a) Pensioners who receive the Old Age Grant or War Veterans Grant.

b) NB: SASSA does not have information on child headed households.

c) Child Support Grant

 

 

Number of Grants in Johannesburg in 2020

 

 

 

 

Grant type

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

     

Care Dependency Grant

6,890

6,870

6,978

6,966

6,940

6,927

6,914

6,941

     

Child Support Grant

580,369

579,904

577,837

580,131

581,204

582,846

584,342

586,613

     

Disability Grant

34,570

34,365

35,678

35,563

34,270

35,089

34,899

35,008

     

Foster Care Grant

8,488

8,461

8,582

8,841

8,998

9,250

9,341

9,451

     

Grant-In-Aid

2,043

2,026

2,014

2,005

1,964

1,954

1,944

1,940

     

Old Age Grant

190,373

189,733

191,317

192,864

192,002

192,374

193,144

193,884

     

War Veteran’s Grant

7

7

7

7

5

4

4

4

     

Total

822,740

821,366

822,413

826,377

825,383

828,444

830,588

833,841

     

Please note that information on all the other types social of grants paid during the period in question has also been included in the table.

d) The table below shows the number of COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress grant recipients in Johannesburg and Gauteng during the period May 2020 until October 2020. Please note that only 7% of the Covid SRD recipients provided information on the districts in which they reside. Thus the information on the entire Gauteng Covid SRD grant recipients has also been provided. Also note that no Covid SRD grant payments were made in March and April 2020.

Table: Covid SRD grant recipients in Gauteng from May to October 2020

2020

May

June

July

August

September

October

Gauteng

961157

1088058

1180741

1253453

1261494

1270938

Johannesburg

27337

32189

35821

39169

40120

41127

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