There are over 13.9 million grant recipients in South Africa. It is estimated that for the 2010/11 year 25% of beneficiaries will receive payment directly into their banking account (Estimates of National Expenditure 2010, Dept. of National Treasury)
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The last count there were 49 milloin people in SA excluding refugees and illegal immigrants. If thesefigs are correct, 28% of South Africans receive a Gov grant of some sort. What % of the 13.9 million are government old age pensioners?
There is so much work to be done in South Africa yet the ANC government persists in turning our country into a welfare state – so that the voters become forever financially dependent on the ANC.
Sounds rather a moot point.Dependency on grants
is no longer associated with pensioners and the like. Others would like to use these handouts as dole around which to eek out a living due to unemployment or malingering around.