According to the General Household Survey, 62% (12.2m) of South African children under 17 have an absent father. Grandparents (usually grandmothers) often step in as the primary caregivers when parents are deceased or absent, in fact 52% of South African children with an absent father live with a grandparent, and 64% of children with an absent mother live with a grandparent.

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