The official application method is via this google form. However, South Africa has an impressive social grants system by international standards, with social assistance spending as a percentage of GDP comparing to Western European countries during the 1980s (the height of the welfare state). As a condition of the grant, students must identify an academic or professional staff mentor and supervisor for their initiative. Concern about the sustainability of the social grant system is at this stage unfounded. Our social justice agenda is guided by the UTS Social Impact Framework, an institution-wide approach to driving social change both within and beyond our campus and community. You can also check out our FAQs. We have no references for this item.

Jannie Rossouw is head of School of Economic & Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand. If she refuses to accept responsibility, it raises the question of whether the ministry she runs is needed at all or can be merged with another ministry, as its largest single responsibility is oversight of the legal administration and payment of social grants. The page is authorised by Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Corporate Services). Applications are currently open and will close on 30 April 2020. But since 2008 the country has suffered a period of low economic growth. Using the Income and Expenditure Survey of 2005 (IES2005) the normalized Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) measure and the General Entropy (GE) measure (to assess the impact of social grants on poverty and inequality, respectively), it is found that social grants have a considerable impact on poverty, and that this impact increases as the poverty measure being used becomes more sensitive to the severity of poverty.

They may include: The grants can be used flexibly to fund entire projects or used for aspects of initiatives including: by helping progress projects from the concept phase into development or delivery phases; as a catalyst to progress current projects; or to assist in evaluation of projects nearing completion. If you would like to pre-prepare your answers before you submit your application form, you can view the questions we will be asking. As part of the application process, all applications will need to include a budget for how the grant will be spent. These households will be destitute if they do not receive grant payments in a timely fashion. What impact have social grants had on poverty alleviation in South Africa? In most cases grants, which include pensions, disability payments and child support grants, support entire households.

General contact details of provider: http://edirc.repec.org/data/desunza.html . There are others, such as government housing provision and free water allocation. The Child Support Grant (CSG) is an important instrument of social protection in South Africa, reaching over 10 million South African children each month. Evaluations for both grant categories are to be submitted by 28 February 2021. Please read the information below, and in the grant info brochure, before applying. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc. It leaves the impression that the minister and her department want to force the country into a crisis, leaving no option but to get approval to continue using the current service provider. () (Department of Economics, University of Stellenbosch). As a condition of the grants, successful applicants will be required to attend a two-hour evaluation workshop on 9 or 11 June 2020. Ten grants of up to $5,000 are offered, across two categories; research and practice. A pervasive myth. While grants are an important source of income for poor households, child support grants are tiny, amounting to only R3,480 (about $350) a year for each child that qualifies. In terms of inequality, it is found that social grants have a negligible impact. Extensive research has been done on the impact of the social grant system.

Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through Ten grants of up to $5,000 are offered, across two categories; research and practice. This grew rapidly to about 17 million beneficiaries as the grants were expanded to include older children. ", Luca Tiberti & Hélène Maisonnave & Margaret Chitiga & Ramos Mabugu & Véronique Robichaud & Stewart Ngandu, 2013. An additional concern is that the Minister of Social Development has suggested there may be an extension of child support grants. 23 March 2020: Social Impact Grant Briefing, 20 May 2020: Successful applicants notified, 9 or 11 June 2020: Required one-day evaluation workshop for all grant recipients, 28 February 2021: All evaluations and reporting due. It would have a severe impact on poor and vulnerable households. An information session for interested applicants is being held on 23rd March 2020 at UTS, via Zoom. Grant money is not only used to support beneficiaries. A key thing to note is the importance of your social enterprise’s tax structure. They’re very important because of extent of poverty, the consequent number of recipients, and the amount paid out. We also welcome and encourage applications from UTS students, including higher degree research students, who have expertise or interest in specific areas of the framework.

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Social grant spending is an investment in human capital, underpinning future inclusive growth. Offered for initiatives that demonstrate UTS’s contribution to social impact in line with the Social Impact Framework. Public seminars, demonstrations, exhibits or events, Project scope, intended social impact and intended beneficiaries of the project outcomes, Demonstrated alignment with the values and mission of the Social Impact Framework, Existing expertise in relation to the subject area, ideally with examples of published work or delivered programs, Evidence of good project management and planning – realistic timeframe, project deliverables, budget allocations, Endorsement of the Faculty Dean/Unit Director/Supervisor, (Desirable) familiarity and alignment with related programs and initiatives at UTS.

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One knock on effect would be that shop owners’ income streams would be affected and they wouldn’t be able to pay employees’ salaries. But it seems that expecting any action from President Jacob Zuma in a crisis – except if he stands to gain personally – is too big an ask. All grants will need to be financially acquitted by 10 December 2020.

And there isn’t any expectation that the situation is likely to improve in the foreseeable future. As a result the system has become unaffordable. This paper investigates the impact of social grants poverty and inequality in South African.

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