The role of social security in South Africa

Kaseke, Edwell

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“…Thus, not everyone is eligible for the social grants. Some of the recipients of these grants, particularly older persons, have formed informal self-help groups such as stokvels in order to supplement their incomes from the social grants (Kaseke, 2010). There was therefore a need to explore the social and economic benefits of participating in stokvels.…”

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The Role of Stokvels in Improving People’s Lives: The Case in Orange Farm, Johannesburg, South Africa

Matuku

Kaseke

2014

Social Work

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Stokvels are self-help initiatives designed to respond to the problems of poverty and income insecurity in communities. Stokvels are thus a form of informal social security. Based on a study of members of stokvels in the Orange Farm community in Johannesburg, South Africa, the article examines the role of stokvels in improving the lives of their members. The results of the study showed that stokvels enable members to meet their basic needs. Stokvels also provide opportunities for members to save and invest and ultimately to accumulate assets. The results also show that stokvels promote the empowerment of women.

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The Role of Stokvels in Improving People’s Lives: The Case in Orange Farm, Johannesburg, South Africa

Matuku

Kaseke

2014

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“…Compounding the poverty situation in Lesotho is the problem of unemployment, as the Bureau of Statistics (2007) reveals that only 26.7 percent of the total labour force in the country was in full-time employment in 2002/3. Peters, quoted in Kaseke (2010), also reveals that 58.7 percent of the population of South Africa in 2005 lived in poverty. A contributory factor to the problem of poverty in South Africa is the relatively high rate of unemployment, which was estimated to be 27 percent in 2005 (Statistics South Africa, 2005).…”

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Overcoming poverty in old age: Social security provision in Lesotho, South Africa and Zimbabwe revisited

Dhemba

2012

International Social Work

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“…The government has made recommendable success in combating abject poverty and hunger through social assistance programme [21]. Even after such measures, issues such as fraud still hover around and most caregivers and orphans are still battling with meeting challenges of day-to-day living.…”

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“…Even after such measures, issues such as fraud still hover around and most caregivers and orphans are still battling with meeting challenges of day-to-day living. However, [21] continues to argue that the high prevalence of HIV and AIDS among caregivers has worsened the challenges of child poverty. The government in 2005 enacted the Children's Act 38 of 2005 which provided under Section 155 and 156 for the orphans of whatever nature to be associated with Foster Care Grants.…”

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“…Due to the backlogs in many organizations assisting with the application of these grants and the misuse of such grants by some foster parents, the survival of HIV and AIDS orphans is still a struggle far from being won. The previous inequalities in education, health care and basic infrastructure have highly contributed in caregivers being unable to care for orphans and orphaned children [21].…”

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Three Decades of HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Challenges Faced by Orphans in Tembisa, South Africa

Tanga¹,

Khumalo²,

Gutura³

2017

HIV/AIDS - Contemporary Challenges

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This paper was extracted from a broader study conducted on the effectiveness of social support mechanisms provided to human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) orphans in Tembisa, Gauteng Province. Using a qualitative research design, an interview guide was designed for in-depth interviews, which were conducted with 12 HIV-and AIDS-affected and -infected orphans. In addition, a focus group discussion was run with 13 children's caregivers and two social workers were interviewed as key informants. Nevertheless, this paper discusses the challenges faced by orphans of HIV and AIDS. Maslow's hierarchy of needs was used as the theoretical framework of the study. The findings indicate that the death of a parent signifies the disruption of the basic pattern of a child's life living in the urban area where the role of extended families does not exist as compared to rural areas where a child belongs to the whole village. There are challenges that are impacting on the daily lives of the HIV/AIDSaffected and -infected orphans. Notably, the participants' narratives suggested that there were challenges in terms of health, shelter, education and food. It is concluded therefore that the war against the impacts of HIV and AIDS is still far from being achieved.

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The role of social security in South Africa

Cited by 30 publications

References 4 publications

The Role of Stokvels in Improving People’s Lives: The Case in Orange Farm, Johannesburg, South Africa

The Role of Stokvels in Improving People’s Lives: The Case in Orange Farm, Johannesburg, South Africa

Overcoming poverty in old age: Social security provision in Lesotho, South Africa and Zimbabwe revisited

Three Decades of HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Challenges Faced by Orphans in Tembisa, South Africa

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