Sentence examples for social granted from inspiring English sources

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They have social grants – modest but nonetheless important state funds for pensioners and the sick.

Though the country has only 6 million taxpayers, about 15 million people receive some kind of social grant.

Subsistence farming and child social grants of R250 a month are used to support families – which can encourage teenage pregnancy.

Richard Ketley, who heads the banking practice at Genesis Analytics, a consulting firm, argues that it will largely depend on how the government pays social grants.

South Africa has been using biometric identification and electronic transfers and ATMs to distribute pensions and social grants for over 20 years.

Beneficiaries must not be maintained or cared for in a state institution, and should not be in receipt of another social grant.

South Africa has a fairly progressive and redistributive tax system, according to a World Bank study, and the government supports about sixteen million people with social grants.

Government guidelines state: "It should be noted that social grants for adults are paid on a sliding scale – the more income and applicant has, the less he/she will receive for the grant".

The share of individuals claiming social grants has been steadily rising, towards 30%.Nearly a fifth of households in Limpopo, the poorest province, said remittances from relatives were their main source of income.

That meant, in the first instance, more money for a programme of social grants, mainly for child support and pensions, which go to about 10m people (out of a population of 47m).