An evaluation of the administration of social grants as poverty alleviation strategy at the Sedibeng District Municipality

Abstract

This research is directed at investigating the extent and depth of poverty in South Africa with special reference to poverty in the Sedibeng District Municipality A literature survey that explores the symptoms and causes of the phenomenon reveals the nature, extent and distribution of poverty in South Africa. This informed the study on the percentage of impoverished South Africans who depend on poverty alleviation through social grants in the form of old age pensions, disability rants and maintenance grants. An empirical investigation was used to investigate social grants as poverty alleviation strategy and evaluated the effectiveness of the administration thereof two self-developed questionnaires were completed by twenty respondents; which included ten clerks and ten beneficiaries of social grants. Recommendations for further research and the implementation of findings are made, inter alia, the need for more pay points especially in the location where it becomes difficult for beneficiaries to travel long distances to receive their grants