Five days of national hearings on the Children’s Amendment Bill painted a bleak picture of the state of South Africa’s vulnerable children and the government’s role in the crisis. The bill provides the long-awaited solution to foster care, but if it’s also intended to protect children a.
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Several organisations have urged Minister Lindiwe Zulu to introduce a new child grant.
This would be possible in terms of amendments to the Social Assistance Act which currently open for public comment.
The Top-Up grant would partly bridge the gap between the Foster Care Grant and the Child Support Grant.
Civil society organisations have called on Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu to introduce a Top-Up child support grant for orphans in the care of extended families.
They say this is a necessary step in addressing the foster care backlog and the increasing workload of social workers.
Draft amendments to the Social Assistance Act include a provision for the minister to prescribe additional payments linked to a social grant on the basis of need.