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"This Government is Failing Me Too": South Africa Compounds Legacy of Apartheid for Older People

The 68-page report, “‘This Government is Failing Me Too’: South Africa Compounds Legacy of Apartheid for Older People,” details the government’s failure to effectively carry out the Older Persons Act, a post-apartheid law that guarantees the rights of older people and provides for community- and home-based care and support services. These services would enable older people to continue to live in their own homes with the support they are entitled to. ....

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Co-ordination, targeted spending can help elderly people access care: HRW

South Africa's elderly are often unable to access basic care and support services despite a legislative framework that is good on paper, says Human Rights Watch. ....

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SASSA | Social relief of distress: Who qualifies, how to apply

Social relief of distress is temporary assistance for persons in dire need that they are unable to meet their families’ most basic needs. ....

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Net1 and CPS — Welfare Profiteers

The most cynical corporations seek to rip off the poor. Few have been as effective as Net1 and Cash Payment Services (CPS). While they have rebranded, they have not paid back their illicit profits owed to millions of South Africans. ....

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Justice Yvonne Mokgoro: South Africa's trailblazing defender of justice, human dignity and the constitution

Many great legal minds have made important contributions to the development of the law, justice and constitutionalism in South Africa. One figure who stands out as a particularly influential jurist of the era is retired judge Yvonne Mokgoro. She was among the first justices of the country’s new constitutional court, serving from 1994 to 2009. Researchers at South Africa’s Human Sciences Research Council have aptly described this remarkable jurist: ....

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