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The right to social security and the administration of the Social Relief of Distress Grant in South Africa
Mini Dissertation (LLM (Multidisciplinary Human Rights))--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/106985 The right to social security and the administration of the Social Relief of Distress Grant in South Africa Killander, Magnus Yeshuaisthemeshiach@gmail.com Thenga, Godfrey UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Social Relief of Distress, grants, human rights, social security, socioeconomic rights, hunger, poverty, corruption Social Relief of Distress Grants Human rights Social security Socio-economic rights Hunger Poverty Corruption Mini Dissertation (LLM (Multidisciplinary Human Rights))--University of Pretoria, 2025. Hunger and poverty are interrelated concepts and are pervasive in South Africa. South African cities are experiencing an influx of people who constantly suffer because they are not being catered to sufficiently. The Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant provision in South Africa is stretched as many benefit from it. The provinces have many economically inactive people, both migrants and citizens, who are equally affected by the scourge of hunger and poverty. There is an insufficient budget for the SRD grant, and the qualifying and deserving people continue to experience hunger and poverty. Moreover, there is no central unit that coordinates databases to ensure that the SRD grant is disbursed to the qualifying applicants. The SRD grant money is not monitored properly to determine that it is paid to the right beneficiaries. No neutral body conducts monitoring and evaluation of expenditures, and reliance is placed on SASSA officials as Grant custodians. The criteria used to screen the applicants are fragmented across regions and provinces in South Africa, and in certain instances, SASSA officials have unfettered discretion to approve or disapprove applicants. The provision of the SRD grant demonstrates clear signs of corruption and fraud, not least in the fact that the budget cannot fully be accounted for. There is a need to review the application process, criteria and sanitise beneficiaries’ data. There is a need to conduct an official audit to determine the integrity of beneficiaries and conduct continuous monitoring and evaluation of the SRD grant allocated funds. Centre for Human Rights LLM (Multidisciplinary Human Rights) Unrestricted Faculty of Laws SDG-01: No poverty SDG-02: Zero hunger SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-04: Quality education SDG-10: Reduces inequalities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2025-11-28T10:53:51Z 2025-11-28T10:53:51Z 2025-12-10 2025-10-30 Mini Dissertation * D2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/106985 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.30729902 en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Social Relief of Distress, grants, human rights, social security, socioeconomic rights, hunger, poverty, corruption Social Relief of Distress Grants Human rights Social security Socio-economic rights Hunger Poverty Corruption The right to social security and the administration of the Social Relief of Distress Grant in South Africa |
| title | The right to social security and the administration of the Social Relief of Distress Grant in South Africa |
| title_full | The right to social security and the administration of the Social Relief of Distress Grant in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The right to social security and the administration of the Social Relief of Distress Grant in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The right to social security and the administration of the Social Relief of Distress Grant in South Africa |
| title_short | The right to social security and the administration of the Social Relief of Distress Grant in South Africa |
| title_sort | right to social security and the administration of the social relief of distress grant in south africa |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Social Relief of Distress, grants, human rights, social security, socioeconomic rights, hunger, poverty, corruption Social Relief of Distress Grants Human rights Social security Socio-economic rights Hunger Poverty Corruption |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/106985 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.30729902 |