Johnathan Paoli
THE Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu is set to launch the Child Poverty and Child Support Grant (CSG) review report on Friday in Johannesburg.
The review is expected to reflect on the state of child poverty in the country, document the policy process in the development and expansion of the CSG, and review the impact of the CSG on child poverty.
The launch of the report is part of Social Development Month celebrated every year annually in October, with this year’s celebration under the theme “working together to eradicate poverty and other social ills”.
The department said that the month is primarily observed to showcase the work taken by the department and its entities, the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) and National Development Agency (NDA).
In 2020, Zulu acknowledged the pressing need to review policy around the CSG, and the following year, the department commissioned the
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