Grants & Pensions

GRANTS & PENSIONS

Grant for Caring for a Young Child (Child Support Grant) (Service)

If you are the person responsible for looking after a child (you are the child's primary caregiver) and the child is younger than fourteen years old, you can get a monthly payment from the government called a Child Support Grant. >

Grant for Fostering a Child (Foster Child Grant) (Service)

A foster child is a child who is removed from their parents and legally placed in the care of foster parents, in terms of the Child Care Act. If you have been appointed a foster parent by a court, you can get a monthly ... >

Old Age Pensions (Service)

Who can apply for the Old Age Grant? The Means Test, Old Age Grant 2006, Applying for the Grant, Enquiries ... >

Grant for Caring for a Disabled Child (Care Dependency Grant) (Service)

If you are the parent, guardian, foster parent or custodian of any child between the ages of 1 and 18 who needs full-time care because of mental or physical disability, you can get a monthly payment from the government called a Care Dependency Grant. The ... >

Disability Grants (Service)

If you are an adult (18 years or older) who is not able to work because of a mental or physical disability, you can get a monthly payment from the government called a disability grant. You can get a permanent grant if your disability will ... >

Grant for Someone Who Needs Full-time Care (Grant-in-Aid) (Service)

If you are already receiving an old age, disability or war veteran's grant and you are unable to care for yourself, such that you need full-time care from someone else, then you may in addition get a monthly payment from the ... >

War Veteran's Grants (Service)

If you are older than 60, or younger than 60 but mentally or physically unfit for work, and you served in the First (1914-1918) or Second World War (1939-1945) or the Korean War (1950-53), you may get a war veteran's grant. You must be a ... >

Grants Pay Schedule for the Western Cape - 2008 (Guidelines, Manuals & Instructions)

2008

Department of Social Development (Provincial Government of the Western Cape)

You can collect your pension or grant on specific days at the various payout stations throughout the province. Use the attached schedules to find out where your nearest payout point is and when the payout dates are for the rest of the year. >

Child Grants 2004 (Public Information)

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This brief publication provides information on all grants that are available for children including the child support grant, the care dependency grant and the foster care grant. >

Temporary Payment in a Crisis (Social Relief of Distress Award) (Service)

If you are unable to support your family's basic needs because of a crisis of a temporary nature, you can get a monthly payment for up to three months, called a social relief of distress award. >

Combating Fraud and Corruption in the Social Security System (Service)

"Fraud Costs You Money. See it, Report it, Stop it!" ... >

Government Financial Assistance (Public Information)

This publication explains the different kinds of financial help you can get from government, in different circumstances. You can get social grants, unemployment benefits, compensation for work injuries, compensation for road accident injuries, housing subsidies, bursaries and loans and finance and incentives for small business development. >

The content on this page was last updated on 26 February 2008

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