Chapter 7
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Types of social grants
In terms of the Social Assistance Act social assistance is provided in the form of the following types of grants:
- Social grants for adults who are 18 years and older
- Older Person’s Grant
- Disability Grant
- Care Dependency Grant
- War Veteran’s Grant
- Grant-in-Aid
- Children’s social support (a child is someone who is younger than 18 years)
- Foster Child Grant
- Child Support Grant
- Special Grant
- Social Relief of Distress Grant
- COVID-19 Special Social Relief of Distress Grant (R370 grant)
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