ZA UWC SPI 2025-0002-9-29 - Access to Social Security Indicator Paper: Monitoring the Progressive Realisation of the Right to Social Security Using the SPI Three Stage Measurement Methodology

Social security in essence is the guarantee of access to sufficient income across a person’s life, from dependent child to adult with income – earning potential, to a retired older person. This paper focuses on the social assistance leg of social security. Social assistance refers to the monthly cash grants paid by the state to people deemed to meet their eligibility criteria.

• Social Security
• Social Assistance

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• Republic of South Africa