sash-warns-thousands-will-lose-disability-grant-if-new-bill-is-passed-apr-20-2010

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Disability Grant

scholarly journals Disability Grant: a precarious lifeline for HIV/AIDS patients in South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Veloshnee Govender ◽  
Jana Fried ◽  
Stephen Birch ◽  
Natsayi Chimbindi ◽  
Susan Cleary
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Aids Patients ◽  
Disability Grant ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Amputation history and rehabilitation of black men living in the greater Durban area who have had traumatic amputations of the lower limb

Curationis ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. A. Kubheka ◽  
L. R. Uys
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Black Men ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Physical Rehabilitation ◽  
Rehabilitation Programme ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Disability Grant

A survey was undertaken amongst twenty five black men living in the greater Durban area who had had amputations of the lower limbs. The type of amputation care and the rehabilitation programme they underwent post-operatively is described. The sample included men from 24 to 50 years of age, of whom the majority were from rural areas. The amputation care intra and post-operatively was marked by the lack of emotional preparation pre-operatively, and lack of rehabilitation information and teaching afterwards. Most respondents had to find information for themselves. This lack of information and teaching seemed to impede physical rehabilitation, with stump sores and limited use of prostheses being the main problems. Vocational rehabilitation was almost totally absent. In contrast to the twenty two respondents who worked before their amputations, only four worked afterwards. The majority had to support their families alone; sixteen of them were totally reliant on a Disability Grant. These problems lead to social isolation, depression, loneliness and other psycho-social problems.

scholarly journals Relative poverty in female disability grant recipients in South Africa

De Jure ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Yvette Basson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Financial Security ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Relative Poverty ◽  
Women With Disabilities ◽  
The Core ◽  
Established Fact ◽  
Disability Grant ◽  
Economic Position

It is a well-established fact that adequate social security measures are used as a tool to allow persons a measure of financial security and support in the event of certain contingencies. Historically, disability has been one of the "core" contingencies, which is covered by social security schemes. The purpose of social security in providing for this contingency is to compensate for income lost or reduced as a result of disability. The fact that more women in South Africa have disabilities than men leads to the conclusion that women with disabilities are more negatively affected by poverty than men with disabilities. This in turn makes a woman with a disability more likely to be dependent on the disability grant than a man with a disability. The link between gender, disability and poverty will be discussed to illustrate the socio-economic position of female disability grant recipients in comparison to male disability grant recipients. This article will address the relative poverty of female disability grant recipients and make recommendations to address this relative poverty.

Disability, cash transfers and family practices in South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 541-559
Author(s):  
Gabrielle Kelly
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Household Composition ◽  
Household Dynamics ◽  
Family Practices ◽  
Care Outcomes ◽  
Disability Grant ◽  
Household Members

Relative to other low and middle-income countries, South Africa provides a generous set of cash transfers (social grants) targeted at people with disabilities. This article explores the influence of disability-related grants on family practices and configurations, care arrangements and household composition in the Western Province of South Africa. The article draws on the findings of two studies: 1) an ethnographic study of disability grant recipients and applicants in a low-income Cape Town community and; 2) a study of interactions between healthcare staff, disability grant applicants and their families. Findings show that disability grant income is shared within households and the contribution of a stable income provides opportunities for people with disabilities to exercise agency, be seen as valuable household members and secure care and support from other household members. However, conflicts may arise over how income is shared and may lead to the extortion, abuse and neglect of people with disabilities, particularly in cases of severe disablement. Given the lack of adequate social provisioning for those who are able-bodied and unemployed, disability also becomes highly valued in households and the potential suspension or cancellation of a grant can interfere with adherence to treatment. The study emphasises the influence of policy structures and economic conditions on household dynamics and care outcomes and contributes to the sparse international evidence-base on the role that disability welfare benefits play in household dynamics and care outcomes.

Who gets the disability grant in South Africa? An analysis of the characteristics of recipients in urban and rural areas

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (15) ◽  
pp. 1139-1145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Jelsma ◽  
Soraya Maart ◽  
Arne Eide ◽  
Mzolisi Toni ◽  
Mitch Loeb
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Disability Grant ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

scholarly journals Disability profile of grant recipients in a semi-rural area in South Africa

2001 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
A. Frieg ◽  
J. A. Hendry
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Permanent Disability ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Prevention Programmes ◽  
Disability Grant ◽  
The Mean

A descriptive study was undertaken to establish, amongst others, the demographic details and the disability profile of a group of persons with disabilities who collected their disability grant at the Kleinmond Post Office in June 1999. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire during face-to-face interviews with the grantees and/or their proxies. A questionnaire developed for this purpose included a disability catalogue based on the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps (ICIDH). The repeatability of the questionnaire was 96%.The mean age of the mainly male grantees was 42 years (range: 18-64).Nearly a third of the subjects had been disabled since birth, reinforcing the importance of disability prevention programmes as outlined in several policy documents. Most persons with disabilities had problems with activities in the situational disability category (82% or 24/29), while only a few reported personal care disabilities (34% or 10/29).The majority of the grantees (86% or 25/29) reported disabilities in more than one category. This may be an indication that only persons with multiple disabilities qualify for permanent disability grants in South Africa.

Marginalisation and Precarious Circumstances of People with Albinism (PWA): Information Needs and Services

Mousaion ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Ngula ◽  
Connie Bitso
Keyword(s):  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Group Living ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Disability Grant ◽  
Local Languages

The study that directed this article investigated the information needs of parents of children with albinism (CWA) in the Khomas region, and determined information services that are appropriate for people with albinism (PWA) in the Khomas region of Namibia, in order to inform the possible design of their information services. Considering PWA as a marginalised user group living under precarious circumstances in Africa, and in the interest of an inclusive information service, a study on information needs was conducted on PWA in the Khomas Region, Namibia. It was conducted within the interpretivism paradigm, following a qualitative research approach, and interviews were conducted with six parents of CWA. In addition, two representatives from organisations that deal with the plight of PWA in Namibia were interviewed as organisational participants (OP). The following information needs were identified in the study: eye-and-skin-related information needs; information on what albinism is; the causes of albinism; information on how to register for the disability grant; and education-related information. The study also revealed that the information needs of parents of CWA differ at each level of the child’s growth. For example, parents stressed needing additional information because as children grow up new needs emerge. OP indicated that they use the following platforms to disseminate information to PWA: radio stations in local languages, community meetings, their websites, and the distribution of flyers in English.  

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