Assistance granted
As at December 2014 there were 16.4 million grant recipients and social protection expenditure for 2014/15 was set at R143.9 billion. Treasury expects the number of grant recipients to rise to 17.5 million by 2017/18, which will cost the government R176.5 billion in social protection expenditure. (http://bit.ly/1zCUuSh)
This week’s theme: National Budget 2015