a) Current foster care grant backlog per province compared to June 2022
REGION |
2019 & Prior Years |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
EC |
165 |
522 |
1525 |
720 |
3118 |
FS |
14 |
4 |
26 |
40 |
458 |
GP |
942 |
704 |
1124 |
1244 |
1778 |
KZN |
49 |
26 |
127 |
224 |
1351 |
LP |
801 |
618 |
921 |
944 |
1114 |
MP |
32 |
150 |
165 |
82 |
206 |
NC |
1 |
2 |
3 |
23 |
122 |
NW |
7 |
5 |
8 |
18 |
425 |
WC |
62 |
75 |
154 |
267 |
1549 |
TOTAL |
2073 |
2106 |
4053 |
3562 |
10121 |
b) Top-up grant monthly uptake per Province
REGION |
Jun 2022 |
Jul 2022 |
Aug 2022 |
Sep 2022 |
Oct 2022 |
Nov 2022 |
Dec 2022 |
Jan 2023 |
Feb 2023 |
Mar 2023 |
Apr 2023 |
May 2023 |
June 2023 |
July 2023 |
Aug 2023 |
Sep 2023 |
EC |
306 |
1,249 |
2,711 |
4,072 |
5,314 |
6,153 |
6,825 |
7,388 |
8,167 |
8,764 |
9,274 |
10,046 |
10,751 |
11,341 |
12,108 |
12,715 |
FS |
100 |
392 |
910 |
1,210 |
1,535 |
1,734 |
1,949 |
2,148 |
2,338 |
2,569 |
2,721 |
2,996 |
3,306 |
3,584 |
3,875 |
4,172 |
GP |
239 |
579 |
1,339 |
1,843 |
2,578 |
3,097 |
3,578 |
4,049 |
4,508 |
4,939 |
5,265 |
5,732 |
6,154 |
6,460 |
6,900 |
7,281 |
KZN |
458 |
1,228 |
2,602 |
3,717 |
3,717 |
5,386 |
6,046 |
6,378 |
6,925 |
7,438 |
7,798 |
8,282 |
8,602 |
8,959 |
9,476 |
9,873 |
LP |
227 |
633 |
1,733 |
2,347 |
3,007 |
3,388 |
3,901 |
4,243 |
4,665 |
5,073 |
5,405 |
5,724 |
6,030 |
6,268 |
6,522 |
6,855 |
MP |
119 |
283 |
712 |
1,084 |
1,591 |
1,803 |
2,080 |
2,382 |
2,659 |
2,989 |
3,229 |
3,628 |
3,973 |
4,258 |
4,533 |
4,779 |
NC |
71 |
199 |
379 |
565 |
702 |
754 |
861 |
965 |
1,078 |
1,213 |
1,290 |
1,399 |
1,504 |
1,597 |
1,674 |
1,764 |
NW |
64 |
249 |
550 |
894 |
1,289 |
1,499 |
1,716 |
1,931 |
2,191 |
2,432 |
2,617 |
2,904 |
3,178 |
3,373 |
3,590 |
3,767 |
WC |
64 |
206 |
492 |
754 |
955 |
1,158 |
1,362 |
1,492 |
1,741 |
1,999 |
2,150 |
2,426 |
2,654 |
2,790 |
3,000 |
3,246 |
TOTAL |
1,648 |
5,018 |
11,428 |
16,486 |
20,688 |
24,972 |
28,318 |
30,976 |
34,272 |
37,416 |
39,749 |
43,137 |
46,152 |
48,630 |
51,678 |
54,452 |
c) (i) The Children’s Act has been amended to allow relatives of orphaned children to refer this category of children for Child support grant (CGS) Top-Up grant. However, the regulations are not yet gazetted for implementation as a result Social Workers (legally) are still referring relatives of orphaned children to the Foster Care system.
It should be noted that the Department of Social Development and South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) are continuously conducting educational roadshows, stakeholder and public education about the Child Support Top - Up, including the eligibility criteria. We therefore believe that overtime, there will be tangible movement.
(ii) The Child Support Top-Up Grant is included in the report. The data is on page 45, table 27 of the attached report.