Black Sash welcomes Cabinet decision to extend the Child Support Grant to 18!
Black Sash and campaign partners ACESS and the Children’s Institute (UCT) welcome Cabinet’s decision on 22 October to approve the extension of the Child Support Grant (CSG) from 15 to 18 years. This is a significant milestone in our journey to realise the Constitutional rights of all our children to social assistance.
View photographs of our celebration outside parliament
We are particularly excited that we can take this good news back to the hundreds of parents and caregivers who only this month shared their testimonies with us, describing how the loss of the grant at 15 had impacted on their families.
Read the testimonies we gathered from parents and caregivers
Read the report we compiled entitled, “When the grant stops, the hope stops.”
Read our 'You and Your Rights' information sheet on the Child Support Grant
Read a report on the hearings held at Mariann Ridge, KZN
Read our Media Statement - 3 September 2009
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