Why South Africa's social grants aren't eradicating malnutrition

Monday, April 3, 2017 - 08:31 in Mathematics & Economics

A national sigh of relief should follow the Constitutional Court ruling that ensures the uninterrupted payment of social grants in South Africa. And some praise might follow the slight increases in monthly social grant payments to more than 17 million South Africans, as announced in the national budget in February. But these increases don't go far enough to address South Africa's persistent malnutrition challenge.

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