Insecurity in South African Social Security
An Examination of Social Grant Deductions, Cancellations, and Waiting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4603263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Natasha Thandiwe Vally (University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 965-982 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057070.2016.1223748 |
| OpenAlex | W2529249590 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
In 2012, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) contracted a private company, Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), to design a standardised national social assistance payment and registration system. The national card-based biometric enrolment and payment system was advanced as a way to make social grant payment more secure – for claimants, the state, and the national fiscus. In practice, however, it translated into forms of insecurity, which served to promote and reproduce precarity. This article considers some of these insecurities, with a focus on the three most pervasive: the cancellation of grants, the expansive, unauthorised monetary deductions from claimants’ accounts, and the new kinds of waiting that the system introduced
Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Social security · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Law
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Deductions and counter-deductions in South Africa
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Liminality in incorporation
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |