1.0Times South Africahttps://timessouthafrica.comTSAhttps://timessouthafrica.com/author/tsa/Social Development improves social grants process to benefit orphaned children - Times South Africarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8HWiWyI4gE"><a href="https://timessouthafrica.com/social-development-improves-social-grants-process-to-benefit-orphaned-children/">Social Development improves social grants process to benefit orphaned children</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://timessouthafrica.com/social-development-improves-social-grants-process-to-benefit-orphaned-children/embed/#?secret=8HWiWyI4gE" width="600" height="338" title="“Social Development improves social grants process to benefit orphaned children” — Times South Africa" data-secret="8HWiWyI4gE" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> The Department of Social Development gazetted the proclamation of the Social Assistance Amendment Act on 30 May 2022, effectively improving the social assistance programme to benefit orphans and vulnerable children. Social assistance is one of the coun...