On Wednesday deputy director-general for welfare service Connie Nxumalo told parliament: “We had a meeting with the Centre for Child Law and agreed unanimously to approach the [North Gauteng] high court to ask for an extension.”
. The centre took the department to court again. This time the court granted the department and the SA Social Security Agency 24 months to continue managing and paying the 200,000 foster care grants.
Applying for a foster care grant requires the applicant to have an unabridged birth certificate. This can take six weeks to obtain. Also, the unabridged birth certificate costs R75 and home affairs is not willing to waive that fee, said Nxumalo.
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