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The pensions "crisis" in the Eastern Cape Province
Author(s)Valerie M_ller
Journal titleSouthern African Journal of Gerontology, vol 7, no 1, April 1998
Pagespp 32-35
KeywordsPensions ; South Africa.
AnnotationIn January 1998 hundreds of thousands of pensioners in the Eastern Cape Province were left destitute when a cash shortfall prevented the provincial Department of Welfare from paying out old-age pensions. The Eastern Cape has a history of problems which include backlogs in infrastructure, a lack of administrative capacity, and fraud and corruption. Pensioners were affected when the government began the rationalisation of the pensions system. This brief paper draws on press reports covering the period 1997 to 1998, to trace the events which led to the pensions crisis, and the background to these events. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-980710407 A
ClassmarkJJ: 7PM

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