intsika yethu local municipality - Provincial Spatial Development plan

Table 16: Social Grants recipients as a percentage of total populationType of grant No. of recipients % of total populationOld age pension 8420 5.60%Disability Grant 2922 1.75%Child support grant 21 767 13.80%Care dependency grant 540 0.32%Foster care grant 34 0.02%Grant in aid 99 0.05%Social relief 2 0.00%Multiple social grants 0 0%Institutions 331 19%Source: Gaffneys Local Government in South Africa-Official Yearbook, 2011-2013. Pg: M135The number of people who receive grants in IYLM is substantial, even considering the extent of IYLM’sindigent population. The table above tells us that the largest grant is the Child support grant which covers21 767 people or 13.80% of IYLM’s entire population. Although there is a heavy concentration of youthacross the country’s age distribution, the distribution of grants suggests that fewer of these householdsreceive social welfare support than one would be inclined to believe. However, updated information fromthe South African Social Security Agency indicates that more than 51,000 people receive grants withinIYLM, meaning more than a quarter of the population is grant dependent.Chart 5: Employment opportunities across economic sectorsSource: ECSECC, Statistics Database, 2011IYLM is characterised by high unemployment rates with 44% of the working population being officiallyunemployed in 2009, as in seeking work opportunities but unable to find them. ECSECC estimated thatthis number would decrease slightly in 2010 to around 42%. There has been a reasonable drop in the rateof unemployment over the last 10 years since 2002 when unemployment stood at 54%. The largestemployment sector in IYLM is the tertiary sector which employs 74% of all employed people within theformal sector. The largest numbers of people employed within the tertiary sector are involved in generalgovernment. ECSECC estimated that there would be about 4263 people working in general government in2010.39