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MWITA-AC-2026-040 · Evidence A · P1

Stats SA estimated 6.6 million people aged 60+ in 2025 (10.5% of the population) and reported grants as the primary income source for 60.1% of older-person-headed households in 2024.

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What this does not establish

Grant reliance does not measure adequacy or causal welfare effect; household headship is not care receipt.

Counterevidence & uncertainty

Indicators draw on different datasets.

What would change the reading

Household outcome and care-use data.

Primary routes

AC-S021https://www.statssa.gov.za/?p=19307Open source record →

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