'Come back when you are 65, Sir': discrimination in respect of access to social assistance for the elderly
Messrs Roberts, Whitebooi, Casling and Visagie are four elderly gentlemen who live in poverty in Gelvandale, Port Elizabeth. At the end of 2005 they wished to apply for social assistance from the State. At the time of their applications, the men were over the age of 60, but none of them had attained...
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ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-rhodes-vital-297862018-11-24T04:40:26Z'Come back when you are 65, Sir': discrimination in respect of access to social assistance for the elderlyKrüger, RósaanMessrs Roberts, Whitebooi, Casling and Visagie are four elderly gentlemen who live in poverty in Gelvandale, Port Elizabeth. At the end of 2005 they wished to apply for social assistance from the State. At the time of their applications, the men were over the age of 60, but none of them had attained the age of 65. Had they been female, they would have qualified for social assistance in the form of old age pensions at the age of 60. 'These pensions would not have made them rich, but would have enabled them to sustain themselves.2009textarticle12 pagespdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10962/71119vital:29786http://www.ldd.org.za/images/stories/Ready_for_publication/V10-2_Come_back_65.pdfEnglishLaw, Democracy and DevelopmentKrüger, RósaanThe use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Law, Democracy and Development statement by means of Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 4.0 (http://www.ldd.org.za/by-type/refereed-articles/118-articles-vol-10-2/335-come-back-when-you-are-65-sir-discrimination-in-respect-of-access-to-s.html.) |
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Messrs Roberts, Whitebooi, Casling and Visagie are four elderly gentlemen who live in poverty in Gelvandale, Port Elizabeth. At the end of 2005 they wished to apply for social assistance from the State. At the time of their applications, the men were over the age of 60, but none of them had attained the age of 65. Had they been female, they would have qualified for social assistance in the form of old age pensions at the age of 60. 'These pensions would not have made them rich, but would have enabled them to sustain themselves. |
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