A study by academics linked to Stellenbosch University and Erasmus University in Rotterdam has found evidence of a decline in the mental health of adolescents ageing out of South Africas child support grant CSG.
The grant, meant to eradicate widespread child poverty, has been in place since 1998, evolving to become the states largest cash transfer.
Academics Tsepang Khumalo, Ronelle Burger, and Marisa von Fintel looked into the loss of this support, zooming in on nearly 8,000 adolescents tracked as they age out of the CSG.
