[TOP STORY] Census: The economic impact of SA's changing demographics

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‘Pensions make up a very important part of social grants, it would mean that government spending on social grants would tend to rise, putting further pressure on our fiscal resources,’ says Servaas van der Berg, professor of economics at the University of Stellenbosch.

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