The child support grant and the fertility of recipient parents in Lenyenye Township Motheo Rabaji WITS Graduate School of Governance Thesis presented in partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Management (in the field of Public and Development Management) to the Faculty of Commerce, Law, and Management, University of the Witwatersrand March 2016 Name of candidate Motheo Rabaji Student number 9613347p Telephone numbers 060 533 1051 Email address
[email protected] Name of supervisor Dr. Kambidima Wotela ii DECLARATION I declare that this thesis/dissertation titled ‘The child support grant and the fertility of recipient parents in Lenyenye Township’ is my own, unaided work. I have acknowledged and referenced all sources that I have used and quoted. I hereby submit it in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Management (Public and Development Management) in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. I have not submitted this report before for any other degree or examination to any other institution. Motheo Rabaji Johannesburg, March 2016 iii ABSTRACT Author: Motheo Rabaji Thesis title: The child support grant and the fertility of recipient parents in Lenyenye Township Johannesburg, March 2016 The research aimed to find out whether one of the unintended outcomes of governments’ top-down implementation of the child support grant was increased fertility among recipients in the rural areas, which generally have higher levels of fertility in the country. South Africa does not have a fertility problem, but development is still much needed in the rural areas. The plight of government, having inherited one of the most unequal society is not minimised.