An ID in 'just over two months'
It now takes an average of 68 days for South Africa's Department of Home Affairs to process an identity document application, with improvements being attributed to the use of track and trace technology and reduced postage time.
Unemployment insurance expands
The Unemployment Insurance Fund had registered over R27.8-billion in collections by the end of March 2008, and now covers almost half of South Africa's working population.
SA men get state pensions earlier
South Africa's amended Social Assistance Act now allows men aged 63 and 64 to apply for a state pension. Men who turn 61 and 62 in 2008 will be able to apply from April 2009, and by 2010 the eligibility age - at 60 years - will be equal between men and women.
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