Living on R2 320 a Month: Here’s How a Pensioner Spends Her Grant

Living on R2 320 a month: Here’s how a pensioner spends her grant

Pensioner Noah Libbie, 61, left her home in Bonteheuwel shortly after 9:00 last Tuesday to catch the bus to Parow Centre and collect her Older Person’s Grant. She was one of about four million people who received the grant. GroundUp followed her as she collected her grant, seeing how she stretches it to cover the needs of her household.

South Africa: Living On R2,320 a Month - Here's How a Pensioner Spends Her Grant

"Sometimes by the 15th of the month, the groceries are all done," says 61-year-old Noah Libbie

Living on R2,320 a month: Here’s how a pensioner spends her grant

“Sometimes by the 15th of the month, the groceries are all done,” says 61-year-old Noah Libbie