The vast majority of these non-resident grant recipients are the child’s parents. This figure is similar to that derived from KIDS 2004 which estimated the incidence of non-resident Child Support Grant recipients at 10% (Woolard, Carter & Aguero, 2005). The State Old Age Pension was originally introduced in South Africa in 1928 to address poverty among elderly white people, but was gradually extended to other population groups. During the Apartheid years both the size of the grant and some of the conditions discriminated on the basis of race.