MOKGORO J The amendment, when it comes into force, will change the wording in section 3 from: “Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person shall be entitled to the appropriate social grant if he satisfies the Director-General that he — ... (c) is a South African citizen . . . ”24 (emphasis added) to: “Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person shall be entitled to the appropriate social grant if that person satisfies the Director-General that he or she — ... (c) is a South African citizen”25 (emphasis added). The substantive requirement for citizenship in section 3(c) as a basis for qualification for access to the social grant will therefore remain intact after amendment. [28] Since section 3(c) as amended had not yet been brought into force, the High Court only gave an order dealing with section 3(c) prior to amendment by section 3 of the Welfare Laws Amendment Act. The newly introduced section 4B(b)(ii) as it appears in section 3 of the Welfare Laws Amendment Act, which was challenged by the applicant and struck down by the High Court as constitutionally invalid in the Mahlaule matter, has also not yet been brought into force.26 The only section which was challenged by the applicants in the 24 Section 3 of the Act prior to amendment by the Welfare Laws Amendment Act. 25 Section 3 of the Act after amendment by the Welfare Laws Amendment Act. 26 See above n 8. 18

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