women are overrepresented among beneficiaries more than twothirds of beneficiaries because they are eligible at a younger age and live longer in addition they are less likely to be eligible for contributory private pensions because of their poorer labour market performance and weak labour force attachment leibbrandt et al as a result takeup was fairly low and led to the revision of the eligibility conditions and other related requirements the csg changed the approach of childrelated social transfers in south africa by paying the benefit to the caregiver rather than to the child as a result women who were the majority of care givers were given some freedom in the use and allocation of such funds