Core ZA / Social security

Social security ingest

Tables coreza_ss_*. The public Compass navigator reads these rows. ISSA (shared Core) is primary for scheme structure; local tables are primary for current amounts.

ISSA Country Profiles — primary source

core_ss_issa.hub · yearly · issa.int/databases/country-profiles

Primary source for scheme architecture in every country we serve. Pull hub, about, and programmes-by-branch. Amounts can lag — overlay Budget / payments guide for current rates. Australia 1 Jan 2024 PDF is stored as core_ss_issa.au.2024.

• Australia — core_ss_issa.au
  ISSA comparative table: old age/disability/survivors, health, work injury, unemployment, family — present. Sickness cash is not a general ISSA 'X' for Australia (paid sick leave sits with employers / some awards). Scheme description: https://www.issa.int/node/195543?country=796 (Australia (1).pdf, policies as of 1 January 2024). Complementary pensions (Mandatory): https://www.issa.int/node/195545?country=796 (updated 31 December 2024). Use ISSA for structure; payments guide for current rates.
• ISSA Country Profiles — core_ss_issa.hub
  Primary comparative database of statutory social security.
• South Africa — core_ss_issa.za
  ISSA comparative table: old age/disability/survivors, health, sickness and maternity, work injury, unemployment, family — all present. Unemployment is marked employer-liability in that table; locally UIF is contributory social insurance. Use ISSA for structure; SASSA/DEL for current rates.

Parsed Australia profile · au 2024-01-01 · 39 facts · 22 amounts lag the 2026 payments guide (Compass keeps 2026) · core_ss_issa_facts · node 195543

ISSA scheme description https://www.issa.int/node/195543?country=796 (Australia (1).pdf, policies as of 1 January 2024). Where a 2024 amount disagrees with the 1 July 2026 payments guide, Compass keeps 2026.

Methodology

OECD / live series

Stored on coreza_ss_oecd. Compass reads these URLs live.

• OECD average — public social spending — coreza_ss_oecd.socx_oecd_avg
  live feed · OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX)
• OECD average — old age — coreza_ss_oecd.socx_oecd_old_age
  live feed · OECD SOCX
• OECD average — incapacity / disability — coreza_ss_oecd.socx_oecd_incapacity
  live feed · OECD SOCX
• Unemployment (ILO modelled) — coreza_ss_oecd.wb_unemployment
  live feed · World Bank / ILO modelled estimate
• Gini index — coreza_ss_oecd.wb_gini
  live feed · World Bank

Programmes (13)

• Older Persons Grant — R2,400
• Disability Grant — R2,400
• War Veterans Grant — R2,420
• Care Dependency Grant — R2,400
• Foster Child Grant — R1,295
• Child Support Grant — R580
• Grant-in-Aid — R580
• Social Relief of Distress (SRD) — R370
• UIF — unemployment benefit — 38%–60% of reference earnings
• UIF — illness benefit — 38%–60% of reference earnings (ceiling R17,712)
• UIF — maternity benefit — 38%–60% of reference earnings (ceiling R17,712)
• COIDA — temporary disablement — 75% of earnings
• Road Accident Fund — Assessed loss (medical, loss of earnings, general damages where allowed)