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Social Development
NDA 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan; AGSA input; with Minister
7 May 2020
Video: JM: PC on Social Development and SC on Health and Social Services 7 May 2020
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 20/2021
In a joint virtual meeting with the Portfolio and Select Committees, the Minister of Social Development explained the technical glitch that resulted in SASSA ...
Social Development
DSD / SASSA / NDA on COVID-19 challenges and response, with Minister
22 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Regulations and Guidelines
Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
The Minister of Social Development opened the "virtual" meeting by explaining the structures created for all sectors of government, to work in unison ...
Social Development
Social Assistance Amendment Bill: adoption; Foster Care Court Order: progress report
17 Mar 2020
The Committee had approved all clauses of the Social Assistance Amendment Bill at its 11 March meeting except for clause 7. A proposed amendment to clause 7 was submitted by the parliamentary legal adviser: ‘The Minister must, after consultation with Parliament, appoint an Independent Tribunal ......"
The Committee approved this ...
Social Development
Social Assistance Amendment Bill [B8-2018]: public hearings
26 Feb 2020
Media Statement: Social Development Committee Welcomes Submissions Made at Public Hearings on Social Assistance Amendment Bill
Question NW662 to the Minister of Social Development
In its public hearings on the Social Assistance Amendment Bill [B2 -2018], the Portfolio Committee heard submissions from: Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office; Black Sash , Centre for ...
Social Development
Social Assistance Amendment Bill: summary of submissions; SASSA Quarter 1 - 3 performance
19 Feb 2020
The Committee Content Advisor presented a summary of the written submissions received on the Social Assistance Amendment Bill in preparation for the public hearings scheduled for the week of 24 February 2020. The Social Assistance programme was outlined in terms of the types of social grants offered and the requirements ...
Social Development
Council of Social Services Professions funding; NACCW on Child & Youth Care Worker challenges
27 Nov 2019
The South African Council of Social Services Professions (SACSSP) was invited to speak about its funding, accreditation of training and the curriculum. SACSSP said that it had to compromise on some of its mandate as a Council due to limited funding because it relied only on subscription fees. However, with ...
Social Development
Foster Care Progress Report on High Court Order; DSD 2019/20 Quarter 2 Performance
20 Nov 2019
Portfolio Committee on Social Development engagements with Department
The Department of Social Development (DSD) told the Committee that the human settlement policy was still a draft, as it had not been approved or implemented. Once it was passed, it would solve most issues pertaining to the sheltering of gender-based violence ...
Social Development
Social Assistance Amendment Bill: briefing; DSD Audit & BRRR action plan; with Deputy Minister
13 Nov 2019
The Deputy Minister encouraged the Committee to process the Social Assistance Amendment Bill as quickly as possible so that it can enable DSD to provide better social security and reach more in the fight against poverty and create security for children that are raised by their own extended families.
She ...
Social Development
Auditor General’s audit findings for 2018/19 Annual Report & BRRR: SASSA & NDA action plan; DSD 2019/20 Quarter 1 performance; with Minister
6 Nov 2019
The Committee received presentations from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), the National Development Agency (NDA) and the Department of Social Development (DSD).
SASSA said that their focus was on the audit plan and measures to deal with financial misconduct, because these were issues that continued to sully its ...
Social Development
Plans to combat Gender Based Violence, femicide, violence and murder of children: DSD briefing
30 Oct 2019
Commission for Gender Equality on Systemic Investigation Report of shelters that accommodate victims of violence
Joint Sitting: Debate on Gender Based Violence
Address to the nation by President Cyril Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa's Oral Replies to Questions in the National Assembly, Parliament
The Committee was briefed by the Department of ...