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Social Development Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
16 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee met to discuss and adopt the Department of Social Development’s Budget Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR), as well as make some comments on the foster care progress report that had been presented by the Department in September.
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DSD, NDA & SASSA 2018/19 Annual Reports; with Minister
9 Oct 2019
The Minister, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, committed to direct accountability for the improvement of the Department and its entities. She said the Department had a culture of bosses and not leadership and this culture would need to change. The Department had fewer targets in the 2018/19 reporting period ...
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Social Development audit outcomes 2018/19; DSD-SASSA-SAPO financial relationship: AGSA briefing
8 Oct 2019
Auditor-General South Africa presented the audit outcomes of the Department of Social Development and its two entities, South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and National Development Agency (NDA).There has been a decline in audit outcomes over the last five years from 2014-2019. This had seen SASSA, the NDA and the ...
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DSD on turnaround strategy to address backlog in the Foster Care System & meet North Gauteng High Court deadline, with Minister
18 Sep 2019
Social Development
AGSA workshop; High Level Panel Report: DSD response; with Deputy Minister
11 Sep 2019
The Committee was briefed by Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) on its new mandate, the audit process, the five audit opinions it expresses, root causes of poor audit outcomes, key recommendations and the role of oversight. Emphasis was put on AGSA’s extended mandate following amendments to the Public Audit Act which ...
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Foster Care System backlog: progress report; with Deputy Minister
4 Sep 2019
The Department of Social Development and six of the nine provinces briefed the Committee about progress in meeting the court order deadline of 28 November 2019 to ensure foster care orders for thousands of in children in foster care who received foster care grants, do not lapse. This matter had ...
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Department of Social Development Quarterly performance, with Deputy Minister
21 Aug 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department on their Quarterly 2018/2019 performance in the period 1 January - 31 March 2019. The Deputy Minister said that this period was chosen to avoid duplicity and the DSD was scheduled to present its Annual Report to the Committee in two weeks' time. ...
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Social Development Budget: Committee Report
10 Jul 2019
The Committee convened to consider and adopt its report on the budget for the Department of Social Development (DS). Members pointed out that the recommendations of the Committee had not been implemented by the staff of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA). It was important for SASSA and the ...
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Election of Committee Chairperson
2 Jul 2019
The Committee convened to elect its Chairperson. Mr M Gungubele (ANC) was nominated. Ms B Masango (DA) nominated herself as Chairperson. Due to the fact that there was more than one nomination, as the Rules of the National Assembly stipulate, the decision went to a vote where Mr Gungubele received ...