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Children’s Amendment Bill: Technical Team on ECD chapters/clauses; DSD Budget: Committee Report
19 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development
The Department of Social Development provided an update on the progress made on the Early Childhood Development (ECD)-related clauses in the Children's Amendment Bill, the scope of the work that had been done, and timelines for submission of the Bill to ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill: public hearings day 5
18 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development
In a virtual meeting, the Committee hosted its fifth and final day of public hearings on the Children’s Amendment Bill [B18-2020]. A total of 19 persons from various organisations presented their submissions and key themes addressed included:
Migrant, asylum seeker and refugee population in South Africa ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill: public hearings day 3
13 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development
The Committee conducted public hearings on the Children’s Amendment Bill. Presentations were received from the Association for Social Workers in Private Practice; Fathers 4 Justice; Sonke Gender Justice; Solidarity Guild for Social Workers; Cause for Justice; Women’s Legal Centre; and the Catholic Institute for ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill: public hearings day 2
12 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development
Audio: Children’s Amendment Bill: public hearings day 2
The National House of Traditional Leaders presented an oral representation to the Committee based on their written submission. Issues around male and female circumcision were outlined as well as guardianship, rights of unmarried fathers and ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill: public hearings day 1
11 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development
Audio: Children’s Amendment Bill: public hearings day 1
The Committee began public hearings on the Children’s Amendment Bill. Eight organisations made oral submissions.
Stakeholders highlighted challenges relating to Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres registration, availability of sites, and challenges rural-based ECD centres encounter.
Real ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill: Legal Advisor on status of ECD clauses that were not contested & summary of public comments
7 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed on how to handle clauses relating to Early Childhood Development (ECD), in the Children’s Amendment Bill, since this function would be migrating to the Department of Basic Education by April 2022. The Committee was told, based ...
Social Development
SASSA & NDA 2021/22 Annual Performance Plans; with Minister and Deputy Minister
5 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development
The Committee met virtually to receive a briefing to consider the Strategic Plans, the Annual Performance Plans (APP), and the Budget Votes of the National Development Agency (NDA) and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA).
The SASSA is an agency ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development 2021/2022 APP; with Minister & AGSA Input
4 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development
The purpose of this virtual meeting was for the Committee to receive a briefing by the Auditor-General of South Africa on the Annual Performance Plan of the Department of Social Development and its entities. The Committee also considered the Department’s Strategic ...
Social Development
Foster Care court order progress; SASSA & NDA 2020/21 Quarter 3 performance; with Minister & Deputy
16 Apr 2021
Video: PC Social 16 April 2021
Audio: Foster Care court order progress; SASSA & NDA 2020/21 Quarter 3 Performance
The National Department of Social Development presented the Foster Care Progress Report on the implementation of the Northern Gauteng High Court order. The presentation covered progress on the comprehensive National legal ...
Social Development
AGSA on Special COVID-19 Audit Reports; DSD 2020/21 Quarter 3 performance; Children’s A/B: discussion on contested ECD clauses
17 Mar 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development, 17 March 2021
COVID Audit Report 2
COVID Audit Report 1
The Committee convened in a virtual meeting to be briefed by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the special reports on COVID-19, to consider the third term quarterly performance report ...