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Social Development
Unemployed Social Workers Petition – Deputy Minister present
1 Nov 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development convened to address issues raised in a petition submitted by unemployed social workers. The petition highlighted the shortage of qualified social workers in the country, with over 9 000 vacant positions within the Department of Social Development. Unemployment among graduate social workers was discussed, ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
NYDA Amendment Bill: DWYPD response to public submissions; with Minister
31 Oct 2023
The Portfolio Committee had an in-person meeting to receive a briefing on the responses of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) to the public submissions on the National Youth Development Agency Amendment Bill [B13-2022].
The Chairperson highlighted key resolutions that the Committee had made at its ...
Social Development
Statistics, Interventions & Programmes relating to violence and murder of children: SAPS briefing
25 Oct 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development held a virtual meeting to address issues related to violence and murder of children. The Deputy National Commissioner of Crime Detection of the South African Police Service (SAPS), Lieutenant General S Sibiya, emphasised SAPS’ commitment to addressing crimes against women and children and presented ...
Social Development
Social Development BRRR
18 Oct 2023
2023 Budget Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR)
The Portfolio Committee considered and adopted its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for the Social Development portfolio having considered the annual performance reports of the Social Development portfolio. It also adopted its Fourth Term Committee Programme (October - December 2023).
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Youth Development Agency 2022/23 Annual Report
17 Oct 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities met to consider the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) 2022/2023 Annual Report. The NYDA indicated that 100% of performance and a clean audit outcome had been achieved against the approved Annual Performance Plan (APP) ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality 2022/23 Annual Report
13 Oct 2023
Commission for Gender Equality
The Portfolio Committee convened in a virtual meeting to be briefed by the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) on its annual report for 2022/23. It reported that the financial year 2022/2023 was characterised by a leadership change from a secretariate and Commissioners level. Notably, one ...
Social Development
National Development Agency (NDA) Annual Report 2022/2023
13 Oct 2023
The meeting was set for the Portfolio Committee to be briefed by the National Development Agency (NDA) on their annual performance report for the 2022/2023 financial year. The presentation by the NDA covered the achieved and failed key performance indicators and detailed the reasoning for their ...
Social Development
Social Development Portfolio Audit Outcome; DSD&SASSA 2022/23 Annual Reports; with Ministry
11 Oct 2023
Meeting Summary
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development met virtually with the Department of Social Development and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) to consider and engage on their annual reports for the 2022/23 financial year. The Committee was also briefed by the Auditor-General of ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Women Portfolio Audit Outcomes; DWYPD 2022/23 Annual Report
10 Oct 2023
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
The Committee convened in a virtual meeting to receive a briefing by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) and the National Youth Development ...
Social Development
SASSA payment delays; Department of Social Development Q1 2023/24 Performance
20 Sep 2023
The agenda of the Portfolio Committee's virtual meeting with the Department of Social Development (DSD) was amended to allow discussion on the recent delays in the payment of grants to South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) beneficiaries.
The DSD said that its executive had been meeting daily to troubleshoot ...