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Social Development
Department of Social Development Quarter 1 Performance, with Deputy Minister
29 Aug 2018
The Department of Social Development briefed the Committee on its performance and expenditure for the first quarter. The Department had done quite well in the quarter; it had managed to spend 24.41% of the projected budget.
In terms of overall performance, it was reported that 69% of the targets were ...
Social Development
Non Profit Organisations capacitation & compliance with NPO Act: NDA & DSD briefing
22 Aug 2018
The Committee was addressed by the Department of Social Development (DSD) and the National Development Agency (NDA) with regard to the capacitation of non-profit organisations (NPOs), as well as compliance with the NPO Act.
The DSD’s presentation shed light on the NPO database, the mandate in terms of the NPO ...
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Constitutional Court judgment: SASSA progress report
15 Aug 2018
Members received a progress report from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) on the implementation of the Constitutional Court order. It highlighted the progress that had been made between April and August with regard to card swapping, payment challenges, risks, the phasing out of Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), as ...
Social Development
Grant Payments; Rape & Kidnapping of Children: SAHRC, CGE, DSD & MECs interventions
4 Jul 2018
The Portfolio Committee called the meeting during the parliamentary recess because Social Development was responsible for protecting the vulnerable and Parliament had to do something about the ongoing rape and murder of girls and other forms of gender-based violence. There had been consistent reporting in the media of the rape ...
Social Development
SASSA progress report; Department of Social Development 2017/18 Quarter 4 performance
6 Jun 2018
Members were briefed by the Department of Social Development on its performance report for Quarter 4 and SASSA. Neither the Minister, Deputy Minister nor the Director General were present for this briefing which was the last before a the two month extended recess where this oversight committee returns only on ...
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Department of Social Development Quarter 3 performance
30 May 2018
The Chairperson informed Members that the Committee would not be dealing with the referral on the Children’s Amendment Bill because the Bill had been withdrawn. There had been no opposing submissions, but Parliament would not be accepting new Bills.
The meeting commenced with a discussion on the South Africa Social ...
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Meeting with Indonesian Parliament delegation
16 May 2018
The Committee met with a parliamentary delegation from Indonesia.
The Chairperson explained that the South African government was a unitary state divided into many spheres of government; how South Africa was divided into nine provinces; how the government structure consisted of the Cabinet as headed by the President, and the ...
Social Development
Committee Report on Department of Social Development Annual Performance Plan
4 May 2018
Following previous briefings from the Department of Social Development (DSD) and its entities on the 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan (APP), the Committee met to consider and officially adopt its document on the DSD’s ensuing Budget Vote 17.
The Committee suggested a few additions and amendments. Regarding the challenge of managing ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development & NDA & SASSA 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy
2 May 2018
The Committee received presentations on the Annual Performance Plans and budgets of the Department of Social Development and its two agencies that day following the preliminary discussions of the previous week.
The concerns of the previous week had been resolved. The responsibility for the Annual Performance Plan lay with the ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development & NDA & SASSA 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan (postponed)
25 Apr 2018
The Portfolio Committee met for a briefing by the National Development Agency on its Annual Performance Plan and the budget for the 2018/19 financial year. However, the presentation did not take place as the meeting was postponed before the presentation was made as the Committee and the Minister of Social ...