Delisile Blessing Ngwenya

Committee appearances

• Foster Care Progress Report on High Court Order; DSD 2019/20 Quarter 2 Performance 20 Nov 2019

  Ms D Ngwenya (EFF) expressed concern that NPOs in the sector of education, research and health only accounted for 2% of existing NPOs, as these sectors would result in growth for communities. She asked if any NPOs were philanthropic and how it was determined which sector an NPO fell into ...

• Social Assistance Amendment Bill [B8-2019]: briefing; Department’s action plan to respond to AGSA findings & BRRR 13 Nov 2019

  Ms D Ngwenya (EFF) asked what the terms of reference are and who compiles the terms of reference for the inspectorate as there is a need to understand its role and duties. She asked DSD to elaborate on the statement that the inspectorate is an investigative arm. Does the DSD ...

• Auditor General’s audit findings for 2018/19 Annual Report & BRRR: SASSA & NDA action plan; DSD 2019/20 Quarter 1 performance 6 Nov 2019

  Ms D Ngwenya (EFF) said that listening to SASSA’s report she was able to conclude that what put SASSA in the position it was in was a lack of planning and negligence, because should people have been paying attention to administrative detail.

• Gender Based Violence, femicide, violence and murder of children; Action plans to respond to AG Audit findings: DSD, SASSA & NDA briefings 30 Oct 2019

  Ms D Ngwenya (EFF) highlighted that, in the last two meetings, the Portfolio Committee was told that it would be invited to the

• Foster Care Progress Report on High Court Order 23 Oct 2019

  Ms D Ngwenya (EFF) said that they know that these courts case numbers are not just numbers but children. Therefore, DSD should deal with them as such. These children have been suffering for a long time since 2010 or 2011 and nothing has been done to sort out this problem ...

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Questions

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Plenary appearances

• CLUSTER 2: SOCIAL SERVICES (Subject for Discussion) 20 Nov 2019

  Hon Minister, I just need to find out ... One of the factors that presented itself as a problem ... as a challenge, actually ... in respect of this backlog, is the fact that these children have to be given unabridged birth certificates which costs a certain amount of money. Some parents cannot ...

• NOTICES OF MOTION 12 Nov 2019

  House Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the House I shall move on behalf of the EFF:

  That the House-debates the plights of fidelity vehicle guards, who are exposed to dangerous working conditions and are underpaid

  Agreed to:

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