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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
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
Temporary disability grant reapplications & overcrowding at SASSA: update with Minister
3 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development, 03 Feb 2021
Call for comments:
Amendments to Social Assistance Act Regulations: Application, Eligibility, Payment of Social Assistance
Amendments to Social Assistance Act Regulations: Lodging & Adjudication of Social Assistance Appeals
The Minister, Department of Social Development (DSD) and South African Social Security Agency ...
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Lapsed temporary disability grants, reapplications, overcrowding at SASSA offices: with Minister
20 Jan 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development, 20 January 2021
The Committee met on a virtual platform for a briefing by the Minister of Social Development, the Department of Social Development (DSD) and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) on the challenges about temporary disability grants, reapplications and overcrowding at ...
Social Development
Employment of Social Work graduates; Foster Care court order progress & application for extension of deadline
21 Oct 2020
The Portfolio Committee of Social Development was briefed by the national and provincial Departments of Social Development on the employment of social work graduates. It was then briefed by the national Department on an update of the foster care court order.
On social work graduates, the provincial Departments of Social ...
Social Development
Update on response to Covid19 pandemic issues; with Deputy Minister
14 Oct 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development (National Assembly) 14 Oct 2020
The Department of Social Development (DSD) and its entities took the Committee through a comprehensive update on the measures put in place by to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Committee was pleased by the in-depth reporting and appreciated ...
Social Development
DSD, NDA & SASSA on progress with 2018/19 audit findings; COVID-19 Update; with Ministry
2 Sep 2020
Social Development
Foster Care court order progress; DSD Quarter 1 performance; with Deputy Minister
26 Aug 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development (National Assembly) 26 Aug 2020
The Committee expressed its condolences on the passing of Ms Connie Nxumalo.
The Deputy Minister said Quarter 1 was not an easy quarter for the Department as the country went into Level 5 Lockdown, the demand for DSD services ...
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Plan to address GBV and Femicide: DSD briefing; Curbing alcohol abuse linked to GBV; with Minister and Deputy Minister
19 Aug 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development, (National Assembly) 19 Aug 2020 Part 2
The Minister and the Department presented the Committee with the Department’s comprehensive plan to address Gender Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) in line with the National Strategic Plan on GBVF, Family Preservation Programmes, and ...
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National Drug Master Plan: DSD briefing; CDA challenges & recruitment process; with Minister and Deputy Minister
18 Aug 2020
The Department of Social Development briefed the joint Committees in a virtual meeting on the National Drug Master Plan for 2019-2024, and the filling of the Central Drug Authority’s board vacancies.
The briefing on the National Drug Master Plan centred mainly on the formulation of the plan, and the methods ...