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Social Development
Implications of Children’s Amendment Bill : SALGA briefing; Content Advisor on public participation
24 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development, 24 February 2021
In this virtual meeting, the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) commented that the municipal mandate for the Children’s Amendment Bill involves municipalities having a developmental and constitutional mandate to promote Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes. This mandate lies in the ...
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Implications of Children’s Amendment Bill in relation to adoption services: DSD briefing, with Minister
17 Feb 2021
The Portfolio Committee held a vitual meeting to receive a briefing from the Department of Social Development on the implications of the Children’s Amendment Bill in relation to adoption services.
The presentation from the Department of Social Development (DSD) shared the costs of this, as well as the Department’s intentions ...
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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 ...
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DSD, SASSA & NDA Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report; Committee Report on Quarterly Performance
2 Dec 2020
Tabled Committee Reports
2020 BRRRs
Video: PC Social Development, 2 December
The Committee met virtually to adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for the Department of Social Development (DSD) for the 2019/20 financial year as well as the Committee report on the first and second quarterly reports of ...
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DSD, SASSA & NDA 2019/20 Annual Reports; with Minister
25 Nov 2020
Video: Joint Meeting: P C on Social Development and S Co on Health and Social Services
In this joint virtual meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Social Development and Select Committee on Health and Social Services, Members were briefed on the 2019/20 financial year Annual Reports ...
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Department of Social Development audit outcome and performance: FFC & AGSA input
18 Nov 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development, 18 November 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) in a virtual meeting on the annual performance and audit outcomes of the Department of Social Development (DSD) and its entities.
The FFC ...
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Department of Social Development Quarter 2 2020/21 performance; with Minister
28 Oct 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Social Development, the South Africa Social Service Agency and the National Development Agency on their second quarter performance for the 2020/21 financial year.
The Minister of Social Development said that she had signed the performance agreement, which outlined the responsibilities of the ...
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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 ...
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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 ...