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Social Development
SASSA & NDA Annual Report 2021/22; with Minister
14 Oct 2022
A virtual follow-up meeting of the Portfolio Committee was held to finalise consideration of the annual reports of the Department of Social Development (DSD) and its entities, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and the National Development Agency (NDA).
The NDA explained that it ...
Social Development
Social Development Portfolio Audit Outcomes; DSD, SASSA & NDA Annual Report 2021/22; with Ministry
12 Oct 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received a report from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes for the Department of Social Development (DSD) and its entities for the 2021/22 financial year. This was followed by the presentation of the ...
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Fourth National Plan of Action for Children; DSD Quarter 1 2022/23 Performance; with Minister
21 Sep 2022
Fourth National Plan of Action for Children (NPAC) for 2019 – 24
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Department of Social Development (DSD) in a virtual meeting on the National Plan of Action for Children 2019-2024, and on the Department’s performance report for the first quarter of the ...
Social Development
Tembisa residents petition; National Development Agency turnaround strategy; Fundraising Amendment Bill; with Minister
14 Sep 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee heard the petition of Tembisa residents on the state of the South African Social Security Agency’s offices there, and was briefed by SASSA on its efforts in improving the Tembisa office challenges in managing its office space in general. It also received an update ...
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Fundraising Amendment Bill: adoption
9 Sep 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee on Social Development considered and adopted the A and B-lists of the Fundraising Amendment Bill (FRAB); as well as the Bill itself.
The aim of the Bill is, amongst other things, to amend the Fundraising Act of 1978 to effect ...
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Department of Social Development 2021/22 Quarter 4 performance; Fundraising Amendment Bill; with Minister
7 Sep 2022
The Portfolio Committee met virtually with the Department of Social Development to receive a report on the Department's performance for the fourth quarter of the 2021/22 financial year, and to consider the A-list of the Fund Raising Amendment Bill.
The presentation covered the performance for quarter ...
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Fundraising Amendment Bill: motion of desirability& deliberations
2 Sep 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development considered and adopted the motion of desirability on the Fundraising Amendment Bill. The Committee also considered inputs from the Department's legal advisors, Parliament, and Office of the State Law Advisor. The Committee deemed the Bill desirable.
The aim of the ...
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Differences between the Child Support Grant Top-Up and Foster Care Grant, DSD briefing with Minister
24 Aug 2022
The Department of Social Development briefed the Portfolio Committee on Social Development on the differences between the Child Support Grant Top-Up and the Foster Care Grant.
The presentation highlighted the challenges that the Department had with the Foster Child Grant. The presentation provided an overview of ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill: adoption, with Deputy Minister
6 Jul 2022
Committee Report on Children’s Amendment Bill
The Committee approved the 16 clauses it retained in the Children’s Amendment Bill [B18B-2020] with Committee amendments. The DA, FF+, ACDP and EFF objected to the B-Bill.
The Committee Report on the Bill with the following headings was adopted:
• Context and background; ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill: consideration and adoption of A-list
29 Jun 2022
In this meeting, the Parliamentary Legal Advisor presented a redrafted version of the A-list of the Committee's proposed amendments. Decisions about Sections 21 and 24 had been settled on in the previous meeting. However, due to an incorrect draft presented to the Committee, it had agreed to defer the ...