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NCOP Health and Social Services
South African Social Security Agency & National Development Agency Annual Report 2020/21; with Minister
8 Mar 2022
The Select Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and the National Development Agency (NDA) on their annual reports for 2020/21. Both of the agencies had received unqualified audit opinions.
SASSA and the NDA gave detailed presentations indicating ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill: Briefing by the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service
24 Feb 2022
In a virtual meeting attended by the Ministers of Police, Social Development and officials from several departments, the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service briefed the Multi-Party Women’s Caucus on the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill (B25-2021). The Bill removed restrictions in the Criminal Procedure Act on taking DNA samples ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Department of Social Development 2020/21 Annual Report, with Minister
23 Nov 2021
In a virtual meeting the Select Committee received a briefing on the Department of Social Development (DSD) and South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) 2020/21 Annual Reports with Minister Lindiwe Zulu in attendance.
The Committee commending the much improved performance in 2020/21 with 48 out of ...
Social Development
Social Development Portfolio Audit Outcomes; DSD, SASSA & NDA 2020/21 Annual Report; with Minister
10 Nov 2021
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 2020/201 financial year. This was followed by the presentation of the 2020/21 annual reports ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Second Special Appropriation Bill: Department of Social Development briefing, with Minister
14 Sep 2021
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met on a virtual platform for a briefing by the National Department of Social Development and its entities, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and the National Development Agency, on the Second Special Appropriation Bill [B17-2021]. The Bill is intended to facilitate government ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
SASSA on Auditor-General’s findings on COVID-19 stimulus relief fund package; with Minister
31 Aug 2021
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) told the Committee, in a virtual meeting, that it had received R24 billion in the Department of Social Development's first social relief grant allocation, and for this round it had been allocated R26 billion. However, it was concerned about the lack of ...
Social Development
Update on migration of Early Childhood Development: DSD & DBE briefing; with Ministers
25 Aug 2021
The Joint Portfolio Committees on Basic Education and Social Development met to hear the progress in implementing the migration of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme function from the Department of Social Development (DSD) to the Department of Basic Education (DBE). This decision had been announced in 2019 by President ...
Social Development
Fund-Raising Amendment Bill: briefing; with Minister
2 Jun 2021
Minister Lindiwe Zulu noted that the lack of access to dormant relief funds. The distribution of state finances amongst five relief funds posed a costly administrative problem which prevented accessing money quickly and efficiently in the event of emergencies or disasters. This Bill would amend the Fund-Raising Act of 1978 ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
DSD, SASSA & NDA 2021/22 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy Minister
1 Jun 2021
Video: Select Committee on Health and Social Services, 01 June 2021
The Department of Social Development (DSD), together with the National Development Agency (NDA) and South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), briefed the Select Committee of Health and Social Services on their 2021/22 Annual Performance Plans.
The ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: Department of Social Development briefing, with Minister and Deputy Minister
18 May 2021
The Standing Committee on Appropriations convened a virtual meeting to be briefed by the Department of Social Development and representatives from certain of its agencies on the Appropriation and Special Appropriation Bills.
It was presented that the Department has always been historically underfunded. The proposed reduction of R38.6 billion was ...