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Social Development
Older Persons Amendment Bill: analysis of submissions & public hearings report
14 Feb 2024
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development convened in a virtual meeting to discuss public feedback on the Older Persons Amendment Bill. Various stakeholders provided input, highlighting both support and concerns regarding the proposed amendments. Key themes emerged from the feedback, including the need for clarity in the terminology, concerns ...
Social Development
Employment of Social Workers and probation officers: DBE & DoJ&CS briefing; with DBE Deputy Minister
8 Nov 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development convened a virtual meeting to receive briefings from the Department of Basic Education (DBE), the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD), and the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) regarding its strategies for employing social workers and probation officers. The meeting also included ...
Social Development
Unemployed Social Workers Petition – Deputy Minister present
1 Nov 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development convened to address issues raised in a petition submitted by unemployed social workers. The petition highlighted the shortage of qualified social workers in the country, with over 9 000 vacant positions within the Department of Social Development. Unemployment among graduate social workers was discussed, ...
Social Development
Statistics, Interventions & Programmes relating to violence and murder of children: SAPS briefing
25 Oct 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development held a virtual meeting to address issues related to violence and murder of children. The Deputy National Commissioner of Crime Detection of the South African Police Service (SAPS), Lieutenant General S Sibiya, emphasised SAPS’ commitment to addressing crimes against women and children and presented ...
Social Development
Social Development BRRR
18 Oct 2023
2023 Budget Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR)
The Portfolio Committee considered and adopted its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for the Social Development portfolio having considered the annual performance reports of the Social Development portfolio. It also adopted its Fourth Term Committee Programme (October - December 2023).
Social Development
National Development Agency (NDA) Annual Report 2022/2023
13 Oct 2023
The meeting was set for the Portfolio Committee to be briefed by the National Development Agency (NDA) on their annual performance report for the 2022/2023 financial year. The presentation by the NDA covered the achieved and failed key performance indicators and detailed the reasoning for their ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Establishment of a cooperative bank (for women, youth, and persons with disabilities)
21 Sep 2023
The Multiparty Women’s Caucus (MPWC) was briefed by the Minister and the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on establishing a cooperative bank (for women, youth, and persons with disabilities). The Minister, along with her team, spoke extensively in respect of all questions raised to the other ...
Social Development
SASSA payment delays; Department of Social Development Q1 2023/24 Performance
20 Sep 2023
The agenda of the Portfolio Committee's virtual meeting with the Department of Social Development (DSD) was amended to allow discussion on the recent delays in the payment of grants to South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) beneficiaries.
The DSD said that its executive had been meeting daily to troubleshoot ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Status of Women's Health in South Africa: engagement with DoH, DWYPD & StatsSA
31 Aug 2023
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
Meeting virtually on the last day of Women's Month, the Multiparty Women’s Caucus received three briefings. Those briefings were made by the Department of Health (DoH), Statistics South Africa (StatsSA), and the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) on the Status ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Committee Programme
15 Jun 2023
The Multiparty Women’s Caucus met on the virtual platform to receive a briefing on the Caucus’s third term programme.
The Caucus was mindful of the short time period for the third term, and Members requested that some key matters be discussed in order to prepare for the incoming seventh ...