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Social Development
Social Development BRRR; Committee Report on DSD Quarterly Performance
19 Oct 2022
The Committee convened in a virtual meeting to review and adopt its 2021/22 Budget Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for the Department of Social Development and entities.
Members pointed out some omissions from the report. These included issues involving the appointment of the board and chief ...
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 ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
GBVF case backlog & victim support: progress report by Police & Justice Ministries
22 Sep 2022
In a virtual meeting, the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD ) gave a progress report on the stablishment of sexual offences courts, eliminating Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) case backlogs, and interventions to address areas of dysfunction to ensure successful prosecutions ...
Social Development
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 ...
Social Development
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 ...
Social Development
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 ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Committee matters
1 Sep 2022
The Multiparty Women's Caucus met virtually to consider and approve all pending internal matters, including the adoption of minutes and the third term draft Committee programme. In her opening remarks, the Chairperson congratulated the South African national women's Soccer team, Banyana Banyana, on its many outstanding achievements and the ...
Social Development
DSD action plan in response to AGSA audit findings & recommendations; with Minister
31 Aug 2022
The Department of Social Development and its entities briefed the Portfolio Committee in a virtual meeting on their action plans in response to the audit findings and recommendations of the Auditor-General of South Africa.
The Minister of Social Development provided a political overview of the Ministry's view on the ...
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; ...