Alexandra Lilian Amelia Abrahams

Committee appearances

• DSD, NDA & SASSA on progress made with action plan responding to AG 2018/19 audit findings; Update on Covid19 pandemic issues 2 Sep 2020

  Ms A Abrahams (DA) referred to SASSA’s recommendation of the expenditure for condonement. She asked if the NDA can resubmit a presentation to the Committee including the actual amounts for the nine legacy contracts referred to. She also asked what the reasons are for audit findings showing no progress.

• DSD Quarterly Performance; Progress report to address backlog in Foster Care System & meet North Gauteng High Court deadline; Update on response to Covid19 pandemic issues 26 Aug 2020

  Ms A Abrahams (DA) asked the NDA to provide clarity on the number of volunteers and NGOs involved, because previously she had also received a different answer. She asked for DSD's plan to catch up with the backlog of NPO registrations, as NPOs play a critical role in social ...

• Plan to address GBV and Femicide: DSD briefing; Petition to curb alcohol abuse linked to GBV 19 Aug 2020

  Ms A Abrahams (DA) said the Committee likes to see how the implemented programmes impact the people on the ground, and how these cases can be measured. She said she is happy with the 59 000 men who are accessing the Whatsapp, and are currently in the DSD programmes.

• National Drug Master Plan: DSD briefing; CDA challenges & recruitment process 18 Aug 2020

  Ms A Abrahams (DA) highlighted that the Gauteng High Court judgment handed down on 31 July on the decriminalisation of the possession and use of cannabis by children should be welcomed.

• Department of Social Development and entities on Covid19 update 31 Jul 2020

  Ms A Abrahams (DA) asked if the Department would continue providing a weekly COVID19 status update to the Committee while Parliament was in recess. Was SASSA aware that some officials had requested that the SRD grant applicants reapply for the grant each month? A mayor’s wife in the Free ...

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Questions

• Questions asked to the Minister of Social Development 17 Sep 2020

  Whether her department has any contractual agreements with (a) a certain company (name furnished) and (b) its affiliates; if so, will she furnish Ms A L A Abrahams with the (i)(aa) memorandum of understanding and (bb) service-level agreements between her department and (aaa) the specified company and (bbb) its ...

• Questions asked to the Minister of Employment and Labour 14 Sep 2020

  With reference to the total number of Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) applications that his department has received to date, what total number of (a) TERS applications were received from (i) early childhood development centres and (ii) partial care facilities, (b) the specified applications in each case qualified for ...

• Questions asked to the Minister of Social Development 3 Sep 2020

  (1)Whether her department has a safety plan for orphaned and vulnerable youth exiting Child and Youth Care Centres (CYCC) once they turn 18 years old and are no longer protected by the Children’s Act, Act 38 of 2005, and subsidised by the State to stay in the specified ...

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Plenary appearances

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