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DSD Budget: Committee Report
15 Jul 2020
Ms A Abrahams (DA) asked about adjustments to the budget on the DSD substance abuse programmes. Why had it decreased and decapacitated some of the treatment centres? A previous presentation of the Department had stated that the target of five public treatment centres being capacitated would be decreased to three ...
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DSD, SASSA & NDA Adjusted Budget & Revised Annual Performance Plan; Update on response to Covid-19 matters
8 Jul 2020
Ms A Abrahams (DA) was concerned about the revised APP and budget. Treasury has not given DSD enough money. If government does not invest in the people, there is no use in investing in material possessions. Women, children and people with disabilities are invisible to Treasury when one considers Treasury ...
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Implementation of food distribution programmes: MECs and HODs briefing; Update on progress made to respond to Covid19 pandemic issues
25 Jun 2020
Ms A Abrahams (DA) asked whether the use of food vouchers to which the Acting DDG had referred, was in use and if it was, on what date it had been implemented. She proposed that food vouchers should be referred to as “dignity vouchers,” since they would also allow recipients ...
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DSD 2019/20 Quarter 4 performance; Progress made to respond to Covid19 pandemic issues
11 Jun 2020
Ms A Abrahams (DA) said the summary slides which the Department had presented had not been given to the Committee, which made it difficult for the Members to engage. She asked the Department to forward the concept documents when linking the child support grant to the beneficiaries with the government ...
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DSD on progress made in implementing Gender Based Violence Fermicide emergency response action plan
4 Jun 2020
Ms A Abrahams (DA) seconded the proposal.
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NGOs on the Covid19 related food security programmes; DSD on its programmes (food distribution, psychosocial support and GBV) responding to the Covid 19 pandemic
29 May 2020
Ms A Abrahams (DA) thanked the presenters and congratulated Gift of the Givers for acknowledging the local CBOs playing a life-saving role on the ground. She asked all the NGOs why they did not list the extended lockdown as a challenge. The continued lockdown puts a strain on people not ...
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DSD progress report to address backlog in Foster Care System & meet North Gauteng High Court deadline
21 May 2020
Ms Abrahams (DA) stated that her points were covered in the observation section of the report and Ms Masango (DA) stated that she was happy with the recommendations.
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DSD progress report to address backlog in Foster Care System & meet North Gauteng High Court deadline
21 May 2020
Ms A Abrahams (DA) gave her condolences to SASSA for the passing of one of its employees and asked a number of questions:
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DSD, NDA & SASSA on action plan progress to respond to AG audit findings and BRRR
13 May 2020
Ms A Abrahams (DA) said that the billions of Rands wasted on irregular expenditure could have been money spent on the poor as part of COVID-19 relief. She asked the Minister to comment on the draft document dated 7 May entitled, “Directions on the Distribution of Food Parcels in South ...
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DSD & SASSA 2020/21 Annual Performance Plans
8 May 2020
Ms A Abrahams (DA) stated that GBV had not been emphasised urgently enough in the plans, especially considering that GBV incidents had increased during the lockdown. Would the Department scrap the proof of address for the application of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, as many people did not ...
