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Older Persons Amendment Bill: DSD Briefing with Ministry
26 Oct 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Social Development briefed the Portfolio Committee on the Older Persons Amendment Bill, 2022.
Members were told that there had been challenges in implementing the Older Persons Act which came into operation in 2010. Chief amongst these were the institutional, coordination and compliance ...
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 ...
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
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; ...
Social Development
New regulations on the payment of SRD Grant: DSD & SASSA briefing, with Ministry
3 Jun 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by officials from the Department of Social Development (DSD) and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), regarding the new regulations on the payment of the Social Relief Distress (SRD) grant and other social grants.
The Minister of ...
Social Development
DSD, NDA & SASSA 2022/23 Annual Performance Plans, incl AGSA input; with Minister and Deputy Minister
20 Apr 2022
The Portfolio Committee met with officials from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), the Department of Social Development and its entities -- the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and the National Development Agency (NDA) -- on a virtual platform. The purpose of the meeting was ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill: DSD response to issues raised during public hearings (postponed)
23 Feb 2022
DSD response to to issues raised during public hearings (document not made public)
In this virtual meeting, the Department was supposed to brief the Committee on its response to issues raised during the public hearings.
However, Members voiced concerns that many of the issues raised in the public hearings were ...
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 ...