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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 ...
NCOP Social Services
Children’s Amendment Bill: briefing with Minister
13 Sep 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Minister and Department of Social Development (DSD) gave a briefing on the Children’s Amendment Bill with needs to be passed by Parliament before 27 November 2022.
During the discussion, Members pointed out that the big elephant in the room was the inadequate number of ...
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 ...
NCOP Appropriations
ECD Grant Expenditure in Q4 2021/22 Hearing with National Treasury & Department of Social Development; with Minister
7 Sep 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee on Appropriations met with National Treasury and the Department of Social Development to receive a briefing on the expenditure of the Early Childhood Development Grant for the 2021/22 financial year. The Minister of Social Development was in attendance.
The presentation by National ...
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 ...
NCOP Social Services
Child Support Grant Top Up for orphans in the care of relatives: update with Minister
30 Aug 2022
The Minister, SASSA and the Department provided the background to, rationale for and overview of the Child Support Grant Top Up introduced in June 2022 and for which over 7 000 applications had already been received. Also covered was the legislative framework, target group, documents to accompany applications, implementation ...
Basic Education
Updated Status Report on ECD Function Shift; Report on DEBE Quarter 4 Performance
30 Aug 2022
Report of the meeting to follow.
Social Development
Differences between the Child Support Grant Top-Up and Foster Care Grant, DSD briefing with Minister
24 Aug 2022
The Department of Social Development briefed the Portfolio Committee on Social Development on the differences between the Child Support Grant Top-Up and the Foster Care Grant.
The presentation highlighted the challenges that the Department had with the Foster Child Grant. The presentation provided an overview of ...
NCOP Social Services
Social Relief of Distress Grant progress report by Minister
23 Aug 2022
The Minister of Social Development, along with the Department of Social Development (DSD), gave a progress report on the third Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant that started from 1 April 2002 ending 31 March 2023. The briefing outlined the implementation timeline by the South African Social Security ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery
Oversight visit on status of flood disaster relief and recovery plans: engagements with DSD, DoT, DSBD, DPE; with Ministers and Deputy Ministers
11 Aug 2022
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
In a hybrid virtual/actual meeting, the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery received presentations detailing the recovery efforts made by the Departments of Social Development, Transport, Small Business Development and Public Enterprises within the Eastern Cape, the North West province ...