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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 ...
Social Development
SASSA & NDA 2021/22 Annual Performance Plans; with Minister and Deputy Minister
5 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development
The Committee met virtually to receive a briefing to consider the Strategic Plans, the Annual Performance Plans (APP), and the Budget Votes of the National Development Agency (NDA) and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA).
The SASSA is an agency ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development 2021/2022 APP; with Minister & AGSA Input
4 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development
The purpose of this virtual meeting was for the Committee to receive a briefing by the Auditor-General of South Africa on the Annual Performance Plan of the Department of Social Development and its entities. The Committee also considered the Department’s Strategic ...
Social Development
Foster Care court order progress; SASSA & NDA 2020/21 Quarter 3 performance; with Minister & Deputy
16 Apr 2021
Video: PC Social 16 April 2021
Audio: Foster Care court order progress; SASSA & NDA 2020/21 Quarter 3 Performance
The National Department of Social Development presented the Foster Care Progress Report on the implementation of the Northern Gauteng High Court order. The presentation covered progress on the comprehensive National legal ...
Basic Education
ECD Migration from DSD to DBE: progress report with Ministers
16 Mar 2021
With both Ministers present, a joint virtual technical progress report was given of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programme migration from the Department of Social Development (DSD) to the Department of Basic Education (DBE) that requires all nine provinces to be on board and compliant with the function shifts as ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill: Pre-introduction consultation process; Temporary Disability Grant re-applications & overcrowding at SASSA; with Ministers
5 Mar 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development, 05 March 2021
03 Feb 2021: Temporary disability grant reapplications & overcrowding at SASSA: update with Minister
20 Jan 2021: Lapsed temporary disability grants, reapplications, overcrowding at SASSA offices: with Minister
In this virtual meeting, the Department of Social Development responded to questions raised ...
Social Development
Implications of Children’s Amendment Bill: DHA briefing; Pre-introduction consultation process with stakeholders: DSD briefing; with Minister and Deputy Minister
3 Mar 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development, 03 March 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was addressed by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on the implications that the Children’s Amendment Bill [B18-2020] would have on the Department. The Department of Social Development also addressed the Committee on the Bill’s ...
Social Development
Implications of Children’s Amendment Bill in relation to adoption services: DSD briefing, with Minister
17 Feb 2021
The Portfolio Committee held a vitual meeting to receive a briefing from the Department of Social Development on the implications of the Children’s Amendment Bill in relation to adoption services.
The presentation from the Department of Social Development (DSD) shared the costs of this, as well as the Department’s intentions ...
Social Development
Temporary disability grant reapplications & overcrowding at SASSA: update with Minister
3 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development, 03 Feb 2021
Call for comments:
Amendments to Social Assistance Act Regulations: Application, Eligibility, Payment of Social Assistance
Amendments to Social Assistance Act Regulations: Lodging & Adjudication of Social Assistance Appeals
The Minister, Department of Social Development (DSD) and South African Social Security Agency ...
Social Development
Lapsed temporary disability grants, reapplications, overcrowding at SASSA offices: with Minister
20 Jan 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Social Development, 20 January 2021
The Committee met on a virtual platform for a briefing by the Minister of Social Development, the Department of Social Development (DSD) and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) on the challenges about temporary disability grants, reapplications and overcrowding at ...