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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 ...
Social Development
Fundraising Amendment Bill: motion of desirability& deliberations
2 Sep 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development considered and adopted the motion of desirability on the Fundraising Amendment Bill. The Committee also considered inputs from the Department's legal advisors, Parliament, and Office of the State Law Advisor. The Committee deemed the Bill desirable.
The aim of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
Children’s Amendment Bill: consideration and adoption of A-list
29 Jun 2022
In this meeting, the Parliamentary Legal Advisor presented a redrafted version of the A-list of the Committee's proposed amendments. Decisions about Sections 21 and 24 had been settled on in the previous meeting. However, due to an incorrect draft presented to the Committee, it had agreed to defer the ...
Social Development
Children’s Amendment Bill: Committee amendments consideration
22 Jun 2022
In this meeting, the Parliamentary Legal Advisor presented the A-list of the Committee's proposed amendments. However, at the end of this meeting, the Committee deferred the adoption of the A-list to 24 June 2022. This was within its timeframe to adopt the Bill on 29 June when the proposed ...
Social Development
Fundraising Amendment Bill: DSD response to public submissions; with Minister
8 Jun 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development met on a virtual platform to receive a briefing from its Content Advisor on the analysis of a submission received on the Fundraising Amendment Bill [B29 – 2020]. The Department of Social Development also presented its response to a submission received on the Fundraising ...
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 ...