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Health and Wellness (WCPP)
Briefing by Department of Health and Wellness on progress made on infrastructure project at Hornlee Clinic in Knysna
2 Jun 2023
The Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness briefed the Standing Committee on its plans to build a new clinic at Hornlee in Knysna. It said the current clinic was too small, overcrowded, and unable to provide a full range of services. Project timelines were affected by the COVID-19 ...
Social Development (WCPP)
New SASSA grant payment method; Progress made to address SRD Grant backlog applications
23 May 2023
The meeting was not listed on the schedule of meetings thus PMG was not present at the meeting. We are working on compiling a record of the meeting
Social Development (WCPP)
Fundraising Amendment Bill: DSD & NCOP delegate briefing
17 May 2023
The Western Cape Provincial Parliament’s Standing Committee on Social Development was briefed by the National Department of Social Development (DSD) and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on the Fundraising Amendment Bill.
The DSD told the Committee that the Bill aimed to rationalise the Fundraising Act of 1978 by ...
Social Development (WCPP)
Department of Social Development Foster Care Policy, challenges and funding allocation
25 Apr 2023
The Department of Social Development (DSD) briefed the Standing Committee on the status of foster care in the Western Cape.
The DSD acknowledged that consistent collaboration between relevant role players was vital to reducing the foster care backlog and managing foster care in the province. The amendments to the ...
Health and Wellness (WCPP)
Surge of mental health cases and programmes in place to address the mental health challenge in the province
14 Apr 2023
The Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by the Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness on the surge in mental health cases and the programmes in place that addressed mental health care in the province.
The Department reported that although they had already conducted the same presentation ...
Social Development (WCPP)
Institute for Contemporary Research Africa role & programmes in assisting old age homes in the province
11 Apr 2023
The Standing Committee met with the Department of Social Development and the Institute for Contemporary Research Africa (ICRA) on its programmes, and the role of the ICRA in assisting nursing homes struggling to operate in the province.
The ICRA emphasised that capacity building for caring facilities requires effective, efficient, ...
Social Development (WCPP)
Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Social Development
17 Mar 2023
Western Cape Appropriation Bill 2023
The Committee engaged with the Department of Social Development on its budget for the 2022/23 financial year. The majority of Members adopted a report expressing support for the budget. ANC Members opposed it.
Ms Sharna Fernandez, Provincial Minister of Social Development, said that the ...
Health and Wellness (WCPP)
Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Health
10 Mar 2023
The provincial Department of Health briefed the Standing Committee on Health of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament on Vote 6: Health in the Schedule to the Western Cape Appropriation Bill (2023).
The budget was the first to be tabled post-COVID-19. According to both the political and departmental heads of ...
Social Development (WCPP)
Western Cape Department of Social Development Q1-3 2022/23 Performance Reports
28 Feb 2023
The Committee convened for a briefing by the Department of Social Development on the Quarterly Reports for the period April-June 2022, July-September 2022, and October - December 2022.
The Department said that the demand for services it delivered remains high, mainly due to the difficult socio-economic conditions (exacerbated by ...
Health and Wellness (WCPP)
Home Community-Based Care services (HCBC) in the Western Cape
24 Feb 2023
In a hybrid meeting, the Western Cape Health Department briefed the Committee and members of the public representing different communities and organisations who were invited to ask questions and give input on healthcare matters they experience in their communities. The presentation mainly focused on the Department’s vision towards improving ...