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Food Security: reports by provincial implementing agencies
14 Nov 2018
The Department of Social Development spoke about the implementation of the Household Food and Nutrition Security Programme and the role of provincial food and nutrition implementing agents. Provincial implementing agents were in attendance and each gave a briefing on their organisations; giving the location of feeding and development centres, the ...
Social Development
SASSA progress report on Constitutional Court order, SASSA strike action
7 Nov 2018
The South Africa Social Security Agency (SASSA) reported that it has implemented the court order and fulfilled the obligations set by the Constitutional Court. SASSA was tasked to phase out Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) by the end of September 2018 and to decommission the old SASSA cards by December 2018. ...
Social Development
SA Council for Social Service Professions funding; BRRR
31 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee of Social Development met to receive a briefing from the South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP) on its funding support from the Department of Social Development. The Department of Social Development was also invited to brief the Committee on this matter.
Before commencing with the ...
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4th Term Committee Programme
24 Oct 2018
The Chairperson said she would be seeking an opportunity for the new Minister of Social Security to brief the Committee on social security matters and the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) processes involving the Department.
The absence of a Committee Member through ill health prompted a discussion on ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development & NDA 2017/18 Annual Report, with AGSA input
10 Oct 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
The report by the Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) on the Department of Social Development (DSD) found that generally there had been a regression in the status of internal controls in the portfolio, although there had been a slight improvement in leadership controls. However, there had been ...
Social Development
Food Distribution Centres & Community Nutrition Development Centres
5 Sep 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Social Development on its Household food and Nutrition Security Programme. However the Committee saw fit to first deal with a story that involved SASSA that was recently in the news. This matter was adopted as an item in the agenda for the ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development Quarter 1 Performance, with Deputy Minister
29 Aug 2018
The Department of Social Development briefed the Committee on its performance and expenditure for the first quarter. The Department had done quite well in the quarter; it had managed to spend 24.41% of the projected budget.
In terms of overall performance, it was reported that 69% of the targets were ...
Social Development
Non Profit Organisations capacitation & compliance with NPO Act: NDA & DSD briefing
22 Aug 2018
The Committee was addressed by the Department of Social Development (DSD) and the National Development Agency (NDA) with regard to the capacitation of non-profit organisations (NPOs), as well as compliance with the NPO Act.
The DSD’s presentation shed light on the NPO database, the mandate in terms of the NPO ...
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Constitutional Court judgment: SASSA progress report
15 Aug 2018
Members received a progress report from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) on the implementation of the Constitutional Court order. It highlighted the progress that had been made between April and August with regard to card swapping, payment challenges, risks, the phasing out of Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), as ...
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Grant Payments; Rape & Kidnapping of Children: SAHRC, CGE, DSD & MECs interventions
4 Jul 2018
The Portfolio Committee called the meeting during the parliamentary recess because Social Development was responsible for protecting the vulnerable and Parliament had to do something about the ongoing rape and murder of girls and other forms of gender-based violence. There had been consistent reporting in the media of the rape ...