Official reply:
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION 125 /2014
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
Date of publication on internal question paper: 21 February 2014
Internal question paper no: 02
125. Ms H M Makhuba (IFP) to ask the Minister of Social Development:
How many (a) persons are currently employed in Project Mikondzo and (b)
child-headed households have benefited from this project?
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Reply:
a) No new officials have been employed for Project Mikondzo. The Project
is implemented by the current staff employed by DSD, SASSA and NDA.
b) The project is not meant to benefit child headed households but to
ensure access and to improve the services that the social development
sector (i.e. National and Provincial Social Development Departments,
SASSA and NDA) provides to South African citizens at the local
community level. The focus is on the 1300 poorest wards and the aim is
to monitor service delivery at community level with a view to
determine the gap between policy formulation and implementation. The
findings then assist the Department in developing and implementing
short and long-term interventions to address service delivery
challenges in respect of social development services.