1.
PROVINCE |
FINANCIAL YEAR |
ALLOCATED BUDGET R’000 |
Eastern Cape |
2013/14 |
R188, 753,400 |
2014/15 |
R 173,621,000 |
|
Gauteng |
2013/14 |
R284, 000.000 |
2014/15 |
R 321, 870,000 |
|
Limpopo |
2013/14 |
R240, 000.000 |
2014/15 |
R227, 000,000 |
|
North West |
2013/14 |
R55,000.000 |
2014/15 |
R 54,330,000 |
|
Northern Cape |
2013/14 |
R71, 026.000 |
2014/15 |
R76,030,000 |
|
Western Cape |
2013/14 |
R282,927,000 |
2014/15 |
R231, 581,000 |
|
Free State |
2013/14 |
R161.541.000 |
2014/15 |
R175, 498,000 |
|
Mpumalanga |
2013/14 |
R185, 296. 320 |
2014/15 |
R192 ,283,000 |
|
Kwazulu Natal |
2013/14 |
R211, 333.000 |
2014/15 |
R219, 108,000 |
2. The Department of Social Development does not have any memoranda of Understanding with both the Departments. What is in place are the Terms of Reference, agreed upon among the Interdepartmental Committee for ECD which includes the departments mentioned in the question. The South African Integrated Programme of Action for ECD: Moving Ahead was approved by Cabinet on 18 September 2013, which outlines the roles and responsibilities of all Departments that deals with ECD issues.
3. According to the Children’s Act 38 of 2005, the provincial head of social development must conduct inspections at the prescribed intervals of partial care facilities in the province to enforce the provisions of this Act. Each province conducts monitoring of ECD centres on a quarterly basis, based on their targets for the quarter.