The under-investment in cash transfers and caring services by the government suggests that many may well fall still further behind
The Covid-19 relief grant helped millions of South Africans, but it ended in January. The M&G spoke to unemployed youth who found the money helpful
Pemmy Majodina returns to the parliamentary precinct after having served as a member of the National Council of Provinces between 1999 and 2004
Social development minister promises Sassa grants will continue to be paid and that their obligations to the Constitutional Court will be met
The social development minister missed every deadline during a process in which she was found responsible for a crisis around the payment of grants.
The social development minister has missed a deadline to explain to the Court why she should not pay legal fees from her own pocket.
The National Police Commissioner promised to pursue the matter to establish the identities of the officers who dissuaded him from opening a case.
The judiciary stands to gain more legitimacy if it manages to confront the impunity of Sassa and Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini.
Dlamini did not apologise for her late submission, but instead said she had ‘made every reasonable effort to comply with this court’s directives’.
An affidavit filed by the social grants distributor details the correspondence between the company, Sassa and the social development minister.
The social development department’s ability to continue to make monthly welfare payments to about 17-million people is in jeopardy.
The Kwazulu-Natal education department has set aside R50-million to fund the distribution of pads to schools in the four lowest quintiles.
The department may have to extend its deal with Net 1 UEPS to continue with the R129-billion in annual payments when the contract ends in April.
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Despite the welfare sector’s shortage of money, the Gauteng social development department has underspent its welfare budget by R90-million.
The problem with the budget allocated for social development services is nowhere near adequate to meet the needs in the sector, writes Jackie Loffell.
The Mail & Guardian’s Heidi Swart spent a heartbreaking few years trying to save children. These are her stories.
This is a shortened version of the Gauteng Department of Social Development’s budget speech delivered on May 29 2012 by MEC Nandi Mayathola-Khoza.
Social development in SA is beset with numerous challenges as government tries to balance addressing short-term priorities with development needs.
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/ 29 November 2007
An extra R87-million has been allocated to help people living in extreme poverty, Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya said on Thursday. The money was in addition to funds already given to provinces for relief, he told reporters after meeting provincial ministers of social development in Durban.