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The Mail & Guardian and the Gauteng department of social development hosted a Critical Thinking Forum on March 22 at the Gordon Institute of Business Science to celebrate the critical role of social workers.
CRITICAL THINKING FORUM

Champions of the voiceless

Indispensable role of social workers highlighted at forum

  • Leigh Wils
6 min read
Various organisations work the Gauteng department of social development to provide school backpacks
CHILD HEADED FAMILIES

​Education and social development departments collaborate

The Isibindi programme helps child-headed families to rise above their circumstances

  • Sifiso Atomza Buthelezi
5 min read
There are organisations dedicated to manufacturing and supplying free sanitary towels to female learners who are unable to afford them
GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

​Restoring dignity: a case of social development

Packs handed out at schools help to ease the stress of attaining a good matric pass

  • Sifiso Atomza Buthelezi
5 min read
Gauteng MEC for social development Nandi Mayathula-Khoza at the media address at Buang Crèche in Meadowlands.
ADVERTORIAL

Changing lives is more than just political rhetoric

The Gauteng department of social development puts the needs of children first

  • Advertorial
6 min read
ANGIE MOTSHEKGA

Poverty funds spent on pyramid scheme

Corruption among Gauteng government poverty relief projects was so rampant that some project leaders allegedly invested funds in pyramid schemes while others bought luxury cars…

  • Staff Reporter
7 min read