Department of social development
Mboweni announces R30 boost for old age, childcare grants
Tito Mboweni delivered his Budget speech in Parliament on Wednesday.
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MPs to grill Education & Social Development officials on COVID-19 interventions
Education bosses will brief MPs on the reopening of public and private schools. The return to class has been pushed back due to skyrocketing coronavirus infections. The Social Development Department will also account to MPs about grant payments problems.
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Over 8,000 applicants used dead people’s details to apply for govt grants - Zulu
More than three million people also applied for funds, including the UIF and NSFAS, despite having other sources of income.
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Sapo: Social grant recipients not affected by cash crunch
The struggling state-owned entity said it experienced a dramatic reduction in revenue during the lockdown period and is currently looking at ways to improve cash flows.
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Govt urged to do better with implementing social safety net interventions
The nation has been through months of varying stages of lockdown, mass job losses and an increase in the number of vulnerable people depending on government for the bare minimum to get by.
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MPs critical of Zulu’s response to COVID-19 crisis, call for her resignation
Opposition MPs were responding to a ministerial statement delivered by Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu in the National Assembly, where she listed some of her department’s achievements.
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Zulu: We are still experiencing issues with paying out relief grants
Millions of people have not been paid their R350 grant, which is aimed at assisting unemployed South Africans who receive no other financial assistance from government.
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Private nursery schools can reopen, High Court rules
Solidarity brought the case and SA Childcare was admitted as a friend of the court.
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MPs raise concerns over increase in GBV cases across SA
Over the past few weeks, no less than five women have been murdered, allegedly by their partners or former partners, in the Western Cape and Gauteng.
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Not everyone qualifies for COVID-19 relief grant - Dept of Social Development
Government has established a new R350 grant for the next few months to help those in need during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Zulu appeals to NGOs to work with govt to distribute food donations
The minister on Monday outlined her department’s upcoming drives to provide relief for destitute families.
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More social workers and other COVID-19 interventions from Social Dev Dept
Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu announced on 11 May 2020 that more qualified social workers would be employed to assist in the fight against Covid-19. Zulu also explained the directives for people living with disabilities as well as amended regulations for the movement of children between parents and guardians.
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Social Development to ramp up food parcel deliveries to needy
The Social Development Department on Thursday told MPs that it had received additional funds to respond to the growing number of starving communities.
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Zulu: Govt will tighten security to ensure no looting of relief packages
As part of the president’s relief package, R50-billion would go towards relieving the crippling financial burden on those most affected by the lockdown.
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Zulu: More money required to assist the poor amid COVID-19 pandemic
Several people are unable to work due to the nationwide lockdown, resulting in many families relying on government’s Solidarity Fund to help them survive.
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Parents with joint custody can now move children between homes during lockdown
As part of previous lockdown regulations, parents were not allowed to move children between their homes.
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Stringent measures must be enforced at old age homes, says Minister Zulu
It was proven by scientists that the elderly and those with underlying health conditions were the most vulnerable when treating COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
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Social Development Dept instructed to prioritise programmes dealing with GBV
Parliament's portfolio committee on Social Development said it was crucial for the department to prioritise gender-based violence because South Africa was plagued by cases of femicide.
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Now up to parents to find other ways to discipline children, says dept
The Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that the use of moderate and reasonable chastisement - which included spanking - was inconsistent with the Constitution.
