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Department of social development

'Punished for being poor' - activists slam new rules on R350 Covid-19 grant

By Qama Qukula

Presenter John Maytham chats to Isobel Frye, the director of the Social Policy Initiative.

  • The functions and responsibilities of Early Childhood Development (ECD) will be officially placed in the hands of the Education Department on 1 April 2022. Picture: 123rf.com

    ECD portfolio to officially be moved to Basic Education Dept on Friday

    A handover will take place between Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu in Pretoria on Friday morning.

    85 days ago
  • INFOGRAPHIC: R44 billion allocated for social relief of distress grant

    The Department of Social Development will receive the largest allocation of R58.6 billion over the medium term, with R44 billion of that allocated for a 12-month extension of the R350 social relief of distress grant.

    121 days ago
  • FILE: Social distancing is enforced at a shopping centre where social grant recipients are collecting their payouts on 30 March 2020. Picture: @The_DSD/Twitter

    A basic income grant: The nitty-gritty and feasibility of this proposed idea

    At almost 35%, the unemployment rate as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people have prompted government to build a policy document that will justify why South Africa needs a basic income grant.

    135 days ago
  • FILE: Police tape at a crime scene. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Department warns against bail for suspect in family slaying in Limpopo

    The Social Development Department in Limpopo says the suspect arrested for killing seven of his relatives on Christmas Day should not be granted bail.

    181 days ago
  • FILE: Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu. Picture: @The_DSD/Twitter

    Minister Zulu to visit 115-year-old Margaret Maritz

    Minister Lindiwe Zulu will be celebrating the birthday of one of the country's oldest living residents, Margaret Maritz, who turns 115-years-old on Monday.

    271 days ago
  • Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana being sworn in on 6 August 2021. Picture: GCIS.

    Govt considers replacing R350 COVID grant with another form of relief

    Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said the special relief of distress grant could be replaced by another similar measure.

    289 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.com

    Some technical aspects of proposed mandatory pension fund misunderstood - dept

    The Social Development Department said that it would clarify its proposed mandatory pension fund after withdrawing the green paper on the social security and retirement reforms after criticism.

    296 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.com

    Concerns raised around govt proposal for mandatory pension & insurance system

    The Social Development Department said that the COVID-19 crisis had amplified existing structural gaps which called on government to review and take drastic measures to come up with a plan.

    310 days ago
  • Some of the ECD practitioners and Sassa officials getting vaccinated at a vaccination site. Image: Department of Social Development/Twitter

    Vaccination drive for WC social development sector extended to Friday

    The national department announced last week that the social development sector would be prioritised for vaccinations due to the essential nature of the services rendered by the sector.

    334 days ago
  • The first-ever Migration and Urbanisation Conference, hosted by the department of social development and Stats SA, will take place virtually starting on Monday, 26 July 2021. Picture: Twitter/@StatsSA

    DSD, Stats SA to host first Migration & Urbanisation conference

    The department of social development and Statistics SA will host the first ever National Migration and Urbanisation Conference starts on Monday and ends on Thursday.

    334 days ago
  • Minister Lindiwe Zulu and Acting Minister of Health, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane officially launched social development sector vaccination programme on 19 July 2021. Picture: Twitter/@The_DSD

    Limpopo latest to join social development sector vaccination rollout campaign

    Thousands of employees in the sector including early childhood development (ECD) teachers, social workers, and community development practitioners will get their jabs from Friday, at 37 different sites in the province.

    337 days ago
  • Andiswa Jacobs with the sign she painted on Tramway Road in Sea Point after her three-year-old son was removed by police and a social worker in her absence on 31 May 2021. Picture: Haji Mohamed Dawjee

    Dept of Social Development responds to Haji Mohamed Dawjee on removal of child

    Haji Mohamed Dawjee has criticised the Department of Social Development in the Western Cape for the removal of a three-year-old child from his mother and what she describes as its lack of care in the matter. This is their response.

    354 days ago
  • Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu briefed the media on 11 December 2020 on the implementation of the special COVID-19 social relief under the Department of Social Development. Picture: @The_DSD/Twitter

    Minister Zulu welcomes booze ban, prioritises relief for vulnerable families

    She said the economy was taking strain, but the department would first ensure that vulnerable households get food.

    358 days ago
  • FILE: Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu. Picture: @The_DSD/Twitter

    WATCH LIVE Minister Zulu's update on her dept's response to COVID under level 4

    Minister Lindiwe Zulu is outlining measures to ensure compliance to the regulations and is giving an update on Early Childhood Development (ECD), old age homes, and Community Nutrition and Development Centres (CNDC) among others.

    358 days ago
  • FILE: ECD sector stages nationwide protest between Monday 17 August 2020 and Friday 21 August 2020. Image: Centre for Early Childhood Development/Twitter.

    DA back ECD sector in making calls for practitioners to be vaccinated

    Thousands of teachers and their support staff began receiving their COVID-19 vaccine jabs this week, however, teachers who serve under the department of social development are not included.

    362 days ago
  • FILE: Early childhood development centres cater for children from birth. Picture: 123rf.com

    'We aren't asking for favours': ECD workers want to be vaccinated too

    Out of an over 180,000 early childhood development workforce, only around 42,000 practitioners who fall under the Department of Basic Education will be vaccinated, while the majority were a component of Department of Social Development.

    367 days ago
  • FILE: Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu. Picture: @The_DSD/Twitter

    NPOs to get over R7bn of Dept of Social Development's budget

    Minister Lindiwe Zulu presented her department's Budget vote on Tuesday.

    395 days ago
  • FILE: Over 80 organisations demonstrated outside Sassa offices on Thursday, 22 April 2021 under the banner ‘pay the grants campaign’.Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Civil society groups march on Sassa offices calling for extension of R350 grant

    The groups called for the R350 grant to be extended until a legislative and policy framework with a secure budget is in place for the implementation of a basic income grant.

    428 days ago
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