The Social Development Minister on Thursday delivered a ministerial statement in the National Assembly to report back to Parliament on work done by her department during the lockdown.
The minister was speaking during the launch of the government-to-government programme, that's aimed at encouraging social behavioural change among young people.
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.
On Friday, Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu said the recent murders of women were connected to the abuse of alcohol and drugs.
The minister on Tuesday said government had already made its decision on the matter.
The committee would be formally introduced during a virtual briefing and was convened as the country struggled with the unprecedented multi-sectoral impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Despite the strict COVID-19 lockdown regulations, boys and girls are still being attacked and killed at an alarming rate.
Zulu was launching Child Protection Week in Rustenburg, in the North West, on Saturday.
Minister Lindiwe Zulu said while organisations were helping government distribute food, there are health guidelines to follow.
Government said the changes were aimed at assisting more vulnerable families in need during this period.
Currently, the country is sitting on 10,015 confirmed cases with 194 deaths.
The recent malfunction in the payment of social grants has cast doubts about the Social Development Department’s state of readiness to administer the payments of millions to unemployed citizens.
Things got off to a shaky start on Monday in some parts of the country with hundreds of pensioners returning home empty-handed following a shortage of funds and payment glitches at several pay points.
The grant will be paid to qualifying unemployed individuals who are permanent SA residents and refugees registered on the home affairs system.
The country is still under level 5 lockdown due to the coronavirus and will move to level 4 on Friday.
Minister Lindiwe Zulu said strict criteria still needed to be established for those who would benefit from the income grant, which would be paid to individuals who are currently unemployed.
Ordinary citizens are being asked to make extraordinary sacrifices during this period of lockdown and so whatever a government says and does is a reflection on its credibility, writes Judith February.
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