- 21. The Deputy Minister for Social Development, Ms. Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu will virtually handover 6 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres to communities in the Gauteng Province on Monday October 26 ...
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- ... Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu will virtually handover 6 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres to communities in the Gauteng Province on Monday October 26. The NLC funded ECD centres to be handed over ...
- Created on 26 October 2020
- 22. Deputy Minister for the Department of Social Development hands over 5 ECD centres funded by the National Lotteries Commission in the Western Cape Province... ...
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- MEDIA ADVISORY 18 October 2020 DEPUTY MINISTER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT HANDS OVER 5 ECD CENTRES FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL LOTTERIES COMMISSION IN THE WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE The ...
- Created on 19 October 2020
- 23. Media Statement: Economic Stimulus for youth compliance monitors will benefit the ECD sector... ...
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- ... Development (ECD) sector and the children that it serves. The Department of Social Development developed a proposal that focusses on an ECD economic-stimulus package within the four areas of intervention ...
- Created on 21 August 2020
- 24. Media Statement July 6, 2020 Social Development to study judgment on the opening of ECD centres... ...
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- Pretoria: The Department of Social Development has taken note of the judgment delivered by the Gauteng Division of the High Court today, 6 July 2020, granting independent ECDs to open “subject to the appropriate ...
- Created on 06 July 2020
- 25. Minister Lindiwe Zulu reminds ECD centres and partial care facilities across the country to complete the online self-assessment exercise to re-open under Coronavirus COVID-19 Alert Level 3... ...
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- The Minister of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu takes this opportunity to remind all operators of ECD centres and partial care facilities across the country to complete the online self-assessment exercise, ...
- Created on 06 July 2020
- 26. Social Development sets up workstreams to conduct risk assessment and state of readiness for the early childhood development (ecd) centres... ...
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- MEDIA STATEMENT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SETS UP WORKSTREAMS TO CONDUCT RISK ASSESSMENT AND STATE OF READINESS FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT (ECD) CENTRES Pretoria, 4 June 2020: South Africa officially ...
- Created on 05 June 2020
- 27. Global Lessons, Local Impact: South Africa And Japan Collaborate On Disability Care
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- ... the South African context, the training includes site visits to inclusive early childhood development (ECD) centres, special schools with sensory rooms, and adult daycare centres. Participants also engage ...
- Created on 18 June 2025
- 28. Empowering Every Child: Africa Children’s Summit Highlights Urgent Need For Inclusion Of Children With Disabilities
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- ... the longest—children with disabilities. Legal frameworks like the Children’s Act and international evidence (OECD, UNICEF) affirm that inclusive systems benefit all of society, not just children with ...
- Created on 23 April 2025
- 29. Social Development Conducts Non-Profit Organisations (Npo) Compliance Outreach Programme In The Eastern Cape
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- ... November 2024 Time: 09h00 -16h00 Venue: Step Ahead ECD, Nkomazi Place, Amalinda Media can RSVP by contacting Ms Nomfundo Xulu-Lentsoane on 066 480 6845 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ISSUED ...
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- 30. Members of the Children’s Parliament Arrive in the Eastern Cape for the 11th Children’s Parliament
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- ... P by contacting Ms Ziphelele Siguca on 0837686298 / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Mzukisi Solani on 0823757219 / Mzukisi.solani@ecdsd.gov.za for their accreditation. ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL DEPARTMENT ...
- Created on 31 July 2023
- 31. The 11th Children's Parliament to Sit in the Eastern Cape
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- ... or Mr Mzukisi Solani on 082 375 7219 / or Mzukisi.solani@ecdsd.gov.za ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Media enquiries may be forwarded to Ms Lumka Oliphant on 0834848067 ...
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- 32. Deputy Minister Bogopane-Zulu Takes Social Development Services to Kimberley, Northern Cape
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- ... day, she will handover Kutlwano Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre in partnership with Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) and CIPLA Foundation. Kutlwano Early Childhood Development centre was originally ...
- Created on 26 September 2022
- 33. Minister Zulu Takes DSD Month Activities to Warrenton, Northern Cape Province
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- ... to further reach out to vulnerable individuals and households in rural communities, while also promoting access to social development services ranging from Early Childhood Development (ECD), youth development, ...
- Created on 06 October 2021
- 34. Minister Zulu to Hold Dialogue on Rape, Sexual Violence and Learner Pregnancy in Delft, Western Cape Province
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- ... the outreach programme, which forms part of build-up activities for the Social Development Month on 1 October, Minister Zulu will donate educational toys to local Early Childhood Development (ECD) facilities, ...
- Created on 29 September 2021
- 35. Minister Of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, To Visit Vaccination Site In Limpopo Province...
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- ... workers in the following categories: • The Early Childhood Development (ECD) workforce – this is inclusive of ECD practitioners and staff who work in the ECD environment. The Department has been ...
- Created on 22 July 2021
- 36. Social Development Sector Increases Its Vaccination Rollout Plan...
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- ... Social Development and Health, Minister of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu said: “We are very pleased at the turnout of our sector, especially the ECD practitioners and Social Workers that presented ...
- Created on 22 July 2021
- 37. Minister Of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, Announces The Social Development Sector Vaccine Rollout Plan...
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- ... currently in high demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic”. This vaccination roll-out plan will include front-line workers in the following categories: The Early Childhood Development (ECD) ...
- Created on 17 July 2021
- 38. Speech by Minister of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, MP during the Virtual Media Briefing on alert Level 4 of the Risk-Adjusted Strategy...
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- ... YOURSELF!! EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTRES (ECDs) Under the current alert level, all ECDs remain open and in full operation in compliance with all COVID-19 protocols and guidelines as ...
- Created on 02 July 2021
- 39. Budget Vote 19 Speech by the Minister of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, MP to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP)...
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- ... five percent (5%) of the budget goes towards the implementation of all the Department’s programmes. The big ones among these being Early Childhood Development (ECD) — with an allocation of R1,056 billion ...
- Created on 10 June 2021
- 40. Western Cape Early Childhood Development Centres Become The Eighth Province To Receive Ppes 20 April 2021...
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- Media Advisory After a successful delivery of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in the Northern Cape, Deputy Minister of Social Development, Ms Hendrietta ...
- Created on 21 April 2021