Department of Social Development

21. Minister Lindiwe Zulu Tackles Child Malnutrition And Closing Of Sassa Pay Points In Mthatha, Eastern Cape: (Latest News); ... 14 million, 991 thousand, and 888 children respectively. These grants include Care Dependency, Foster Child, Child Support, Child Support Top-Up, and Care Dependency grants. During the same period, ...; Created on 20 May 2024
22. Active Ageing Kicks Off In Mbombela: (Latest News); ... social development the following: They need access to older persons diapers Dignity when collecting their grants No queues when collecting their medication An end to the means test on the ...; Created on 22 March 2024
23. Remarks of the Minister of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, MP on the occasion of the State of the Nation Address Debate Tuesday, 13 February 2024 Cape Town City Hall: (Latest News); ... were social grant beneficiaries, with 62 out of the 110 top performing learners in different categories. 202 156 social grants learners received a Bachelor pass which gains them access to further their ...; Created on 13 February 2024
24. State Of The Nation Address By President Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town City Hall, 8 February 2024: (Latest News); ... 9 million unemployed people every month. We have seen the benefits of this grant and will extend it and improve it as the next step towards income support for the unemployed. These grants and subsidies ...; Created on 09 February 2024
25. Minister Zulu Leads Service Delivery Oversight Visit To Sassa Local Office In Wynberg, Western Cape Province: (Latest News); ... efficiency, better customer experience in less time and create a better operating environment for staff. During the visit, Minister Zulu will interact with SASSA staff, social grants beneficiaries and ...; Created on 26 January 2024
26. Minister Zulu Congratulates All Grade 12 Learners Receiving Social Development Services Who Passed The 2023 National Senior Certificate Examinations: (Latest News); ... National Senior Certificate (NSC). Of the 897 775 Grade 12 learners who wrote their NSC, 543 786 full-time learners were social grant beneficiaries, with 62 out of 110 social grants beneficiaries ...; Created on 24 January 2024
27. Minister Zulu Concludes Ministerial Outreach Programme In Mpumalanga: (Latest News); ... Kabokweni, Phola and Majika. The local office pays 254 746 social grants to the tune of over 69 million rand per month. The purpose of the visit is to assess SASSA’s queue management system which ...; Created on 24 January 2024
28. A Decent Path – a new documentary that traces the transformation of the R350 grant on the lives of beneficiaries.: (Latest News); ... enabling recipients to search for jobs and to engage in other economic activities to support their livelihoods”. South Africa provides social grants to poor children and older persons as well as ...; Created on 03 November 2023
29. 207 Children Married in 2021 - Stats SA: (Latest News); ... an improvement in children living in low income households at 2.6 million with 4,0 million in high income households, pensions and grants were still the highest source of income for children in rural areas. ...; Created on 17 August 2023
30. Speech by the Minister of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, MP on the occasion of the tabling of the Social Development Portfolio Budget Vote 19 to the National Assembly: (Latest News); ... (R35.7 billion and R400 million, respectively); the inflationary increase of the value of grants (R5.8 billion); and the compensation of employees (R15 million). The Department’s ...; Created on 30 May 2023
31. South Africa Receives Prestigious ISSA Good Practice Award for Social Security Programmes in Africa: (Latest News); ... of children, ranging from social grants to free schooling and free health care amongst others.” At the same Award Ceremony, the Department’s Agency, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) ...; Created on 18 May 2023
32. South Africa Receives Prestigious ISSA Good Practice Award for Social Security Programmes in Africa: (Latest News); ... of children, ranging from social grants to free schooling and free health care amongst others.” At the same Award Ceremony, the Department’s Agency, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) ...; Created on 18 May 2023
33. Minister Zulu to Meet with Grade Twelve Social Grant Beneficiaries in Cape Town: (Latest News); ... the impact of social grants is likely to be greater the longer the transfer duration, especially, if child-specific grants are kept until the learner completes their Grade 12. Statistics released ...; Created on 07 February 2023
34. Minister Lindiwe Zulu Congratulates Social Grant Beneficiaries on Passing Their NSC Examinations: (Latest News); ... grants on children’s educational outcomes. The findings may be demonstrating that the impact of social grants is likely to be greater the longer the transfer duration, especially, if child-specific grants ...; Created on 21 January 2023
35. The Minister of Social Development Calls for Relatives Caring for Orphaned Children to Apply for the Child Support Grant (CSG) Top-Up: (Latest News); ... 20 percentage points from 53% to 33% over the same period. This recent review and numerous previous empirical studies have proven that increased government investments in children’s grants have resulted ...; Created on 30 September 2022
36. Minister Zulu to Conduct Service Delivery Oversight Visits on Social Development in Flood-Stricken Port St Johns, OR Tambo District, Eastern Cape: (Latest News); ... who are social grants beneficiaries. This is to showcase the positive impact of social grants on educational outcomes of learners and students. Members of the media are invited to attend and cover ...; Created on 15 July 2022
37. Minister Zulu to Table the NCOP Social Development Portfolio Budget Vote 19: (Latest News); ... of Distress (SRD) grants. Members of the media are invited to attend and cover the NCOP Social Development Budget Vote scheduled as follows: TABLING OF NCOP DSD PORTFOLIO BUDGET ...; Created on 14 June 2022
38. The Department of Social Development Reminds South Africans to Comment on the Amendment of Social Relief of Distress Regulations: (Latest News); ... and during the administration and consideration of appeals relating to SRD grants; the Department also developed a procedure manual to assist with the implementation of regulatory framework relating t ...; Created on 11 March 2022
39. Minister Lindiwe Zulu to Host Bilateral Study Tour Meeting with Cote D'ivoire Counterpart: (Latest News); ... d migrants. Members of the media are invited to attend and cover the two-day study tour planned as follows: DAY ONE PROGRAMME Date: Monday, 08 November 2021 Time: 09h00 Venue: Fire a ...; Created on 08 November 2021
40. The Rapid Assessment of the Implementation and Utilisation of the Special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant: (Latest News); ... equating to 67.9%) were approved for the grant as compared to women (2,070,585 equating to 32.1%). The top-up of social grants, the Child Support Grant (CSG), primary caregiver allowance and Special COVID-19 ...; Created on 21 October 2021

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