Last week, leading experts attended a three day workshop at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) under the theme “Promoting Inclusiveness in Addressing Youth Networks of Gang Violence in South Africa.” The event brought together experts from a range of fields including academics, NGO’s, and social development agencies. Also[…]
The recent surfacing of a video in which alleged minors appear to be engaging in sexual intercourse has shocked the Cape Town community. In the approximately minute long video, a minor is seen recording two individuals who appear to be minors engaging in sexual intercourse, while making ‘lewd’ hand gestures[…]
The Western Cape Minister of Social Development, Albert Fritz, calls on all social grant recipients never to divulge their social grant details or pin numbers, whether over the phone or email, to anybody claiming to be from the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA). This comes after the MEC received[…]
In a bid to call attention to the scourge of substance abuse, this morning Western Cape MEC for Social Development, Albert Fritz, led a door-to-door substance abuse awareness campaign through the streets of Mitchells Plain. As a leading province showing an increase in substance abuse, Western Cape communities have in[…]
The body of a six-month pregnant woman whose BMW was swept away by flash floods on the N3 near Linksfield in Johannesburg following Wednesday’s thunderstorms in has been found near Lanseria. The Jukskei River flows from Linksfied in the east to Lanseria north of the city. However, the police’s Kay[…]
As the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) continues to investigate the source of unauthorised deductions, the Ministerial Task Team on Deductions established by the National Department of Social Development has made progress, which has resulted in the introduction of new regulations that is aimed at preventing unauthorised deductions. National[…]
More than half of the 140 513 non-profit organisations registered on the Department of Social Development’s NPO Database are in breach of key legislation that regulates them. NPOs registered on the database are required to submit annual financial reports to ensure greater transparency and would normally face removal from the[…]
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