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Minister Sisisi Tolashe defends SRD grant measures in appeal against court ruling
Minister of Social Development Sisisi Tolashe has defended the measures taken by her department regarding the Social Relief of Distress…
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Government bringing home 5-year-old South African girl whose mum is jailed in Mauritius for drug trafficking
Government bringing home 5-year-old South African girl whose mum is jailed in Mauritius for drug trafficking! As South wraps up…
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Govt bringing home kids of South African mothers serving time in foreign prisons
The Department of Social Development said it has registered successes in its ongoing programme to bring home distressed children born…
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Basic Education Minister reveals ECD migration facing multitude of challenges
The transition of the early childhood development (ECD) sector to the Department of Basic Education (DBE) has faced significant challenges,…
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KZN teen arrested for allegedly raping & assaulting 6-year-old, linked to 2023 murder of 8-year-old girl
A 16-year-old boy has appeared in court on charges relating to the rape and assault of a six-year-old girl in…
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Panyaza Lesufi breaks promise to pay organisations by 24 May
Despite promises by Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi that they would be paid by 24 May, many non-profit organizations across the…
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Panyaza Lesufi steps in to resolve funding crisis at Gauteng social development department
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi met with non-profit organizations on Tuesday. He told them he is directly intervening to solve funding…
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Concern over increase in abandoning of children
At least 250 babies were abandoned in South Africa last year. The Department of Social Development says this was a…
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Government to crack down on unaccompanied children entering SA through borders
The Department of Social Development and the Border Management Authority (BMA) say they will crack down on the influx of…
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Mom of raped toddler charged with negligence
The mother who left her toddler alone at home while she went to drink at a tavern should also face…
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Baby born to 14-year-old KZN girl fuels concerns over scourge of underage pregnancies
The youngest mother to give birth to a new year’s baby in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) was a 14-year-old girl, which has…
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NPO: Budget cuts would have a significant impact on GBV victims
The trauma is increasing and the funding is decreasing – that’s the sentiment shared by gender-based violence NPO executive director,…
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5-year-old girl returned after being taken during hijacking
A young child was returned to the Department of Social Development in Greytown after being caught up during a hijacking…
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KwaZulu-Natal recorded most teenage pregnancies
The report into teenage pregnancy has revealed that more than 90 000 young girls between the ages of 10 and…
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12-year-old schoolgirl traumatised after rape by 4 of her peers
A 12-year-girl is struggling to sleep and has not returned to school after she was raped, allegedly by four of…
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SAHRC meets Social Development Dept to avoid another Sassa bungle
The South African Human Rights Commission has met with the Department of Social Development and the South African Social Security…
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Postbank to manually reverse Sassa payments after over half a million people left penniless due to technical glitch
Postbank has implemented a manual process to reverse funds to thousands of grantees after a system glitch last week left…
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Council sitting to fathom the scale of hijacked buildings following Joburg CBD fire
Details around the Marshalltown building fire will be deliberated during a council sitting by the City of Johannesburg on Tuesday…
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Eastern Cape tragedy is due to insufficient food
Gift of the Givers founder Imtiaz Sooliman has openly addressed the crippling issue of poverty and starvation in the Eastern…
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Child in a viral video taken away from mother after father opens case
The Department of social development has taken away an assaulted child from his mother following a viral video that has…
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KZN Social Development Dept: Food vouchers not meant for all flood victims
KwaZulu-Natal’s Department of Social Development said not all flood victims qualified to receive social distress food vouchers, and that they…
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DA claims Sassa misspent tax payer’s money
The Free State Regional office of the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has allegedly spent a total of R1.5…
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2 more suspects caught for AKA’s murder
Two more people have been taken in for questioning for the hit on SA rapper, Kiernan “AKA” Forbes. This comes…
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Nearly eight million social grant applications approved
The Department of Social Development says its approved nearly 8 million applications of the R350 social relief grant. Social Development…
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Parliament hears Sassa receives over 13 million R350 SRD grant applications in January
Around 7.5 million people receive the R350 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant each month. But more than 13 million…
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Gauteng government launches 24-hour anti-substance abuse helpline
The Gauteng provincial government on Tuesday launched a 24-hour anti-substance abuse call centre service to help those in need of…
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Department of Social Development to launch nyaope rehabilitation programme
The Premier of Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi says the Department of Social Development is set to launch a new initiative to…
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Sassa: Stricter requirements for new Social Relief of Distress Grant applicants
The South African Social Security Agency said it has tightened its criteria for the new Social Relief of Distress Grant…
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Investigation into Transnet building evictions of KZN floods victims
The Social Development Department has dispatched a team to investigate the eviction of KwaZulu-Natal flood victims from a Transnet building.…
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Calls for Sassa to make a plan after suddenly closing Khayelitsha office
Black Sash has called for the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) to announce a plan to address the abrupt…
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Main institutions in Tshwane battle power outages after flooding at substation
The City of Tshwane on Monday said several key institutions in the capital were currently experiencing power outages because of…
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MEC Panyaza Lesufi says department to focus on Early Childhood Development this year
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says his department will place focus on improving Early Childhood Development (ECD) after the function…
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Calls for Sassa to ensure new grant payment come at no cost to recipients
A civil society organization has called on the Department of Social Development to ensure that the new arrangements for the…
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SA COVID-19: R350 Social Relief recipients asked to re-apply
The Department of Social Development says recipients of the three-hundred-and-fifty rand social relief of distress grant need to re-apply. Following…
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ECD centres demand release of Covid-19 Stimulus Funds
Disgruntled Early Childhood Development (ECD) stakeholders and supporters have vowed to conduct their planned protest this afternoon at Parliament against…
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Most of the government’s expenditure goes towards social spending
Most of the government’s expenditure will go towards social spending which includes Department of Basic Education and Department of Social…
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Sassa social grant payment dates confirmed for January 2022
The Department of Social Development has confirmed payment dates for the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) January 2022 grants.…
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Man (53) faces rape charge after s.e.xually assaulting a 9-month-old baby
A 28-year-old woman has been arrested and detained on a case of child neglect after a 9-month-old victim was transported…
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Social workers sent to help grieving family following Limpopo Christmas shooting
The Department of Social Development in Limpopo has condemned Saturday’s shooting which claimed seven lives near Malamulele. On Saturday morning…
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Suspected Limpopo shooting suspect due in court on Tuesday
The Limpopo man who allegedly killed seven members of his family will appear in court on Tuesday. Police have been…
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South Africa’s life expectancy down from 65.5 on average to 62 years due to COVID
The Department of Social Development has reported a decrease in life expectancy for South Africans due to the COVID-19 pandemic.…
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Sassa social grant payment dates confirmed for December 2021
The Department of Social Development has confirmed the payment dates for the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) grants for…
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Teen arrested for allegedly stabbing woman multiple times when she wanted to leave in KZN
An 18-year-old man has been arrested following the multiple stabbing of a woman when she wanted to leave his house.…
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Sassa social grant payment dates for November 2021 confirmed
The Department of Social Development confirmed the payment dates for the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) grants for the…
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Search still on for kidnapped Polokwane pupils
Nazim and Shakira Moti awoke on Thursday to the news that their four children who were kidnapped on their way…
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Sassa social grant payment dates confirmed for October 2021
The Department of Social Development on Tuesday confirmed the payment dates for the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) grants…
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Here are the Sassa social grant payment dates for September 2021
The Department of Social Development on Thursday confirmed the payment dates for the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) grants…
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We are worried about consequences of riots on COVID cases, says Minister Kubayi
Acting Health Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi on Monday said the recent spate of looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng has had a…
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Minister Lindiwe Zulu’s P0rn photo breaks the internet
Minister Lindiwe Zulu’s apparent background p0rn picture is fake. This is a word from the Department of Social Development, which…
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Lockdown: Minister Zulu welcomes booze ban & prioritises relief for vulnerable families
Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu said while her department prioritised relief for the impact of COVID-19, she welcomed the alcohol…
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