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The Western Cape Education Department (abbreviated WCED) is the department of the Government of the Western Cape responsible for primary and secondary education within the Western Cape province of South Africa. The political leader of the department is the Provincial Minister of Education; as of 2009 this is Donald Grant. [1]
The Department of Human Settlements (formerly the Department of Housing) is the department under the Ministry of Human Settlements, of the South African government responsible for housing and urban development. Its primary purpose is the implementation of the constitutional mandate
Proponents of the RDP argue that the programme oversaw many major advances in dealing with South Africa's most severe social problems: RDP Houses in Soweto. Housing: Between 1994 and the start of 2001 over 1.1 million cheap houses eligible for government subsidies had been built, accommodating 5 million of the estimated 12.5 million South Africans without proper housing. [2]
In 2019, an estimated 18 million people received some form of social grant provided by the government. [2] Social welfare programmes have a long history in South Africa. [3] The earliest form of social welfare programme in South Africa is the poor relief distributed by the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in 1657. [4]
[18] The transition from the old housing benefit system to Local Housing Allowance significantly increased payments available for larger houses in some areas, as can be seen by comparing the Local Reference Rent calculated by the Valuation Office Agency, which served as the basis for determining the old housing benefit, against the current ...
SASSA R350 grant is designed to help unemployed South African between the age of 18–59 years with no source of income. SASSA aims to eliminate long queues at its local offices across the country, so that beneficiaries can check payment dates and application status online, SASSA ensures smooth experience when applying for their Social Grants.
The respondents based their claim on two constitutional provisions: section 26 of the Constitution, which provides that everyone has the right of access to adequate housing, thereby imposing an obligation on the State to take reasonable legislative and other measures to ensure the progressive realisation of this right within its available resources; and
Known as the minister of housing until May 2009, [2] the minister has political responsibility for the Department of Human Settlements. Between May 2019 and August 2021, the Department of Human Settlements was conjoined to the Department of Water and Sanitation under the minister of human settlements, water and sanitation , Lindiwe Sisulu . [ 3 ]