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The Department of Social Development (DSD) of South Africa is a government department responsible for providing social development, protection, and welfare services to the public. Previously called the Department of Welfare, it was renamed in July 2000. [1] The current Minister of Social Development is Sisisi Tolashe.
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] The institutionalised social welfare system was established after the British occupied the Cape Colony in ...
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is a national agency of the South African government created in April 2005 to administer South Africa's social security system, including by distributing social grants, on behalf of the Department of Social Development (DSD).
Social welfare programmes have a long history in South Africa. [14] 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. [15] The institutionalised social welfare system was established after the British occupied the Cape Colony ...
This is a list of the provinces of South Africa by Human Development Index as of 2022. [1] Rank Province HDI (2022) High human development 1 Western Cape: 0.755 2
There are a number of high-profile independent social movements in South Africa.The majority have a particular focus on the housing crisis in the urban areas but others range from focusing on HIV/AIDS, working conditions, unemployment, access to service delivery and issues of democracy, transparency and accountability, corruption, poverty, crime, xenophobia, economy, drought, racism, sexism ...
The minister of social development is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa who is the political head of the Department of Social Development and its agencies, including the South African Social Security Agency. The incumbent minister is Sisisi Tolashe and her deputy is Ganief Hendricks. [1]
The Northern Cape Department of Social Development is the department of the Government of the Northern Cape, responsible for providing social development, protection, and welfare services to the population of the Northern Cape province of South Africa.