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The DSD plays a significant role in helping administer the South African non-profit sector. According to the South African Constitution, several rights are safeguarded through its Bill of Rights. Consequently, the DSD has a crucial role to play in administering social services and collaborating with the NPO sector to ensure peoples’ rights. [6]
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7 Wale Street, the seat of the Western Cape Government Main articles: Premier (South Africa) and Executive Council (South Africa) The head of the provincial executive is the Premier , who is elected by the provincial legislature from amongst its members; frequently the Premier will be the provincial leader of the majority party.
The Executive Council of the Western Cape is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of the Western Cape.The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the Western Cape Provincial Legislature by the Premier of the Western Cape, an office held since the 2019 general election by Alan Winde.
The social assistance disbursed by SASSA takes the form of various grants; most of them are means-tested and paid in cash on a monthly basis. These are the Child Support Grant, the Care Dependency Grant, the Foster Child Grant, the Disability Grant, the Grant-in-Aid, the Older Person's Grant (an old-age pension), and the War Veteran's Grant. [6]
Provincial government building in Cape Town. The premier of the Western Cape is the head of the provincial government; chosen by the members of the provincial parliament from amongst themselves. The premier chooses a cabinet of ministers to oversee the various departments of the provincial government.
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]
The council of the Central Karoo District Municipality consists of thirteen councillors. Six councillors are directly elected by party-list proportional representation, and seven are appointed by the councils of the local municipalities in the district: five by Beaufort West and one each by Laingsburg and Prince Albert.