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PRESENTATION TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Department of Social Development22 May 2001
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REVIEW OF 2000/2001 Focused on alignment of
programmes with the Ten Point Plan
Improving the quality, quantity and pace of service delivery
Enhancing internal operations of the Department
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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT10-PONT PLAN Rebuilding of family,
community and social relations
Integrated poverty eradication strategy
Comprehensive social security system
Violence against women and children, older persons and other vulnerable groups
HIV/AIDS
Youth development Accessibility of social
welfare services Services to people
with disabilities Commitment to co-
operative governance Train, educate, re-
deploy and employ a new category of workers in social development
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Allocation 2000/2001
Amount voted R 348 706 000Adjustments
Estimate R 34 559 000Total allocation R 383 265
000Projected
expenditure R 381 888 000Savings R 1 377 000
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MTEF-National Department
R’000 % Increase/decrease
2000/01 348 7062001/02 190 938 (45.3)2002/03 233 788 22.42003/04 198 320 (15.1) Decreases reflect a reduced allocation for
poverty relief and other special allocations
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MTEF SummaryYear Normal
allocationR’000
Special AllocationR’000
Total AllocationR’000
2001/2002 77 538 113 400 190 938
2002/2003 78 788 155 000 233 788
2003/2004 82 320 116 000 198 320
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Departmental budget 2001/02
2000/01 2001/02 R ‘000 R’000
Administration 39 525 37 995 Social Security, Policy and Planning 23 588 4 854
Grant systems and administration 123 112 55 514 Welfare Service Transformation 23 215 11 585Development Implement Support 167 036 72 378Population & Development 6 789 8 612
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2001/02 Financial yearAmount voted R 190 938 000 Special Allocations
Poverty Relief R 50 000 000 Improvement of Social Security System R 26 000 000 Disaster Relief Funds R 10 000 000 Improvement of Social
Grant payment System R 14 000 000 HIV/AIDS R 13 400 000
Total Special Allocations R 113 400 000
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2001/02 Financial year
Amount voted R 190 938 000 Less:Special
Allocations R 113 400 000
Total Operation R 77 538 000 Personnel allocation R 43 316 000 Operational costs R 34 222 000
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Social SecurityProgress
Established Committee of Inquiry into Comprehensive Social Security to develop an affordable system of social protection. Work is in progress and will be completed by end July 2001
Reviewed regulations to Social Assistance Act to eliminate inconsistencies. Amendments have been published for comment.
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Social SecurityProgress
Improving service delivery: Reviewed contracts of pay
contractors and developed minimum norms and standards
Started the development of comprehensive norms and standards for social security, due for completion in July 2001.
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Social SecurityProgress
Developed plan to roll-out improvements at pay points:
Prioritise pay points with more than 500 beneficiaries
Help desks for all pay points to be staffed with competent officials equipped with laptop, cellphone, information, table and chair
Training officials and volunteers in first aid Negotiating with SAPS to provide security Negotiations with local authorities for water and
sanitation Temporary tents to provide shelter
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Social SecurityProgress
Information (brochures, radio) on grants and services disseminated in all the languages
Operations centers to provide on line information and referral service in National Department, Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape
Client service charter adopted by provincial social security officials
Completed procedure manual for use by provincial social security officials
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Social SecurityProgress
Infrastructure & Technological improvements: Providing information and communication
technology to rural areas in Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and Northern Province
All provinces received assistance to replace outdated equipment and upgrade equipment (747 computers provided)
Special equipment to provinces to generate letters to beneficiaries in relevant languages
Started work on development of system to replace current SOCPEN system
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Progress on Child Support Grantas at 2001/3/31
Province Children in payment
% of target
Eastern Cape 163 352 36.5
Free State 58 616 33.9
Gauteng 127 466 246.3
KwaZulu-Natal 264 448 76.7
Mpumalanga 92 522 76.6
Northern Cape 18 807 109.0
Northern Province 170 281 49.4
North West Province
95 862 50.5
Western Cape 52 567 101.6
Total 1 043 921 59.9
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Disaster Relief Disaster areas declared:
1999 - 21; 2000 – 38; 2001 – 2
Mpumalanga (claims not yet received) Soccer Stadium (claims not yet received)
Progress as at 18 May 2001: Received 58 027 new claims Processed 85 224 claims Payments in process: scheduled for May, June, July Remaining claims in process
Propose amalgamation of Boards
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Social Security Priorities 2001/2002
Options to Cabinet on Comprehensive Social Security
Implement pay point and pay contractor norms and standards
Finalise comprehensive norms and standards and audit of pay points
Improvement of the Grant Payment System
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Poverty Relief ProgrammeAllocation Number of Projects
Funded
1998/99R203 million 1936
1999/2000
R40 million
2000/2001R120 million 606
357
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Poverty Relief ProgrammeProgress
Implemented improvements to the PRP Improved planning and internal controls More varied system of disbursements, e.g.
utilisation of Faith-based organisations Allocation for 2001/2002 is spread over
three years of the MTEF Established a National Poverty Relief
Project Office with a National Programme Manager
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Poverty Relief ProgrammeProgress
Improved monitoring: Regular reporting to MINMEC Assistance from UNDP to refine
monitoring and evaluation system Visits to projects
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Poverty Relief ProgrammeProgress
Conducted a mid-term assessment of 1638 projects and found: Over half had good potential for sustainability 72% projects were in rural areas, 26% in urban
areas and 2% in informal settlements 25 956 job opportunities created - 64% of jobs
created benefited women, 24% benefited youth, 12% benefited men and 6% benefited disabled
Capacity building was needed for participants to ensure sustainability of projects
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Poverty Relief Programme
Allocation for 2000/2001: R120 m
Roll-over from 1999/2000: R 37.7 mAmount transferred to IDT: R157.005
mConditional grant to provinces
for Flagship projects R 695 000
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PRP Priorities for 2001/2002 Implement Business plan for 2001/2002
Focus on HIV/AIDS, food security for children, youth development, economic empowerment of women in nodal points of the ISRDS and Urban Renewal Programme
Consolidate projects of previous years Implement new monitoring tool and
evaluation of PRP to document lessons learned
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HIV/AIDSProgress
Implementing National Integrated Plan for Children Infected and Affected by HIV/AIDS – special allocation of R6.8 million, of which R5.62 million has been paid over to the 6 participating provinces and the remainder committed to national department projects in 2000/01
Utilised the Poverty Relief Funds to support home-based and community-based care programmes and HIV/AIDS awareness programmes – total of R10.95 million
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HIV/AIDSProgress
Planned joint programme with Department of Health for a national roll-out of Home-Based and Community-Based care in 2001/2002
Chair the National AIDS and Children Task Team, with work in progress on: Rapid Appraisal on AIDS and children completed
and report published in March/April 2000 Costing of care Audit of legislation affecting children Directory of services to children
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HIV/AIDSProgress
Undertook fact-finding missions to Uganda and SADC regional conference on home/community based care in Botswana
In the process of publishing the State of the South African Population Report 2001 on the impact of HIV/AIDS on sustainable human development in SA
Established HIV/AIDS Directorate in the department
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HIV/AIDS Priorities for 2001/2002 Finalise Social Development Sector strategy
response to HIV/AIDS Develop comprehensive database on all home-
based/community-based projects Strengthen existing projects Roll-out new project sites for the National
Integrated Plan for Children and Youth Infected and Affected by HIV/AIDS
Monitoring population trends Nation wide implementation of
home/community based care and support programme
Partnership with LOVE LIFE focusing on reducing the risk of infection amongst the youth with funding from the Kaiser Family Foundation
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Children and YouthProgress
Received R11.730 million from Netherlands for the Transformation of Child & Youth Care System for 1998/99. The total R11, 7 million has been spent by end March 2001
Grants totaling R13.9 million were allocated to provinces for one-stop early intervention services
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Children and YouthProgress
Progress made on establishing secure care facilities – each province has at least one facility
Participated in inter-departmental investigation into children awaiting trial – provincial action plans developed and approved and implementation are being monitored
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Children and YouthProgress
Computerized child protection register is being piloted in 5 provinces
Draft Child Protection strategy Draft Youth Development Strategy Drafting of new legislation in
progress
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WomenProgress
16 Flagship projects for unemployed women implemented in provinces: Total of R2 273 000 transferred to
provinces 801 women and 913 children benefiting
Established 100 Victim Empowerment Projects, majority providing 24 hour one-stop services
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WomenProgress Compiled Domestic Violence Resource
Directory for police, courts and welfare Conducted survey of shelters to develop strategy for shelters for abused women.
Participating in development of intersectoral strategy for sexual offences.
Minimum standards for shelters have been developed.
Training in the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act. Provincial training of approximately 225 social
workers and law counsellors has been completed
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WomenProgress
Participated in the development of an inter-departmental and inter-sectoral training manual on domestic violence, which will be utilised for training to all service providers.
Guidelines on the perpetrator programme have been developed to be implemented nationally.
Commemorated the National Women’s Day focussing on International activities by empowering female staff on the Domestic Violence Act, Maintenance Act, the Child Support Grant and Women Rights.
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Older PersonsProgress
Committee of Inquiry into Abuse and Neglect of Older Persons established
Report from the Committee for Inquiry into Abuse and Neglect of Older persons has been launched and in the process of distribution.
Regulations to Aged Persons Amendment Act completed
Draft policy and legislation on Status of Older Persons to replace Aged Persons Amendment Act
Pilot on integrated community-based care
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Persons with disabilitiesProgress
Improve process of assessment for grant – regulations to be amended
Collaborating with Development Trust for Disabled People to pilot transformation workshops in all provinces
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Not-for Profit Organisations Registration of NPOs:
5149 applications received (100% increase over 1999)
4090 organisations registered 4120 financial statements received
for 1999 1500 financial statements received
for 2000
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Transformation of welfare services - Priorities for 2001/2002
Focus on transformation of welfare services
Finalise review of Financing Policy Rolling plan of audits of subsidised
institutions Finalise child protection policy Finalise youth development strategy Regulations on secure care
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Transformation of welfare services - Priorities for 2001/2002
New legislation on Older Persons and implementation of recommendations of Committee
Transformation of protective workshops Strategy on services to people with
disabilities in rural areas Evaluate all pilot programmes to
determine readiness for mainstreaming and to document lessons learned
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Transformation of welfare services - Priorities for 2001/2002
Support to Central Drug Authority and Advisory Board on Social Development
Implement monitoring system for NPOs and provide capacity building to assist with compliance with NPO Act
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Population & Development Published State of SA Population
Report Commissioned review of national
and provincial population functions Ongoing information dissemination
and advocacy work
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Transformation of Department New structure developed New Performance Management
System HRD plan for department Employment Equity Plan Range of human resource policies
developed Implementing programme to improve
financial management
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