SONA 2011 ANALYSIS –
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
PERSPECTIVE
BY
Siyavuya Koyana &
Yolisa Nogenga
INTRODUCTION
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Outline on policy objectives by Social
development department
General Strategic objectives – impact on
social development sector
Summary of progress on issues raised in
2010 SONA
POLICY OBJECTIVES – SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
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Phasing of extension of Child Support Grant
to cover children under age of 18 years old
Moving away from welfare to developmental
State by linking Social grants to economic
activity & community development – enhance
short-term beneficiaries to become selfsupporting in the long run
GENERAL STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVES
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SONA 2011 was declared year of job creation
through economic transformation & inclusive
growth
Introduction of New Growth Path
Creation of 4.5 million work opportunities
through Expanded Public Works Programme
Releasing the Government Position Paper on
Social Security Reform for discussion in 2011
GENERAL STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVES
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Government must fill all funded vacant posts
Dealing with drug peddling and drug abuse
tearing some communities apart. The
cleaning of the social grants system of fraud
is also continuing.
Continuing the fight against corruption
R800 million has been set aside for
immediate relief to assist communities
affected by natural disasters
SUMMARY OF PROGESS ON
ISSUES RAISED IN 2010 SONA
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Extension of the Child Support Grant
(CSG)
Eradicating fraud and corruption
Reducing serious and violent crimes
Building a performance oriented state
Expanded Public Works Programme
Expansion
Extension of the Child Support
Grant (CSG)
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End of December 2010, total of 10.05 million
CSG beneficiaries rise by 7,9% compared to
2009
The Child Support Grant currently covers
between 70 – 80% of children living in poor
households (using the R350 per month
poverty line)
About 54% of all children under the age of 18
in South Africa receive the CSG. This
percentage is expected to rise and peak at
around 60 – 65% in the next coming few
years with current eligibility.
ERADICATING FRAUD AND
CORRUPTION
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The Department of Social Development has
implemented an Anti-Corruption and Fraud
Policy
Distribution of awareness booklets to all
personnel of the department via the email to
provide a better understanding of the
Department’s Anti-corruption and Fraud
Strategy
ERADICATING FRAUD AND
CORRUPTION
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On 31 October 2003, the United Nations
Assembly, declared the 9th of December to
be celebrated as a World Anti-Corruption Day
The HSRC in partnership with the
Department: Social Development (DSD) and
its entities namely; the South African Social
Security Agency (SASSA) and the National
Development Agency (NDA) is educating
employees on corruption and thus raising
awareness.
ERADICATING FRAUD AND
CORRUPTION
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A campaign of this nature provided an
opportunity for the Department and its
Entities to express their commitment in line
with the Cabinet’s efforts to eradicate
corruption within the public service.
REDUCING SERIOUS AND
VIOLENT CRIMES
The Department of Social Development has
implemented the following:
- Social crime prevention strategy
 Progress to date
- The Strategy on Social Crime Prevention was
presented at various fora within the
department
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REDUCING SERIOUS AND
VIOLENT CRIMES
- Blue print, minimum norms and standards for
secure care centre
 Progress to date
- Currently there are 27 secure care facilities in
the country with a total bed capacity of 2229
and are as follows:
REDUCING SERIOUS AND
VIOLENT CRIMES
PROVINCE
NUMBER OF FACILITIES
NAME
EASTERN CAPE
2
Enkuselweni
Secure
Centre in PE
FREE STATE
GAUTENG
KWAZULU-NATAL
2
3
4
CAPACITY
Care
60
Sikhuselekile SC in Umtata
50
Bloemfontein Secure Care
50
Matete Matches Secure Care
Centre in Kroonstad
40
Mogale City Youth Centre
450
Walter Sisulu Child and Youth
Care Centre in
Noordgesig
110
Protem Detention
Cullinan
Dr Fabian
120
Centre in
Excelsior Place of Safety in
Pinetown
74
Valley View Place of Safety in
Sydenham Durban (CR
Swart, Phoenix, Verulam)
20
Ocean View Place of Safety in
Bluff Durban
15
Sinethemba Child and
Care Centre
39
Youth
LIMPOPO
2
Polokwane Secure Care
120
Malamulele Mavambe Secure
Centre
70
MPUMALANGA
1
Hendrina Child and Youth
Care Centre (Hendrina
60
NORTHERN CAPE
4
Molehe Mampe Secure Care
Centre in Galeshewe,
Kimberley
60
Marcus
Mbetha
Sindisa
Secure Care Centre in
Upington
70
Lerato Place of Safety in
Kimberley
60
Namaqua Secure Centre
51
Reamogetswe Secure Care
Centre in Britz
35
Mafikeng Secure Care
48
Matlosana Secure Care
48
Bonnytoun
House
in
Wynberg, Cape Town
190
Outeniequa House in George
77
The Horizon Youth Centre in
Faure Klawer
185
Vredelust House in Elsies
River
30
Lindelani Place of
Stellenbosch
60
NORTH WEST
WESTERN CAPE
3
6
Safety,
Clanwilliam secure Care
Centre
TOTAL
27
60
2229
REDUCING SERIOUS AND
VIOLENT CRIMES
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Number of children assessed, diverted, placed
under home –based care and children under 10
years dealt with during the period under review
PROVINCES
ASSESSED
DIVERTED
HOME BASED SUPERVISION
CHILDREN UNDER 10
Eastern Cape
3680
1835
99
46
Free State
1416
796
37
0
Gauteng
2270
1022
847
10
KwaZulu-Natal
2990
1330
247
27
Limpopo
1210
927
667
7
Mpumalanga
791
532
147
1
Northern Cape
606
157
99
0
North-West
1398
412
168
2
Western Cape
2272
3301
210
0
REDUCING SERIOUS AND
VIOLENT CRIMES
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Policy framework for accreditation of
diversion services
Progress to date
Approval of policy by the department in
March 2010 and tabled in Parliament on 31
May 2010
On the 20th of August 2010 a Notice was
published in the Government Gazette
Three structures (Accreditation, Quality
Assurance and Site Verification) were set up
in all provinces
REDUCING SERIOUS AND
VIOLENT CRIMES
- Guidelines for Probation Officers, Assistant
Probation Officers and Child and Youth Care
Workers
 The department in partnership with UNICEF
developed guidelines for Probation Officers,
Assistant Probation Officers and Child and
Youth Care Workers to provide appropriate
services to children in conflict with the law
BUILDING A PERFORMANCE
ORIENTED STATE
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Progress to date
A total of 150 Master trainers received
training and furthermore a total of 270
probation practitioners were trained in all
provinces
BUILDING A PERFORMANCE
ORIENTED STATE
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The Department of Social Development has
partnered with the Technical Assistance Unit
of the National Treasury to review its planning
processes and capacity of the strategy unit.
In the past two years over 30 technical staff
were trained on result based monitoring and
evaluation which is important in performance
planning
BUILDING A PERFORMANCE
ORIENTED STATE
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Service Delivery Improvement Plan will be
published annually with the strategic plan in
accordance with the Public Service
Regulation.
EXPANDED PUBLIC WORKS
PROGRAMME EXPANSION
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Government launched the Expanded Public
Works Programme (EPWP) in 2003 as a
short to medium-term response to high
unemployment, marginalisation and halving
of unemployment by 2014
Progress to date
The Social Sector created 206 421 work
opportunities in the 2009/10 financial year
against the set target of 80 000 for the year in
the business plan.
EXPANDED PUBLIC WORKS
PROGRAMME EXPANSION
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The Social Sector has managed to mobilise
R56 million for HCBC in the 2010/11 financial
year
Challenges
There is also a long standing backlog in
terms of standardisation of stipends within
the stipends which gets exacerbated by the
rate at which EPWP pays.
CONTEXTUALISE PRIORITIES
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Locate the priorities identified by the 2011
State of the Nation Address within the New
Growth Path (NGP) as it provides a policy
framework.
The NGP provides a strategic framework on
how South Africa can achieve its goals of
creating decent work, reduce inequality and
eradicate poverty.
SOCIAL GRANTS TO BE LINKED TO ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO ENABLE SHORTTERM BENEFICIARIES TO BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING
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This priority was identified in 2009 State of the Nation
Address
The 2011 State of the Nation Address reiteration of this
priority indicates that the Department of Social
Development needs to put more focus in expanding the
pilot project and roll it out to other provinces.
Department launched two Sustainable Livelihood pilot
projects in North West, where 50 toilets were
constructed in Bokfontein and Eastern Cape through the
Silindithemba eDutyini Cooperative.
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This is a potential area for the Committee to conduct oversight on as
means of evaluating the impact of the projects. The oversight could
assess the following:
How many beneficiaries are/were linked to the projects?
What impact has these projects had on their lives?
How many beneficiaries are women, youth and people with
disabilities?
How did the pilot projects demonstrate the possibility of making
social grant beneficiaries move to self-sustenance? This is
importance because the two projects appear to have been short
term projects.
How did these projects contribute towards skill development and
community development?
The Committee may further enquire from the Department on how
the Department aims to expand the implementation of this priority.
PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND NONFINANCIAL SUPPORT TO COOPERATIVES
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During the Budget hearings in June 2009 in Parliament, the
Department indicated that it will focus on investing on NGOs
The Department also reported that it was going to explore
possibilities of establishing or implementing sustainable livelihood
through community foundation associations or cooperatives.
The NGP proposes investment in social capital and public services.
The social economy includes no-for-profit institutions that provide
goods and services, including co-operatives, non-government
organizations (NGOs) and stokvels.
The framework estimates that if the social sector grew in South
Africa closer to international norms, it is anticipated that 260 000
new employment opportunities can be created. Evidence has shown
that NGOs perform 60% of the Department of Social Development’s
services. This indicates the ability of NGOs in generating
employment opportunities.
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Implications to the Committee
The Committee should be briefed by the Department on the
progress it has made in investing in cooperatives. The Department
should also provide the Committee with a list of cooperatives that it
either established or supported.
It is also important for the Committee to see to it that the Financial
Award Policy is implemented and that discrepancies in the funding
model across provinces are eradicated.
The issue of stipends between the Department of Health and Social
Development needs to be urgently addressed. Guidelines to
address this should be prioritised and therefore it is within the
prerogative of the Committee to see to it that the guidelines are
developed.
EMPLOYMENT CREATION
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The NGP proposes that the government needs to invest
in social investing in social capital and public services
through skills enhancement and support for social wage
(meaning public services targeted primarily at lowincome households) measures.
The framework makes special focus on generating job
opportunities for young people because they face the
highest unemployment rate. The Department of Social
Development can contribute towards realisation of this
goal through its Masupatsela, Home Community Based
Care (HCBC) and Early Childhood Development (ECD)
programmes
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Implications to the Committee
It is crucial for the Committee to monitor how
Masupatsela and HCBC and ECD
programmes are enhanced and evaluate their
impact both in the services they give as well
as in creating employment opportunities for
the youth.
FINALISATION OF THE GOVERNMENT POSITION
PAPER ON SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM BEFORE
THE END OF 2011
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The NGP acknowledges that there is a need for a more competitive and
stable exchange rate and that entails aligning macroeconomic measures,
microeconomic interventions and social partner commitments.
Most applicable to the social development sector is the suggestion for
government to maintain the real value of social grants and improve the
social wage in poor communities, including housing, healthcare and
education.
The government aims to increase social security coverage by improving
levels of private savings in the economy.
Personal savings will be improved through proposed changes in the
structure and regulation of retirement funds, including affordable
compulsory membership for all employees.
This means integrating public (tax financed) and private (contributory)
social security schemes.
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Implications to the Committee
The Committee may need to consider organizing a
seminar in which experts in the field of social
security can be invited to update the Members of
Parliament of the discussions around integrating tax
financed social security schemes and contributory
schemes.
Also on what role should parliamentarians play?
This will not only keep the Committee abreast with
the discussions and debates but also afford the
members to have a broader perspective on the
subject matter.
Fight Against Substance Abuse
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The Prevention of and Treatment for
Substance Abuse Act (No. 70 of 2008) was
promulgated in 2008.
The Department was to develop draft
Regulations on the Act in 2009/10
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Implications to the Committee
The Committee needs to see to it that the Department the
Regulations are developed and finalised.
Thank you