1. PRESENTATION TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Department of Social Development
22 May 2001

2. 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

3. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 10-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

4. Allocation 2000/2001 Amount voted R 348 706 000
Adjustments Estimate R
Total allocation R
Projected expenditure R
Savings R

5. MTEF-National Department
R’ % Increase/decrease
2000/
2001/ (45.3)
2002/
2003/ (15.1)
Decreases reflect a reduced allocation for poverty relief and other special allocations

6. MTEF Summary Year Normal allocation R’000 Special Allocation
Total Allocation
2001/2002
77 538
2002/2003
78 788
2003/2004
82 320

7. Departmental budget 2001/02 2000/01 2001/02 R ‘000 R’000
2000/ /02
R ‘ R’000
Administration
Social Security, Policy
and Planning
Grant systems and
administration
Welfare Service
Transformation
Development Implement
Support
Population & Development

8. 2001/02 Financial year Amount voted R 190 938 000 Special Allocations
Poverty Relief R
Improvement of Social
Security System R
Disaster Relief Funds R
Grant payment System R
HIV/AIDS R
Total Special Allocations R

9. 2001/02 Financial year Amount voted R 190 938 000 Less:Special
Allocations R
Total Operation R
Personnel allocation R
Operational costs R

10. Social Security Progress
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.

11. Social Security Progress
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.

12. Social Security Progress
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

13. Social Security Progress
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

14. Social Security Progress
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

15. Progress on Child Support Grant as at 2001/3/31
Province
Children in payment
% of target
Eastern Cape
36.5
Free State
58 616
33.9
Gauteng
246.3
KwaZulu-Natal
76.7
Mpumalanga
92 522
76.6
Northern Cape
18 807
109.0
Northern Province
49.4
North West Province
95 862
50.5
Western Cape
52 567
101.6
Total
59.9

16. Disaster Relief Disaster areas declared: Progress as at 18 May 2001:
; 2000 – 38;
2001 – 2
Mpumalanga (claims not yet received)
Soccer Stadium (claims not yet received)
Progress as at 18 May 2001:
Received new claims
Processed claims
Payments in process: scheduled for May, June, July
Remaining claims in process
Propose amalgamation of Boards

17. 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

18. Poverty Relief Programme
Allocation
Number of Projects Funded
1998/99
R203 million
1936
1999/2000
R40 million
2000/2001
R120 million
606
357

19. Poverty Relief Programme Progress
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

20. Poverty Relief Programme Progress
Improved monitoring:
Regular reporting to MINMEC
Assistance from UNDP to refine monitoring and evaluation system
Visits to projects

21. Poverty Relief Programme Progress
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
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

22. Poverty Relief Programme
Allocation for 2000/2001: R120 m
Roll-over from 1999/2000: R 37.7 m
Amount transferred to IDT: R m
Conditional grant to provinces for Flagship projects R

23. 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

24. HIV/AIDS Progress
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

25. HIV/AIDS Progress
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

26. HIV/AIDS Progress
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

27. 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

28. Children and Youth Progress
Received R 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

29. Children and Youth Progress
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

30. Children and Youth Progress
Computerized child protection register is being piloted in 5 provinces
Draft Child Protection strategy
Draft Youth Development Strategy
Drafting of new legislation in progress

31. Women Progress
16 Flagship projects for unemployed women implemented in provinces:
Total of R transferred to provinces
801 women and 913 children benefiting
Established 100 Victim Empowerment Projects, majority providing 24 hour one-stop services

32. Women Progress
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

33. Women Progress
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.

34. Older Persons Progress
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

35. Persons with disabilities Progress
Improve process of assessment for grant – regulations to be amended
Collaborating with Development Trust for Disabled People to pilot transformation workshops in all provinces

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. Population & Development
Published State of SA Population Report
Commissioned review of national and provincial population functions
Ongoing information dissemination and advocacy work

41. 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