{"id":169545,"date":"2020-10-21T14:43:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T12:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.groundup.org.za\/article\/childcarers-paid-last-social-development\/"},"modified":"2020-10-21T14:43:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T12:43:44","slug":"childcarers-paid-at-last-by-social-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/childcarers-paid-at-last-by-social-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Childcarers paid at last by Social Development"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hundreds of childcare providers in Nelson Mandela Bay who protested for annual grants three weeks ago (pictured above) have now been paid by the Department of Social Development. Archive photo: Thamsanqa Mbovane<\/p>\n

Hundreds of Early Childhood Development (ECD) staff who had not been paid since grants were stopped<\/a> at the start of the Covid lockdown in March, have at last been paid by the Department of Social Development (DSD).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are happy to announce that we have now received both subsidies from the DSD,\u201d said beaming childcarer Pamela Nomnganga on Tuesday afternoon. She runs the Dorothy Tomlinson Pre-school Foundation in KwaZakhele, Port Elizabeth.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe gave them [DSD] seven days to respond to our petition but within two to three weeks the grant payments went through \u2026 All the grants are now paid and we are happy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Some confusion about regulations has arisen, alarming ECD operators, but municipal spokesperson Mamela Ndamase clarified: residents do not need to apply for rezoning as businesses if they wish to operate day care centres.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey however need to apply to the City for a special consent at a cost of about R1,520. They need to write to their neighbours and advertise in the local newspapers for public participation purposes and calling for any objections. \u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cResidents are encouraged to visit the town planning offices where a town planner will advise them on what documentation is needed to open a business in a residential area,\u201d said Ndamase.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe majority of creches are now cleaning and preparing to open, but DSD insists we submit videos of creches showing our readiness to operate during this level 1 lockdown,\u201d said Nomnganga.<\/p>\n

\u201cSoon all of us will operate our centres as some are already back at work.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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