Cape Town – Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has indicated that her department’s major responsibility remains that of providing social security to the vulnerable.<\/p>\n
She said that over the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) period, expenditure was projected to rise to R122 billion, at an average annual rate of eight percent.<\/p>\n
The increase was mainly because of the extension of the Child Support Grant to eligible children below 18 years, she said.<\/p>\n
Dlamini’s department would transfer R6.1 billion to the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) for the disbursement of the grants, the minister said.<\/p>\n
She addressed the media on Wednesday ahead of her Budget Vote Speech to Parliament’s National Council of Provinces.<\/p>\n
The department has allocated an additional R2 billion for the current financial year and R3 billion in the 2012\/2013 for a feasibility study for provincial welfare services.<\/p>\n
Dlamini said that R9.5 million in the current financial year and R10.7 million in the 2012\/2013 period had been earmarked for the establishment and maintenance of accreditation systems.<\/p>\n
It would also be used to “develop and maintain probation case management and register children for diversion programmes,” she added.<\/p>\n
Over the MTEF period, Social Development would recruit and train 10 000 child and youth care workers to support child-headed families.<\/p>\n
To date, over 5 500 students had received scholarships to study social work at various higher learning institutions.<\/p>\n
The minister said R244 million had been set aside to support 4 400 students and to further provide 1 000 new scholarships.<\/p>\n
The scholarship programme had produced over 2 000 graduates, who had been “absorbed in all nine provinces to bolster the provision of welfare services.”<\/p>\n
In the fights against HIV and Aids, Dlamini said they had allocated R43.3 million to the non-profit organization LoveLife for “prevention programmes targeting youth in rural areas and farming communities.” – Francis Hweshe, BuaNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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