1. HEARINGS ON ANNUAL REPORT PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE BY C. PAKADE: ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL 2004/10/26

2. VISION & MISSION  VISION A caring and integrated system of social development services that facilitates human development and improves the quality of life.  MISSION To ensure the provision of comprehensive social protection services against vulnerability and poverty within the constitutional and legislative framework, and create an enabling environment for sustainable development. The department further aims to deliver integrated, sustainable and quality services in partnership with all those committed to building a caring society.

3. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS BRANCH:SOCIAL SECURITY Policy & Legislation  The Social Assistance Act and the South African Social Security Agency Act were passed by Parliament SAA – provides for the policy shift that reverses the assignment of the administration of the SAA, 1992 to provinces and creates a legislative framework for the SASSA SASSAA- establishes the Agency.  Proclamation by the President of the SASSAA expected by 1st Nov 2004  Regulations i.t.o. of SAA expected to be promulgated soon

4. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Policy and Legislation- cont  An assessment tool for establishing eligibility for disability grants and care dependency grants was developed.  A descriptive and evaluative study of the Social Relief of Distress programme completed.  A preliminary study on the nature, causes and needs of child headed households completed.  A study to determine the relationship/correlation between child maintenance and the child support grant completed.

5. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Policy and Legislation- cont  Draft policy document on the Old Age Grant developed  Initial draft policy on deductions on social grants completed  Report on an analysis of factors impacting on social security policy and reports on impact and implications of social security policy

6. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS BRANCH:SOCIAL SECURITY- Cont  Service Delivery implementation & monitoring  A total of 7 822,891 beneficiaries were in receipt of grant as at March 2004. About 4 million is for the CSG  Norms & standards developed. Application turnaround times in various provinces have not significantly improved due to lack of resources to implement these norms.  The process of establishing the new Agency to administer and pay grants was initiated and legislation passed  Socpen enhancements being carried out on an ongoing basis.

7. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Service Delivery- cont  R1,2 billion transferred to provinces as conditional grant for CSG (7 & 8 yr olds)  eligibility criteria and conditions for this grant are uniform in all provinces  targets and budget allocations differ since they are influenced by intensity of poverty in Provinces  The main challenges were: lack of dedicated capacity to implement this project both at National and in Provinces Lack of required birth certificates for registration of children

8. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Service Delivery- cont  Solutions to these problems: Additional contract staff appointed Appointed national & provincial project managers Strategic meetings held with Home Affairs (at Director- Generals level) Joint Registration campaigns with Department of Home Affairs A national workshop involving officials from DSD and Home Affairs held.

9. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Service Delivery- cont  Key outcomes of workshop, inter alia: Short-term Joint registration drives (mobile offices) Improved information management and sharing of data Establishment of provincial coordinating liaison committees Long-term Sharing of resources by two departments, e.g. office accommodation, transport,etc Interface of IT systems e.g. SOCPEN and Home Affairs system - Joint monitoring and evaluation processes Joint strategy for fraud prevention and detection

10. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Service Delivery- cont  I.t.o monitoring service delivery-  A comprehensive report on social security service delivery at a national and provincial level was compiled  Data interrogation done in all nine provinces to detect fraud and corruption.  The national fraud hotline was launched.  The national fraud prevention strategy provides a uniform approach in dealing with fraud across all provinces

11. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS BRANCH:INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT Policy & Legislation  The Children’s Bill and Older Persons Bill were approved by Cabinet and introduced in Parliament.  The draft policy framework was developed from the Strategy on the Prevention and Management of Child Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation and aligned with the Children’s Bill as well as the draft Family Policy document.  The Child Protection Register (CPR) was implemented in nine provinces, and good progress has been made with computerization of the CPR and Negotiations is underway with the National Department of Justice/Education/Health and SAPS on reporting function of CPR.

12. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Policy & Legislation- cont  The draft policy document on older persons (11th draft) has been extensively consulted with stakeholders. The Older Persons Bill is based on it.  A discussion document on the policy for financial awards to NGOs has been developed and is in the process of consultation and costing.  An audit of old age homes has been finalised  Salaries of social workers in government have been reviewed and are in the process of consultation. A comprehensive retention strategy is being developed

13. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Policy & Legislation- cont  The draft Youth Development Strategy developed and is being consulted  The research on the services in children’s homes was completed, and this will help the Department and other stakeholders in reviewing policy, planning and budgeting for children’s homes.  The research on families in South Africa was commissioned, and the findings of the study are being utilized to draft a family policy with the intent of launching it during 2004.

14. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Service delivery implementation  About 600 assistant probation officers and probation officers were trained in probation and restorative justice practice, as well as home based supervision.  The SA Council for Social Services Professions has approved the establishment of a Professional Board for Probation Offices. The draft regulations for the establishment thereof have been published for comments.  The Application for the establishment of a Standards Generating Body for Probation Officers has been accepted and the Department is in the process of nominating a Board to drive the process.

15. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Service delivery implementation  The Council received R750 k in 2003/2004 to cover mainly the following:  To establish Professional Boards for social workers and Child and Youth Care workers  To retrain social workers in (Continuous Professional Development )  The Guidelines for ECD developed in 2001/02 were revised to provide for needs of orphans & vulnerable children.

16. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Service delivery implementation  DSD, DoE & DoH established an interdepartmental committee on ECD.  These depts are currently working on an Integrated Plan for ECD in SA.  The 2nd draft of national policy on families available.  3rd draft of the integrated strategy on Victim Empowerment has been developed  An impact assessment of Victim Empowerment was carried out and a tool to monitor the projects was also developed.

17. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Service delivery implementation  A Policy Framework on substance abuse was developed and consulted.  Minimum standards for in-patient treatment centres was developed and consulted with all provinces.  A best practice model for a youth treatment centre has been documented.

18. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Service delivery implementation  The department supported 343 poverty relief projects in 2003/4 – falling under the following categories:  Food security  HIV/Aids  Women empowerment  Aged and Children – aimed at supporting those senior citizens who are looking after young children for one reason or another.  Youth development and youth enterprises The support to these projects was provided by IDT with the provincial and national department providing oversight and support to projects not covered, especially those funded in previous allocations

19. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Service delivery implementation  The Department has requested the IDT to develop an exit strategy for the funded projects  Lack of capacity has been a big challenge and impact assessment of projects could not be done  Recent appointment of senior and middle managers will alleviate the problem

20. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Service delivery implementation  Food security programme  Food Emergency Scheme implemented in all provinces with a fair amount of success.  More than 495 000 poor households were reached  Funds allocated to provinces during 2003/04 were R388 million in total. However, the total amount spent includes funds that were transferred to IDT (1 st R230 million) in March 2003 which were effectively spent in 2003/04.

21. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Service delivery implementation  Number of challenges were experienced, including the following:  Lack of sustainability of the programme  Sectoral approach initially envisaged was not effective- agricultural starter packs could not take-off from the DoA’s side.  Identification and profiling of eligible households proved to be a very difficult and daunting task for provinces  Lack of capacity and infrastructure to implement in some provinces

22. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Service delivery implementation  Population Policy Monitoring Report, completed & presented to HSD and MINMEC  The implementation of the UNFPA Country Programme (2002 2006) has been initiated with the completion of the work plans for the three targeted Provinces, namely KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Limpopo  The report on the five-year review of the implementation of the population policy was completed, and presented to HSD in March 2004, and will be submitted to the MINMEC during 2004 after the process of consultation with stakeholders has been completed

23. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Service delivery implementation  A larger volume of research was undertaken on key issues relating to families, ageing, child abuse, fertility trends, reproductive health, especially HIV and Aids and community development to support policy development and programme monitoring and evaluation.  The Ten-year review research was completed and the final report release to the Presidency.  Primary HIV and Aids Capacity Building Course for government planners was launched and a total 1 628 officials from all spheres of government were trained.

24. HIGHLIGHTS ON ACHIEVEMENTS Report of the Auditor-General  Dept continues improving its financial management  For 3 years in succession the dept. received an unqualified audit report from the AG  However, an emphasis of matter was raised due to under-spending on conditional grants by provinces  It is important to note that national dept has limited powers to deal with financial and general management problems in provinces. Despite a number of steps taken, some provinces persists with non- compliance with conditions of grants.

25. Report of the Auditor-General 1.EXTENSION OF CHILD SUPPORT GRANT 1.1Eastern Cape:R93, 299 million :(34% underspending) Reason:Lack of birth certificates 1.2Northern Cape:R3, 291 million:(17% underspending) Reason:Lack of capacity to do manual reconciliations 1.3North West:R71, 227 million: (52% underspending) Reason:Delays in processing of applications, mainly the re-registration of children, due to lack of capacity 1.4Western Cape:R13 164 million (unaudited): (18% underspending) R11, 799 million (Audited):(16% underspending) Reason:Lack of birth certificates

26. Report of the Auditor-General ACTIONS TAKEN BY DEPARTMENT:  Strategic meetings held with Home Affairs (at Director-Generals level)  Joint visits to communities (mobile units) to register beneficiaries for IDs and birth certificates  A joint national workshop involving officials from DSD and Home Affairs from all provinces recently held to develop a long-term strategy. The following were the outcomes of this workshop:  Short-term actions:   Joint Registration Campaigns and communication strategy   Improved information management and sharing of data   Establishment of provincial coordinating liaison committees  Long-term actions:   Sharing of resources by two departments, e.g. office accommodation, transport,etc   Interface of IT systems e.g. SOCPEN and Home Affairs system (civic services)   Joint monitoring and evaluation processes   Joint implementation of fraud prevention and detection strategy

27. Report of the Auditor-General 2.HIV/AIDS 2.1Limpopo:R734 000 :(17% underspending) Reason: Late start due to business plans not submitted, processed and approved in time 2.2Northern CapeR735 000 :(20% underspending) Reason: Late start due to business plans not submitted, processed and approved in time ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT Provincial visits to address implementation challenges  Guidelines for preparation of business plans given  Monitoring and reporting guideline frameworks were also provided.

28. Report of the Auditor-General 3.FOOD EMERGENCY RELIEF 3.1Gauteng:R23, 843 million: (85% underspending) Reason:Delays were experienced with the identification and profiling of households.  Lack of capacity- contract staff only appointed during the second half of year 3.2KwaZulu-Natal:R20, 716 million : (30% underspending) Reason:Delays were experienced with the identification and profiling of households 3.3Mpumalanga:R4, 262 million :(15% underspending) Reason:This was a saving resulting from less prices charged as compared to the budgeted prices when the tender was issued. The saving was rolled over and used for drop-in centres to assist children suffering from insecurity.

29. THANK YOU

30. Report of the Auditor-General ACTIONS TAKEN BY DEPARTMENT  National guidelines on the profiling of beneficiaries  Approval for utilization of savings to cover additional vulnerable households and also for drop-in centres.  The whole strategy for next year is being reviewed in consultation with National Treasury. A proposal will be tabled before Cabinet soon.