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PART A: GENERAL INFORMATION

opened handed over to the provincial DSD and their implementing In conclusion, I wish to acknowledge the contribution of our partners
NPOs during the 2021/22 financial year. in civil society, especially our private sector partners, toward making
South Africa a country that looks after its most vulnerable groups. I
Other empowerment initiatives concluded include the launch of a wish to thank the Minister, the Acting Director-General, the staff of
multimedia computer centre at Schweizer Reneke CCC, donated by the Department and our provincial counterparts for their support
MTN. Similarly, we launched Men’s Lounges in six (6) CCCs, four (4) over the years.
of these were in North West and two (2) in KwaZulu-Natal. The CCCs
strive to strengthen service delivery in all benefiting communities
by ensuring that integrated and comprehensive services are
provided by different stakeholders in safer and well-equipped
facilities. The implementation of the programmes addressing social
ills are provided at the CCCs to contribute to changes in behaviours
of beneficiaries, enhance their psychosocial wellbeing, build their ________________________
resilience, self-esteem and confidence so that they can deal with Mrs H Bogopane-Zulu
adversities and participate meaningfully in programmes to address Deputy Minister of Social Development
their needs.

We trained a total of seven hundred and thirty (730) Social Services
Practitioners (SSPs) on the Compendium of Social and Behaviour
Change (SBC) programmes which comprise of YOLO, ChommY,
as well as the Men and Boys Championing Change. The training
will contribute toward scaling up the implementation of the SBC
programmes to reduce risky sexual behaviours that perpetuate the
spread of HIV among the targeted populations. We also launched
the YOLO and ChommY programmes at Amajuba District in
KwaZulu-Natal and Lejweleputswa District in Free State as part
of the District Development Model. The programmes are targeting
children and young people including those with disabilities to
create awareness of HIV, Gender-Based Violence and Femicide
(GBVf) and substance abuse to promote positive behaviour change
among the target groups.

In our upscaling of social behavior change initiatives, we rolled out
the Sinovuyo Teenage Parenting Programme. The Sinovuyo Teenage
Parenting Programme seeks to improve the caregiver-teenager
relationship through active social learning, improve caregiver
mental health through social support and improving caregiver-
teenager communication about risky situations for teenagers in the
community.
Through the partnership with UNICEF and Clowns Without Borders,
over three hundred (300) officials from both government and civil
society organisations in all provinces were trained.
We have also embarked on the process of revising the White Paper
on Families. The White Paper was gazetted for public consultations
in June 2021. This was followed by consultation in all provinces,
where officials from both government and civil society organisations
participated. The White Paper seeks to provide guidelines and
strategies for the strengthening of the families in South Africa and
the realisation of their well-being as well as the strengthening of
communities as support networks for families.

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