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REPORT OF THE ACCOUNTING OFFICER PART A: GENERAL INFORMATION

Both the Sector Outputs and the Transformation Wheel were adopted objective of the Bill is to consolidate all relief funds into a single
by Heads of the Social Development Sector for implementation fund with a single Board to enhance responsiveness and efficiency.
through the APPs of the DSD Sector in 2022/23 and beyond. The Department briefed the Portfolio Committee on Social
Development on the Fund-Raising Amendment Bill in June 2021.
The DSD has also taken into consideration the issues emanating The Amendments are envisaged to be concluded in the 2022/23
from the Presidents’ 2022 State of the Nation Address (SONA) and financial year.
the alignment of its plans, particularly the APP to the Economic
Reconstruction and Recovery Plan. Several performance areas During the 2019 State of the Nation Address, President Cyril
are included in the APP which reflects the alignment of the Ramaphosa directed that “the responsibility for ECD programmes
Department’s plans to the SONA commitments and the Economic and centres will be migrated from the Department of Social
Reconstruction and Recovery Plan: Development to the Department of Basic Education”. This
pronouncement created an opportunity to accelerate provisioning
Public Private Partnerships and the redesign of the systems for monitoring and support for
Early Childhood Development. The ECD function was successfully
The Department did not enter into any public-private partnerships migrated from the Department of Social Development to the
during the reporting period. Department of Basic Education effective from 01 April 2022.
Discontinued activities/activities to be Supply Chain Management
discontinued
The Department did not consider any unsolicited bid proposals for
The Department is amending the Fund-Raising Act (Act No.107 of the year under review. All procurement was done in terms of the
1978). The Amendment Bill seeks to address the fragmentation Department’s Supply Chain Management Policy and procedures
and inefficiency that currently exists in the process of responding to prevent any irregular expenditure. The Department continues
to disasters in the country. The current legislation provides for to promote small, medium and micro enterprises including co-
multiple funds to address very narrow categories of disasters. The operatives in areas where the events are hosted.

Gifts and Donations received in kind from non-related parties
Amount paid
directly to
Purpose service provider

R'000
We love you Foundation
Food and Nutrition Coordination
123
Assist the Department to respond to the food security challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
THE DG MURRAY TRUST
NPO Funding Coordination
1 053
To implement a financing approach towards sustainability of social welfare services for the most vulnerable.
PACT/USAID
Government Capacity Building Systems

To strengthen the Department’s response in addressing social and structural barriers that increase the vulnerability
of OVC to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and Tuberculosis (TB) and
addresses specific constraints hampering the health and social development system to achieve better outcomes for 27 944
orphaned and other vulnerable children (e.g., those affected by poverty, child abuse, neglect and exploitation).
Procter and Gamble
Distribution of Sanitary towels
Assist to distribute and have more access to sanitary towels, especially for school-going girls. 185
The DG Murray Trust
Early Childhood Development Programme

Improving the effectiveness of the ECD Conditional Grant. 368
Nelson Mandela Foundation
Early Childhood Development Programme
Roll-out of Vangasali and technical assistance on legal work related to ECD 836
CJC Church

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