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PART B: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

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KEY POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGES

The following are policies and legislation developed or approved • Policy on Maternal Support
during the reporting period, which may have affected the • Policy Proposal on income support for 18-59 year olds
Department’s operations or will affect future financial periods: • Revised White Paper on Families
• Regulations on the Social Assistance Amendment Act • Fund-Raising Amendment Bill
• White Paper for Social Development • Green Paper on Comprehensive Social Security
• Social Services Practitioners Bill • National Community Development Policy
• Older Persons Amendment Bill • Youth Development Policy
• Regulations on the Children’s Amendment Bill
• National Plan of Action for Children in South Africa
• Non-Profit Organisations Amendment Bill
• Victim Support Services (VSS) Bill
• Policy on linking CSG beneficiaries to government services
• Policy on Mandatory Cover for Retirement, Disability and
Survivor Benefits

PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVEMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL IMPACT
97 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
AND OUTCOMES

The Department is leading coordination of social protection • In ensuring contribution to this, the APPs of the sector were
imperatives outlined in the NDP through Priority 4, namely; assessed to ensure alignment to the impact and the outcomes.
“Consolidating the social wage through reliable and quality basic All the DSD targets in the MTSF are included APP. The annual
services”. The Strategy Management and Transformation unit has a reports of the DSD sector are therefore beginning to reflect
responsibility to coordinate the implementation of the commitments on the progress made towards the achievement of the five-
in the 2019 to 2024 Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF), as year impact and outcomes. The next section on Performance
derived from Priority 4. The DSD developed a sector strategic plan Information by programme provides detailed progress on the
that articulates the mandate, vision, mission, impact, outcomes and DSD’s milestones towards achievement of its five-year impact
indicators for the national and provincial departments and entities. and outcomes.
Provincial departments and entities are expected to contribute to • The year 2021/22 marked the mid-term of the Sixth
the common impact through the outcomes. Since the beginning of Administration of the democratic government. A government-
the new MTSF, the DSD sector developed the APPs contributing to wide mid-term review report, led by the DPME will be compiled
the impact of “Improved quality of life for the poor and vulnerable” to reflect comprehensive progress on the outcomes within
and the key outcomes, which are: Strategic Plans and Priority 4.
• Reduced levels of poverty, inequality, vulnerability and social
ills
• Empowered, resilient individuals, families and sustainable
communities
• Functional, efficient and integrated sector.

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