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PART B: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION PERFORMANCE BY PROGRAMME

Youth Development Guidelines for COVID-19 management in DSD feeding centres.
A total of 1 285 officials from DSD and the centres supported
During the reporting period, the Department capacitated by DSD received the training on the guidelines. Another
stakeholders on the Youth Policy in all provinces. The capacity training was provided to ninety (90) officials on the Nutrition
building workshops were aimed at improving stakeholders’ Assessment Counselling and Support (NACS). The Department also
understanding of DSD services to the youth. The training was able commemorated the National Nutrition week through a minister led
to assist in clarifying the role of DSD on the youth development event at Kgosi Mampuru Prison. A webinar on food and nutrition
programmes in the country. Furthermore, in an effort to increase security was held in the October in commemoration of the World
young people participation in business, the Department trained Food Day, 2022.
a total of two hundred and fifty (250) young people in business
development. Subsequently, these young people were supported to At a time where poverty levels are rising due to unemployment,
start businesses by the respective provinces, through funding youth inequality and other key factors, the Department is developing
cooperatives and youth centres in which they were mobilised from the Framework on Linking Social Protection Beneficiaries to
to attend the training. Sustainable Livelihoods. The purpose of the framework is to serve as
a foundation for robust discussions among all critical stakeholders
A key highlight was the hosting a National Youth Development within the country’s social protection system and how it is wired to
Forum in August 2021, following the unrest in Kwa-Zulu Natal and protect the vulnerable, secondly to test its efficacy in ensuring that
Gauteng provinces, and participated in the national departmental those graduated out of poverty are in a position to survive with
initiatives towards addressing the challenges presented by the limited support from government.
unrest.
The framework was consulted with the NDA and the departments
Poverty Alleviation, Sustainable Livelihoods of Employment and Labour, Small Business Development and
and Food Security Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development. The outcome
of these consultation sessions emphasised that all the key
The Department developed Framework on Linking Social stakeholders should find their role within the framework and
Protection Beneficiaries to Sustainable Livelihoods Opportunities. engagement must be conducted with the beneficiaries, so that they
The Framework seeks to respond to the ever-increasing number are actively involved in the linkage process, identify programs of
of beneficiaries of social protection, especially social grants different departments in order to indicate areas of integration.
beneficiaries which may not be sustainable even though it
significantly contributes towards poverty alleviation. Social Additionally, over one hundred (100) CDPs were consulted on
Protection in this context refers to programs like cash transfers, the framework document in all provinces. The outcome of the
social grants, food and nutrition programs, health care, quality consultations brought about inputs that focused profoundly on
education and skills development. It is concerned with preventing, the implementation strategy of the document. Following the
managing, and overcoming situations that adversely affect people’s strengthening of the framework document, a capacity building
well-being. session was conducted with seventy (70) CDPs. The sessions provided
an insight to CDPs on the Linkage of Social Protection Beneficiaries
The Department through, the Food and Nutrition Security unit has to Sustainable Livelihoods Opportunities and capacitate them on
continued to coordinate the delivery of food and nutrition security linking the marginalized to Sustainable Livelihood and Economic
interventions aimed at alleviating the impact of hunger and poverty Activities.
to many South African households. The situation was worsened by
the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused a loss of Non-Profit Organisations
livelihoods in many households. Food relief interventions were
implemented through the DSD feeding centres, a total of 1 414 307 Information and Registration
individuals and 367 483 households accessed food through the During the period under review, the Department improved its
DSD centres in the 2021/22 financial year. services of registering non-profit organisations in terms of the
Non-Profit Organisations Act, 1997 (Act No. 71 of 1997) by using
The Department also implemented the National Food and Nutrition the web-based NPO application system. The system expedites the
Security Plan (NF&NSP) through the support for provinces to processing of applications for NPO registration and assessments of
establish the Provincial Food and Nutrition Security Plans (PF&NSP). annual reports on the NPO database. This has drastically shortened
Three (3) service providers were appointed as a technical resource the turnaround time on processing both new applications and
to facilitate the development of the PF&NSPs in eight (8) of the assessing of annual reports. In this regard, a total of 27 552
nine (9) provinces, with exception of the Western Cape that already applications for NPO registration were received, 27 127 were
has a plan developed. The following provinces had their plans processed and of those processed, 27 089 were finalised within
developed: Northern Cape, Northern West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, two (2) months of receipt. This constitutes a 98% achievement.
KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape whilst Eastern Cape, Free State Furthermore, the Department received 41 047 annual reports and
and Gauteng are in the process of developing their plans. processed a total of 35 627, and 33 369 (81%) of reports received
Furthermore, training and capacity building was provided on the were processed with two (2) months of receipt.

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