HEARINGS ON 2005 ANNUAL REPORT

1. HEARINGS ON 2005 ANNUAL REPORT PRESENTATION TO SELECT COMMITTEE: SOCIAL SERVICES 7 March 06

2. Background Reworked vision and outlook informed by: • Minister’s Ten Point Plan, • Ten Year Review Discussion Document and the emerging “ Five Big Ideas” which ideas revolve around ensuring that: • Government continues mobilising social partners behind the “Social Compact” • The performance of the state is improved through deepening partnerships and participation • The consequences of the social transition are addressed, as reflected in migration and demography, the structure of the economy and the character of the labour force. • The regional environment is improved through the implementation of key regional programmes such as NEPAD • Sustainable livelihoods • Transition from welfare to social development which demands people centered development

3. VISION A caring and integrated system of social development services that facilitates human development and improves the quality of life

4. 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.

5. Our Values • The people we serve come first • We will ensure equity & freedom from discrimination and harassment • We will work in partnership with the people we serve and other stakeholders • We will utilise resources in the most efficient & effective manner and innovative ways • We will be transparent and accountable • We will share our knowledge and expertise and learn from all • We will uphold the Constitution and all laws & policies geverning the public service

6. Broad Goals • Provision of leadership to ensure the deepening of social policy discourse and evidence based decision making • Create an enabling environment for social and human capital investment • Promotion of social integration and social protection initiatives to build capacity of vulnerable groups • Provide comprehensive social security system • Promotion of good governance • Promote effective and efficient management in partnership with social partners • Steering national involvement in African and International Frameworks and agreements in social development

7. ORGANOGRAM

8. BUDGETFinal appropriation statement

9. Budgetary observations • By close of financial year over 98% had been spent • Budgetary “crowding out” by social security thus compromising delivery in other areas • Ever increasing demand for services as a result of various social and economic challenges such as HIV and AIDS and migration however resources have not matched demand over the MTEF • Administration budget is @ 1.6% of total budget • Leakages due to fraud and corruption have been minimised beyond international norms, but there is room for improvement especially as it relates to Budgeting and supply chain management

10. Programme 1Intent Provide for policy formulation by the Ministry and senior management, and for overall management and support services of the Department

11. Programme 1Key Achievements in reporting period • Facilitated and approved 29 internal and external policies • Provided administrative and strategic support to the Social Cluster whilst participating in all other clusters • Chaired and consolidated African and G77 positions to the 10 year review of the World Summit for Social Development • Met the basic Employment equity targets

12. Programme 1Challenges • Capacity and organisation of the Department, to gear towards addressing intergovernmental relations and broad based economic empowerment • Qualitative deepening of support services to the extent that these can direct evidence based decision making • Complexities of oversight management and resource limitations • Internal key financial and supply chain management systems

13. Programme 1Going forward – Priorities for the future • The deepening, formulation and management of the corporate strategy. • Effective and efficient management of Information, Communications and Technology. • Effective participation in the international sphere, whilst promoting Africa’s development. • Appropriate and efficient deployment and capacity building of human resources whilst upholding their safety and well being • Reducing the incidents of avoidable litigation whilst providing strategic legal advice. • Ensuring the efficient and effective employment of financial resources whilst reducing leakages and promoting the empowerment of previously disadvantaged groups. • Rendering a professional and efficient administrative support to the Minister, Deputy Minister, Director General and senior management, with a view of facilitating for effective decision-making and participation in all engagements and in the clusters of governance, in collaboration with provinces and local government.

14. Programme 2Intent Implement, develop and monitor the policies and strategies of social security and social assistance whilst assessing the social, economic and fiscal impact of social security programmes.

15. Programme 2Key Achievements in reporting period • A position formulated on responding to age equalisation of old agegrant • Research and proposals on deductions from social grants was completed • The demographic and financial model for social security grants was updated in line with Census 2001 data. • Completed a detailed study on socio-economic impact of social grants • Finalised modalities with regards to Agency establishment

16. Programme 2Challenges • Limited staff capacity • Agency establishment work detracted from some initiatives

17. Programme 2Going forward – Priorities for the future • Research into needs of the disabled; • Linking of the three pillars in the comprehensive social security system by initially exploring relationship between grants and private insurance; • Spatial analysis of social grants impact, especially on females; • Spatial and individual panel survey of impact of social grants • Finalising the work started on the “Perverse Incentives” in the Social Security System

18. Programme 3Intent Ensure appropriate funding of social assistance grants and effective management, through social assistance transfers in collaboration with the Provinces and Agency

19. Programme 3Key Achievements in reporting period • By end of reporting period system was catering for no less than 9.5 million beneficiaries per month, • Age extension to 9 and 10 year olds achieved a 98% success rate • 7 grant types paid at over 9 858 pension pay points, covering over 90% of eligible persons Over 30% of pay points meet minimum norms and standards • Over 2 million people use financial sector institutions such banks and the post office • R3.2 billion successfully transferred to provinces as conditional grant and periodically monitored • Blueprints developed resulting in disasters being assessed within 48 hrs & 70% of applications processed within 3 months

20. Programme 3Challenges • Limited staff capacity • Identity documents and birth certificates • Infrastructure to reach to the most remote areas • Institutional reform necessary for disaster relief given the matters of accountability- • In the meantime the Department has developed policies for distribution of emergency relief provision

21. Programme 3Going forward – Priorities for the future • Improving coverage of grants and ensuring all get them on time under humane conditions • Improve application, verification and approval processes • Support the Minister’s oversight over the agency • Draft Bill on Disaster Relief to be finalised

22. Programme 4Intent Design strategies and operate systems to ensure that services are provided for social assistance and disaster relief beneficiaries.

23. Programme 4Key Achievements in reporting period • Norms & standards blueprint implementation plans completed, but reduction of cycle times delayed due to limited human resources – could not implement 1:800 staff to beneficiary ratio. • Reviews of disability grants progressed with over 180 000 completed, • Some success in reviews of foster care as grants are now lapsed at end of financial year • Data interrogation done in 9 provinces, which found fraudsters including some 41 000 public servants • Fraud Hotline launched reporting over 15 000 cases • Indemnity offered by Minister with response of 86 000 cases saving the State over R400 million

24. Programme 4Challenges • Fraud and corruption are challenging integrity of system

25. Programme 4Going forward – Priorities for the future • Continuation of Child Support Grant reviews • Finalisation of disability reviews • Collaboration with the SIU • Improvement and maintenance of IT system • Building on the office distribution model

26. Programme 5Intent Facilitate the transformation of development oriented social welfare services to vulnerable individuals, households and communities

27. Programme 5Key Achievements in reporting period • Finalised the Financial Awards Policy • Completed the financing and service delivery models for welfare services and organisations • A retention strategy for social services professionals has been crafted • Salaries of social workers in public service have been reviewed • Draft policy on substance abuse has been developed and the Ke Moja Campaign has been resuscitated • Minimum standards for in patient drug treatment centres have been approved • Draft policy for people with disabilities as well as draft integrated policy for the transformation of protective workshops have been developed • The SA Council for Social Services Professions as well as the Professional Boards for Social Work and Child and Youth Care have been reconstituted

28. Programme 5Challenges • Increased demand for services as a result of the consequences of the socio-economic transition in the context of an in real terms shrinking allocation • Funding to the NGO sector is limited and far in between as a result of the changing donor funding agenda • Increased sophistication of the drug trade and the constantly changing demand and supply factors

29. Programme 5Going forward – Priorities for the future • Addressing the salary disparities of social workers in the Not for Profit Sector • Comprehensive review of drug master plan • Review of the prevention and treatment of Drug Dependency Act No 20 of 1992 • Finalisation of the Action Plan on Ageing as per Madrid commitment • Rolling out, in partnership with SAMDI, the capacity building programme on disability for senior managers in the Public Service • Finalising of the Older Persons Bill • Disseminating Guidelines for transformation of services to older persons and draft discussion guidelines for Frail Care Centres

30. Programme 6Intent Ensure the protection and empowerment of vulnerable children, youth and families

31. Programme 6Key Achievements in reporting period • Finalised Parliamentary processes with regards to the contentious Children’s Bill • Victims Charter finalised and National Resource Directory on Services for Victims of Violence has been disseminated • Completed the draft policy framework for orphans & vulnerable children • Completed the draft Policy Framework and Strategy on Child Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation • ECD guidelines & strategy and EPWP sector plan have been finalised • The Child Protection Register (CPR) has been installed in seven provinces • 124 Inter-country adoptions registered • 30 000 children diverted form crime and 1000 children have benefited from the home-based supervision programmes as per Probation Services Act • Removed over 300 children in Correctional Services and SAPS facilities through the IJS • 750 Probation Officers received training in restorative justice and probation principles • 76 Assistant Probation officers received in-service training

32. Programme 6Going forward – Priorities for the future • Finalise draft policy on victim empowerment • Upgrading and installing Child Protection Register database in all provinces • Increase the number of child care forums form 107

33. Programme 7Intent Develop, implement and monitor strategies for development, undertake community development programmes and support Non Profit Organisations

34. Programme 7Key Achievements in reporting period • Established evidencebase for thedevelopment ofpro-poor socialpolicy in partnership with DFID, Oxford and University of KZN • Finalised country and sub regional reports for the 43rd Session of the Commission for Social Development and the MDG+5 Review • Facilitated for the IBSA trilateral dialogue on solidarity towards “Economic Development and Social Equity” • The study on the assessment of the impact of the NPO Act on the sector was undertaken and completed. • 6 830 NPOs registered and issued certificates during the year under review • 11 169 new NPO registration applications received and processed • Curriculum for the National Certificate in development practice was developed in partnership with DPLG

35. Programme 7Challenges • Delay in the finalization of the NFES tender process and the decision on the continuity of the programme impacted negatively on the implementation of the programme • Backlog of the registration of the NPOs • Capacity to do Monitoring and evaluation of programmes • Lack of service standards/norms standards which results in lack of uniformity in the delivery of services. • Limited human resource capacity

36. Programme 7Going forward – Priorities for the future • Finalise policy and framework to link grants to sustainable livelihoods • Managing the Integrated Development Grant • Amending the NPO Act to facilitate for an enabling environment for the sector • Enhancing NPO monitoring capacity in all spheres of governance • Institutionalisation of the EPWP • IRSDP and URP

37. Programme 8Intent Develop policies, strategies and programmes aimed at mitigating the social and economic impact of HIV and AIDS

38. Programme 8Key Achievements in reporting period • Capacity building programme for NGOs an CBO responsible for HCBC and support has been established with support from DFID • 80 Love Life Groundbreakers have been trained thus reaching farms and the informal settlements • Finalised EPWP Sector Plan • HIV and AIDS training programme for govt policy makers and planners reviewed and implemented • 57 community based multipurpose centres have been established and funded • 352 organizations have been funded and 6976 care givers trained • Researched the monitoring of the HCBC projects

39. Programme 8Challenges • Limited continuous monitoring and evaluating, particularly for the HCBC • Limited Human Resources Capacity • Tracking and maintaining contact with affected children

40. Programme 8Going forward – Priorities for the future • Scaling up the response so that it meets demand • Implementation of the EPWP sector plan • Training and awareness within department • Integrating gender and youth development • Delivering services to Orphaned and Vulnerable Children

41. Programme 9Intent Research, capacity building and disseminating information on population and development trends so as to facilitate for population policy implementation through inter-governmental programmes and enhance decision making

42. Programme 9Key Achievements in reporting period • HIV & AIDS capacity building for government planners (all three spheres) evaluated, reviewed and continued; • Population and Development Information Service rendered; • Applied Population Studies and Research Programme (APSTAR), UKZN, reviewed and revived; • Capacity building programme on the Population, Environment and Development Nexus developed; • Model for the social enhancement of the EPWP developed; • Pilot projects for local population and development integration designed, for implementation in 10 ISRDP nodes, with the support of UNFPA.

43. Programme 9Key Achievements in reporting period • Research reports on local HIV & Aids; population and environment; and integrated development used to promote good practices; • Appraisal and database of HIV & Aids HCBC projects; • HIV & Aids impact monitoring and evaluation, including through development indicators. Research designed for social development sector impact study; • Analysis of progress to address the relationship between gender and poverty, and on women and the environment (as part of the Beijing+10 country report; • Research support to various policy projects across the government; • Report on progress on the implementation of the population policy; • Discussion document on South Africa’s progress with implementing the ICPD Programme of Action; • Seminars and workshops in/with provinces to evaluate above mentioned progress; • Joint Population Conference to reflect on progress towards achieving sustainable population and development after ten years of freedom; • Development of a southern African population and development programme (Southern African Ministers’ Conference on Population and Development), ratified by SADC

44. Programme 9Challenges • Limited capacity at a local government level to implement relevant population strategies • Enhancing multi sphere cooperative governance through decentralised population policy management • Limited integration within public sector of population policies and programmes

45. Programme 9Going forward – Priorities for the future • Acceleration of Information, Education and communications on population matters • Increasing the departments qualitative and quantitative capacity in the area of research, population and development • Integrating the outcomes of the Forum into SADC and AU action plans. • Finalisation of the State of SA’s Population

46. CONCLUSION Going forward the general service delivery challenge continues to be centred on poverty eradication. As many remain unable to access basic necessities, the Department will now consolidate all its efforts aimed at improving the Human and Social Capital capacity at a local and family level. • This will require some changes with regards to functions and operations, which should see the Department: • Consolidating and improving all transformation initiatives, whilst providing leadership in national strategic priorities on the eradication of poverty. • Providing national leadership in policy development. Which will lead to a greater focus on the policy function and decentralisation of programme implementation. • Reorganising, so as to improve the overall performance of the Department and its entities, so as to enable it to meet its mandate and emerge as a sector leader. • Focusing its efforts on continuous improvement in internal business processes and systems so as to ensure effectiveness and efficiency • Consolidating the social developmental approach. • Strengthening the sector wide approach as expressed by the Social Sector Cluster of Governance.

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