Deputy minister of social development Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), last week launched the department’s new Disability Empowerment and Mainstreaming Guidelines. The new…
DJ Sobey Old Age Home is facing the very real possibility of having to close down, largely due to the failure by the department of social development (DSD) to pay their subsidy. According to committee member John Bennet, the department is…
Provided certain conditions are met, divorced parents can move their children to their respective partners’ homes, despite the national lockdown. In what is another change to the original set of lockdown rules, a government gazette…
Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Zwelitsha residents came out in their numbers on Monday to collect their social security grants, patiently waiting in line while trying to adhere to social distancing regulations. The GO! observed…
People in the Eastern Cape are getting hungrier. According to social development MEC Dr Pumza Dyantyi, many working people are increasingly battling to afford rising food prices. Dyantyi has launched a provincial winter feeding scheme in…
The Mzamomhle creche where an eight-month-old baby died last week was not registered with the relevant authority. The department of social development is now assisting the community to “track down the owner” before deciding whether to…
36 to benefit from life-changing event A DISTRICT youth camp is scheduled to be hosted at Tyhusha along Pierre Dam where Sandile’s Cave is located outside King William’s Town from September 6 to 8. The department of social development, in…
Police have arrested three suspects in connection with the burglary at the office of the Chief Justice at the weekend‚ a source said on Wednesday. The suspects are due to appear in the Mamelodi Magistrate’s Court this morning. Thieves…
“This area is very dear to me, that’s why I chose the school” CHILDREN and teachers at the Duncan Village Day Care Centre were treated to party packs on Monday by kind-hearted citizen Rhythmica Ricketts. The party packs consisted of a…
