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App revolutionizes social work efficiency in Western Cape

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen The Western Cape’s Social Work Integrated Management System (SWIMS) has been hailed as a transformative tool for addressing the logistical needs of social workers. Minister for Social Development, Jaco Londt, detailed the app’s impact on daily operations and efficiency since its launch in April this year. Londt explained, “I think we need to look at it from multiple angles. First, consider how much time social workers spend […]

today29 July 2024

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Deputy Minister of Social Development Department details 5 year plan

By Rachel Mohamed South Africans bore witness to the swearing-in ceremony of new members of Parliament last week Wednesday. The new cabinet now comprises of several different political parties that form part of the coalition government better known as the Government of National Unity (GNU). Speaking on VOC Breakfast on Monday, the president of the Al-Jamah Party and the newly appointed deputy minister of social development Ganief Hendricks expressed the […]

today9 July 2024

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Sherwood Park Special Care Centre receives computers from the Department of Social Development

By Kouthar Sambo It is an ecstatic day for the children of Sherwood Park Special Care Centre as the Deputy Minister of the Department of Social Development ( DSD) Henrietta Ipeleng Bongopane Zulu, was on the ground at the Centre today, which is home for mentally challenged children in Sherwood Park. Speaking to VOC News, Executive Committee member for Sherwood Park Special Care Centre, Nazir Chafeker, said Zulu was at […]

today12 February 2024

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The Department of Social Development commits itself in providing services that assist all children with disabilities

By Kouthar Sambo According to the Western Cape Minister of Social Development Sharna Fernandez, the Department of Social Development is committed to providing services that assists all vulnerable children, including those with disabilities. In the words of Fernandez, “It is imperative that no child is forgotten during Child Protection Month.” “The department has allocated R61-million in the 2023/24 financial year to 62 social services organizations that provide support to people […]

today17 May 2023

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MPlain mother arrested for murdering newborn baby

A 32 year-old woman has been charged for murder, after she allegedly choked her newborn son to death and hid him under a mattress. The woman was arrested over the weekend and will appear in the Mitchell's Plain Magistrates Court tomorrow. The Western Cape Department of Social Development has confirmed that social workers from the Mitchells Plain local office have intervened to protect the other four children the woman has. […]

today18 September 2017

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Newborn baby dumped in Goodwood

The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) will assist the police in their investigation of a neonaticide (intentional killing of a baby within first 28 days of life), after the body of a newborn baby was found in a plastic bag and left on the streets in Goodwood on Thursday. The bag concealed the bloodied and crushed body dumped onto the street by a woman who had just given […]

today25 August 2017

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New initiative at shelters to be a ‘restart button’ for abused women

By Abubaker Abrahams The Departments of Economic Opportunities and Social Development in the Western Cape have announced a ground-breaking women empowerment initiative. The announcement was made at Sisters Incorporated, one of the social development department’s funded shelters for abused women. In a study done by the World Health Organization, it was found that 60,000 women and children are victims of domestic violence in South Africa. It is hard to gather […]

today14 August 2017

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DSD tackles youth networks of gang violence

Last week, leading experts attended a three day workshop at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) under the theme “Promoting Inclusiveness in Addressing Youth Networks of Gang Violence in South Africa.”  The event brought together experts from a range of fields including academics, NGO’s, and social development agencies. Also in attendance was Minister of Social Development in the Western Cape, Albert Fritz who opened up the workshop, highlighting intervention […]

today25 July 2017

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DSD, SAPS to investigate teen pornography video

The recent surfacing of a video in which alleged minors appear to be engaging in sexual intercourse has shocked the Cape Town community. In the approximately minute long video, a minor is seen recording two individuals who appear to be minors engaging in sexual intercourse, while making ‘lewd’ hand gestures at the camera. The young girl, who in 2016 garnered much attention with a previous video in which she bullies […]

today19 January 2017

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