News and Speeches for Department of Social Development
Over 1000 sanitary pads donated as part of ongoing Social Makeover Project
26 July 2016The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) donated over 1067 sanitary pads to the University of the Western Cape’s SRC, as part of the ongoing Social Makeover Project (SMP). Read More
Mandela Month: Department joins hands with hotel to donate
20 July 2016The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) today continued the campaign to honour the memory of Nelson Mandela this Mandela Month. Read More
Mandela Day: Department hosts 67 manicures for 67 grannies
18 July 2016The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) has honoured the memory of Nelson Mandela by devoting 67 minutes to provide 67 older persons with manicures. Read More
40 mattresses donated to Siyazama Creche
13 July 2016In the run-up to Mandela Day, the Western Cape Minister for Social Development, Adv. Albert Fritz, visited and donated 40 mattresses to Siyazama Creche in Thembalethu, George. The visit forms part of the Ministerial Child & Youth Outreach... Read More
World Population Day 2016 – Investing in Teenage Girls
12 July 2016World Population Day is celebrated annually on 11 July. In 1998, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme recommended that this day be observed to raise awareness on various population issues affecting the world. Read More
MEC Fritz launches Youth Outreach Programme in Eden region
11 July 2016The Western Cape Minister for Social Development, Adv. Albert Fritz, today began the first leg of the week-long Ministerial Youth Outreach Programme in the Eden Region. Read More
Min Fritz to visit disabled youth in Uniondale and ECD centre in Thembalethu
11 July 2016Tomorrow, as part of a week-long Ministerial Child & Youth Outreach Programme in the Eden Region, Minister Fritz will conduct an oversight visit to a family living with people with disabilities in Uniondale, and later visit an Early Childhood... Read More
Department cannot become a playground for politics
24 June 2016The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) has had a minor disruption of services at its Metro South Regional Office this morning due to a small group of protesters. Read More
Second annual DSD Youth Excellence Awards addressed by MEC Fritz
21 June 2016The Western Cape Minister for Social Development, Adv. Albert Fritz, yesterday addressed more than 650 guests at the second annual Department of Social Development (DSD) Youth Excellence Awards. Read More
DSD Youth Excellence Awards to be addressed by Minister Fritz
20 June 2016Tomorrow, Minister Albert Fritz will address the Department of Social Development’s Youth Excellence Awards ceremony. The awards will see a celebration of youth from across the Western Cape who have excelled in areas of business, social enterprise... Read More
Department will not entertain political posturing masked as unionism
15 June 2016The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) refuses to be drawn into a political game with aspirant fringe politicians, masquerading as union-bosses. Read More
Gugulethu/Manenberg Youth Cafe to be launched by Minister Fritz
14 June 2016Minister Albert Fritz will on Thursday launch the province’s sixth Youth Café, opposite the Nyanga Junction train station, Cape Town. The location of this Youth Café is important, as it brings together the youth of two communities purposefully... Read More
People living with disabilities in Khayelitsha to be visited by Minister Fritz
9 June 2016Today, as part of our ongoing campaign to raise awareness on issues affecting the disabled community, Minister Albert Fritz will visit six families living with persons with disabilities in Khayelitsha. Local community activists requested Minister... Read More
Minister Fritz visits Khayelitsha families caring for the disabled
9 June 2016In keeping with the ongoing disabilities outreach campaign, the Western Cape Minister for Social Development, Adv. Albert Fritz, today visited six families that stay with a person living with a disability. Read More
Dagga ECD: DSD moves children from unregistered facility
9 June 2016The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) welcomes the arrest by the South African Police Services (SAPS) of a suspected drug peddler operating from an unregistered Early Childhood Development (ECD) centre in Seawinds. Read More
World-first Apple Training Centre for the blind launch addressed by MEC Fritz
7 June 2016The Western Cape Minister for Social Development, Adv. Albert Fritz, today attended the launch of the worlds-first Apple Training Centre for the blind in Worcester. Read More
Modern Technology Training Centre for the blind to be launched by Minister Fritz
6 June 2016Tomorrow, Minister Albert Fritz will address the launch of the world-first Kaleidoscope Modern technology Training Centre for the blind in Worcester. Read More
Child Protection Week: New study findings released by MEC Fritz
2 June 2016To commemorate the ongoing national Child Protection Week, the Western Cape Minister of Social Development, Albert Fritz, released the new national study findings into child abuse, violence and neglect. Read More
Study on child abuse, violence and neglect to be released by Minister Fritz
1 June 2016Tomorrow (02 June 2016), to commemorate International Children’s Day and national Child Protection Week in a meaningful way, Minister Albert Fritz will release the findings of the national study into child abuse, violence and neglect. Read More
SASSA’s illegal grant deductions stats are not the full picture
31 May 2016The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) welcomes the open engagement and positive-criticism of the South African Social Security (SASSA) by Members of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament (WCPP). Read More
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