News and Speeches for Department of Social Development
Minister De Lille to Attend Second Homecoming at District Six Tomorrow
10 February 2011Patricia de Lille, the Minister for Social Development, is attending the handover of houses at District Six tomorrow afternoon.All members of the media are invited to attend.Time and date15:00, Friday 11 February 2011Venue Read More
Media Alert: Minister De Lille Addresses Early Childhood Development Students at the College of Cape Town
10 February 2011"Studies show that Early Childhood Development is crucial to the development of a stable and well-adjusted adult." says MEC De Lille Read More
Media Alert: Minister De Lille to Deliver Speech at the Fourth Pan African Burns Society
6 February 2011Minister Patricia de Lille, will tomorrow deliver the opening address at the fourth Pan African Burns Society Conference. Read More
Minister De Lille Explains Six-Month Amnesty Period for Unregistered Crèches
1 February 2011Today marks the first day of the Western Cape Department of Social Development's Amnesty Period for the province's more than 1 500 unregistered crèches. Read More
Minister De Lille Hosts Press Conference on First Day of Amnesty Period for Crèches
31 January 2011Patricia de Lille, the Minister for Social Development in the Western Cape, will tomorrow, on the first day of the six-month amnesty period for Partial Care Facilities (crèches), host a press conference. Read More
Minister Patricia De Lille: "The Children Playing in the Mannenberg Drains were Not from Bonnytoun or Boys Town"
25 January 2011Minister Appeals to Parents "to Start Taking Their Responsibilities Seriously" Read More
Minister Patricia De Lille and Mayor Dan Plato Release "Joint Plan of Action" to Register Hundreds of Illegal Partial Care Facilities and Creches
11 January 2011The signing of the Implementation Protocol Agreement on 11 November 2010 between the Western Cape Department of Social Development and the City of Cape Town improved cooperation between the two spheres of government, unblocking service delivery gaps... Read More
Minister Patricia De Lille and Mayor Dan Plato to Make Joint Announcement Regarding Registration of Creches
10 January 2011Patricia de Lille, the Minister for Social Development, the Mayor of Cape Town Alderman Dan Plato and Cape Town Mayco Member for Social Development Grant Pascoe will make an important joint announcement regarding the registration of Early Childhood... Read More
Media Alert: MEC De Lille to Visit Matzikama Flood Affected Areas
15 December 2010Western Cape Social Development Minister, Patricia De Lille will be visiting the Matzikama Municipal area on the West Coast tomorrow. (December 17, 2010) The area was hit by severe flooding, which displaced more than 250 people. Read More
Minister Patricia De Lille Releases 16 Days of Activism Maintenance Campaign Statistics
12 December 2010Minister Patricia De Lille Releases 16 Days Of Activism Maintenance Campaign Statistics At Press ConferenceMeasurable successes: Read More
MEC Patricia De Lille Hosts Press Conference on 'Extremely Successful' 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women And Children Campaign
12 December 2010"Campaign must continue," says Ms De Lille Read More
MEC De Lille Reports Back To Kuyasa on Child Care and Protection Campaign
12 December 2010During September this year, the Western Cape Province reeled in shock when a little girl was found wandering in the bushes in Kuyasa, Khayelitsha, after having been brutally raped. Read More
MEC Patricia De Lille to Hand out Christmas Gifts to Children at Tygerberg Hospital
8 December 2010Minister of Social Development Patricia de Lille will be handing out Christmas presents, together with Santa Claus, to more than 300 children at Tygerberg Hospital tomorrow afternoon.A number of businesses have sponsored the event.Members of the... Read More
MEC Patricia De Lille Launches Massive Roadblock Operation as Part Of '16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children'
8 December 2010Social Development Minister Patricia de Lille will tomorrow morning launch a massive roadblock operation, involving a total of 176 roadblocks throughout the province, designed to track down alleged maintenance defaulters. Read More
MEC Patricia De Lille to Receive Memorandum on Domestic Violence from 900 Children at FAMSA March Tomorrow Morning
8 December 2010Social Development Minister Patricia de Lille will tomorrow morning march with FAMSA and 900 grade 6 and 7 girls and boys from Keizergracht to Parliament.At Parliament the Minister will symbolically receive a memorandum on domestic violence from the... Read More
MEC Patricia De Lille's Anti-Corruption Announcement
1 December 2010Minister of Social Development Patricia de Lille has temporarily delayed the process of payment to the 3 009 beneficiaries of the Emergency Relief Grant (ERG) for this year. Read More
MEC Patricia De Lille to Make Anti-Corruption Announcement at Press Conference Tomorrow
30 November 2010Patricia de Lille, the Western Cape Minister for Social Development will tomorrow announce a full-scale investigation into alleged corruption in her Department's annual issuing of the 3000 Emergency Relief Grants. Read More
MEC Patricia De Lille Says Weekend Report that She Issued Instruction for 4 Children to be Removed from a Child Care Centre, is Based On 'Lies'
25 November 2010Social Development Minister Patricia de Lille this morning phoned Eleanor Bester, the coordinator of Heaven's Nest, a child care organisation in Ottery, 'to set the record straight' over the circumstances surrounding reports that staffers from Child... Read More
MEC Patricia De Lille's Task Team Releases Results of Preliminary Ministerial Enquiry into James Restoration Home
10 November 2010Social Development Minister Patricia de Lille has released the results of the Preliminary Ministerial Enquiry into conditions at James Restoration Home, two of whose patients, Ashley Haas and Brent Florence, were tragically swept out to sea on... Read More
Media Alert: MEC Patricia De Lille's Emergency Summit to be held in Provincial Government Auditorium on Monday
10 November 2010Social Development Minister Patricia de Lille's Emergency Summit on baby dumping and murders will be held in the Provincial Government Building's Auditorium on Monday. Read More
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