News and Speeches for Department of Social Development
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
Banning Alcohol Advertising Not a Silver Bullet, but an Important Element of Multi-Pronged Approach
29 November 2010Women and children are the most vulnerable groups in our society and therefore they need to be loved and protected, and not abused.We all know that most murders and violence against women and children in our society is perpetrated by people they... 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
Speech for the Launch of Census 2011
21 November 2010Head of Statistics South Africa, Statistics SA staff, MECs, DDGs, HODs, councillors, members of the public sector and the public, and members of the media.I would like to thank Stats SA for inviting me to speak to you this morning, at the Western... Read More
MEC De Lille's Speech Notes: First Task for City and Province Must Be Registration of Day Care Centres
10 November 2010The value of this Implementation Protocol Agreement cannot be underestimatedThis is a first for the provincial department and the City of Cape Town and I am sure that in the future other departments and municipalities will follow our exampleMayor... 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
MEC De Lille Announces Emergency Summit
1 November 2010Social Development Minister Patricia de Lille has confirmed that the number of babies being abandoned in the Western Cape is on the increase, saying 'the Department is organising an Emergency Summit to find practical solutions to arrest the trend.' Read More
Statement by MEC De Lille: James Restoration Home is an Illegal Drug Rehabilitation Centre
26 October 2010Social Development Minister Patricia de Lille says Ashley Haas and Brent Florence, the two men swept out to sea on Monday during a SABC Fokus shoot at the Wolfgat Nature Reserve, were residents of an illegal drug rehabilitation centre. Read More
Addressing the Social Development Indaba
25 October 2010Honourable members of the standing committee, Social Development Department officials and employees, NGOs and members of the media, welcome to our Social Development Indaba. Read More
MEC Patricia De Lille to Launch Department's Maiden Social Development Indaba
25 October 2010Social Development Minister Patricia de Lille will be the keynote speaker at the Department's Indaba, which runs tomorrow and Wednesday, 26 and 27 October 2010. Read More
MEC Patricia De Lille's Speech at the 2nd Annual Western Cape Liquor Conference
22 October 2010MEC Alan Winde Heads of Department Officials from Departments in the Western Cape Government and City of Cape Town Guests from Civil Society, the Liquor Industry and Liquor Associations Members of the MediaGood morning. Read More
MEC De Lille Addresses Liquor Conference, on 'Impact of Alcohol Abuse' in Province
21 October 2010Patricia de Lille, Western Cape Minister for Social Development, will be the keynote speaker on the second day of the Province's second Annual Liquor Conference. Read More
Speech Notes for the Community Nutrition and Development Centres Meeting In Khayelitsha
20 October 2010Thank you. Read More
Media Alert: MEC De Lille To Address Khayelitsha Residents at OR Tambo Sports Complex Tomorrow Morning
19 October 2010Social Development Minister Patricia de Lille, will tomorrow address the Khayelitsha community in the OR Tambo Sports Complex, about the progress of the Department's Community Nutrition and Development Centres (CNDCs) strategy for the area. Read More
MEC De Lille Releases Findings of Investigation Into Pinelands Partial Care Facility
17 October 2010Social Development Minister Patricia de Lille, has today released the findings of a departmental investigation into the registration status of Aunty Dawn's Day Care (a Partial Care facility) in Pinelands. Read More
MEC Patricia de Lille confirms department investigation into death of 5 month old baby at Pinelands Daycare centre
14 October 2010Social Development Minister Patricia de Lille has ordered a departmental investigation into the death of a 5 month old baby at a Daycare centre in Pinelands. Read More
MEC Patricia De Lille's Challenge to Fathers after Baby Dumpings
14 October 2010Minister Patricia de Lille has this morning challenged neglectful fathers in the Western Cape 'to restore their dignity by taking responsibility for their children.' Read More
MEC Patricia De Lille's New Social Development Atlantis Office Launch Speech Notes
13 October 2010Officially opening the doors of the new Atlantis Social Development office is a very proud moment for all of usAtlantis is a priority area for the Western Cape Government and this development is in line with a number of important Strategic... Read More
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