Social Services

Child Protection organisations providing hope for the vulnerable

One of the Western Cape Department of Social Development’s core mandates is child protection, and during May this focus is sharpened as it...

The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) is aware of a case in the Witzenberg area of a child who was allegedly raped in two...

On 4 April 2025 Western Cape Minister of Social Development Jaco Londt tabled the Western Cape Department of Social Development’s 2025/2026...

To conclude Social Work Month and show just how brave social workers can be, Western Cape Minister of Social Development, Jaco Londt, took a...

Media Release by Western Cape Minister of Social Development, Jaco Londt From 20 March SASSA Gold Cards are obsolete, but we urge grant...

This year’s focus for World Social Work Day, which is celebrated annually on 18 March, is “Strengthening Intergenerational Solidarity for...

The European Union (EU) has been tracking South Africa’s Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF). It has found the...

“When stakeholders work together, good things can happen,” Anton Bredell, Provincial Minister for Local Government, Environmental Affairs...

I welcome the announcement by the national departments of Social Development and Communications and Digital Technologies that the deadline...

Minister Londt engaging with beneficiaries. Although the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is a national entity and the Western...