For the people, by the people!
Asylum seekers with valid permits and caregivers will now also be allowed to apply for the reinstituted social relief of distress grant. Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu recently announced that applications would open for the […]
Early childhood development (ECD) teachers, Sassa officials and other social development department staff will receive vaccines from Monday, the 19th of July. Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu said the social development sector will be launching […]
Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu says they are waiting to see if the R350 grant for the unemployed will be extended during the third wave. This follows their request for the extension of the grant […]
The popular R350 grant – introduced at the beginning of the pandemic in April 2020 – is set to enter the third month of its lapse. Upwards of six million South Africans were able to […]
The Early Childhood Development (ECD) sector is calling on the government to ensure that they too are included in the teachers’ vaccination roll-out. An open letter to Department of Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu, penned […]
Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu says she is waiting for consolidated information before “going public” and drawing a line under the decuplets saga that has gripped the country for the past two weeks. Zulu said […]
The Centre for Early Childhood Development (CECD) is calling for the Minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu, to instruct provincial departments to pay out the ECD stimulus fund relief package urgently. The organisation said the […]
Former public protector Thuli Madonsela has joined many calling for President Cyril Ramaphosa, finance minister Tito Mboweni and social development minister Lindiwe Zulu to extend and increase the social relief of distress (SRD) grant. The […]
Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu recently said that discussions are underway to see if the government’s R350 special grant can be provided again. The grant, which was implemented last year for unemployed citizens who were […]
The national opposition and the Western Cape government have both demanded that Minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu be held accountable for a chaotic approach to managing the temporary disability grants. The payments lapsed this […]