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PART B: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

11 TRANSFER PAYMENTS

Transfer payments to public entities

Name of the Public Entity South African Social Security Agency (SASSA)

Key outputs of the public entity Administration, management and payment of Social Assistance Grants.
Amount transferred to the public entity R’000 7 488 781
Amount spent by the public entity R’000 7 023 282
Achievements of the public entity During the financial year under review, SASSA managed to increase the number of social grants in payment including grant in aid from 18
290 592 at the end of March 2020 to 18 440 572 at the end of March 2021 at a cost of R199 189 billion. This represents an overall
increase of approximately 0.81%.

The breakdown per grant type is presented in the table below:

Grant Type Total as at 31 March 2021
OAG 3 722 675
WVG 40
GIA 267 912
DG 997 752
FCG 309 453
CDG 150 151
CSG 12 992 589
Total 18 440 572
Disintegration of social grant beneficiaries. The beneficiaries of the social grants for the period under review were mostly women at
74%, youth at 32% and 2,3% were persons with disabilities.
The NDA trained a total number of 1114 CSOs on institutional management and governance in an effort to prevent collapse of these
Between the periods, 01 April 2020 and 31 March 2021, SASSA processed 1 493 488 social grant applications. Of these applications organisations. These suite of capacity building interventions which include financial management, project management and
99.3% (1 482 442 of 1 493 488) were processed within 10 days, whilst 87.45% (1 306 087 of 1 493 488) were processed in one day. institutional governance, amongst others, have sharpened the civil society organisations as they play a fundamental role in fighting
A total of 1 379 634 social grant applications were approved. poverty, unemployment and inequalities in poverty stricken communities.

As part of the South African government’s measures to reduce the economic impact of Covid-19 to the citizens, SASSA was tasked The budget of R7,8 million set aside for grant funding has been fully utilised towards the funding of CSOs implementing a variety of
with responsibilities including, payments of social grants top-up and Covid-19 special relief grant (R350). developmental projects on food security, sewing, early childhood development and a range of other income generation projects.
The social grants top-up was paid to more than 12 million beneficiaries as follows: The NDA successfully implemented the CARA Programme. This programme is aimed at fighting the scourge of gender-based violence
• CSG – R300 per child for May only; and femicide through funding of 312 CSOs to the value of R85, 6million. Participating CSOs ensure that GBV survivors have improved
• R500 per caregiver from June to October 2020; and access to care, support, prevention services and quick access to the justice system.
• OAG, WVG, DG, FCG, CDG - R250 per month for the six months period (April – October 2020).
Regarding the Covid-19 special relief grant (R350), SASSA processed about 9 million applications monthly and an average of 5.5 The NDA implemented the volunteer programme in direct response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The NDA entered into a partnership with
million were paid each month. At the end of the reporting period, 200 CSOs to implement the Volunteer Programme that enlisted 2049 volunteers. The volunteer reached and interacted with over 211
171 households, distributed 73 581 food parcels to vulnerable households and assisted 171 289 people to apply for the Social Relief
of Distress grant in all 52 districts countrywide.

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In an effort to generate empirical evidence for enhanced development policy and engage stakeholders as prescribed in the NDA Act The NDA
conducted the following research studies during the 2020-2021 financial year:
• Behaviour Change and Modification in the wake of COVID-19 Strategies;
• Requirements for Transforming the Civil Society Sector in South Africa;
• Creating Capacities and Building Capabilities for the Civil Society Sector in South Africa;
• Analysis of Best Practices in ECD Centres in The Eastern Cape Province in The Context of Legislation and Policy; and
• The funding mechanisms for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in South Africa.
The NDA has conducted three evaluation studies on NDA CSO development programmes to assess and evaluate programme effectiveness,
efficiency, implementation as well as results. The monitoring and evaluation unit developed and enhanced systems, processes and tools that
used to collect information for periodical assessment of projects and programmes implemented by the NDA.