Page 116 - Department of Social Development Annual Report 2021

PART B: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

TRANSFER PAYMENTS

Transfer payments to public entities

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

March payments were still outstanding, pending National Treasury’s approval. Reasons for Deviation from
Actual Outputs
Annual target
2020/21 2020/2021 2020/21 target
The Covid-19 special relief grant (R350) was the only grant that was extended to the end of April 2021.
A platform for logging appeals for the declined applications was set up and communicated to the public.
Similarly, Care Dependency Grants (CDG) and Temporary Disability Grants (TDG) which were due to lapse between February and
October 2020 were identified and kept in payment until end of December 2020.

In the same reporting period, SASSA continued with the normal Social Relief of Distress (SRD) in which 191 558 SRD applications
were awarded. The awards were issued to individuals and households who were affected by disastrous situations, these awards were
in different forms ranging from cash, food parcels, vouchers and school uniform. The total cost incurred is R224 974 million.

Towards closing the exclusion gap for the children below the age of 1. A total of 550 919 children below the age of 1 were in receipt
of the children’s grant. By end of March 2021, 48,17% of eligible children within this age group were in receipt of social grants.

Name of the Public Entity National Development Agency (NDA)

Key outputs of the public entity The NDA’s primary mandate is to contribute towards the eradication of poverty and its causes by granting funds to civil society
organisations. Its secondary mandate is to promote consultation, dialogue and sharing of development experience between the CSOs
and relevant organs of state.
Amount transferred to the public entity R’000 216 240
Amount spent by the public entity R’000 254 522
Achievements of the public entity The NDA trained a total number of 1114 CSOs on institutional management and governance in an effort to prevent collapse of these
organisations. These suite of capacity building interventions which include financial management, project management and
institutional governance, amongst others, have sharpened the civil society organisations as they play a fundamental role in fighting
poverty, unemployment and inequalities in poverty stricken communities.

The budget of R7,8 million set aside for grant funding has been fully utilised towards the funding of CSOs implementing a variety of
developmental projects on food security, sewing, early childhood development and a range of other income generation projects.
The NDA successfully implemented the CARA Programme. This programme is aimed at fighting the scourge of gender-based violence
and femicide through funding of 312 CSOs to the value of R85, 6million. Participating CSOs ensure that GBV survivors have improved
access to care, support, prevention services and quick access to the justice system.

The NDA implemented the volunteer programme in direct response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The NDA entered into a partnership with
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.