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• DSD to ensure that Khuseleka One Stop and White Door Safe Space for Hope buildings were
used.
• Partnership with the Department of Public Works for potential new and renovated buildings
for use as centres and shelters recommended.
• Fastrack process of National Council on GBV with a call for nominations. It was important to
mobilise activists.
• GBV tracking and monitoring system need to be in place to ensure cases were followed up.
• Publicised the call centre number nationally.
• Disbursement process needed to be streamlined and prioritised across the provinces for the
payment of stipends to shelters.
• Extra funding needed to be made available. There needed to be insourcing of social workers
to combat GBV.
• Status on the filling of 200 CBV posts for social workers to be provided, location per
province, social workers with disability.
• The appointment of the Central Drug Authority goes hand-in-hand with the National CBV
Council. Documentation has been provided to the PC SocDev to move forward.
• Details of YOLO and ZAZI programmes requested.
• Location, eligibility and access to schools of industries need to be clarified.
• Fight against GBV needed to be strengthened in provinces. Partner with the Department of
Justice and SAPS at ministerial level.
• DSD to submit statistical information on all categories requested.
PART C: GOVERNANCE
DATE PURPOSE OF RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
OF THE THE MEETING
MEETING
18 August National Drug • The briefing on the National Drug Master Plan centred mainly on the formulation of the plan,
2020 Master Plan: and the methods that would be used to achieve its goals and objectives. The Department
DSD briefing; hoped that through this plan, the move to a substance abuse-free South Africa would
CDA challenges commence. The plan was informed by three international conventions of the United Nations,
and recruitment which dealt with harm, demand and supply. The government’s response to substance abuse
process; with was based on these three conventions.
Minister and • The NPDM was supported by mini drug master plans, which were developed by each
Deputy Minister department in their area of expertise. The DSD, with the assistance of the Central Drug
Authority (CDA), were required to consolidate and monitor the implementation of these plans.
• The document covered all national concerns regarding drug control. All national policies,
priorities and responsibilities for drug control efforts were also included. The Department had
engaged with several stakeholders, such as the private sector and current drug users, to
develop this plan.
• The government had adopted a new approach to drug control efforts, one of which was its
classification of addiction as a disease that affected the brain and behaviour. It was believed
that this would assist in understanding drug abuse and how to apply the correct solutions for
the problem.
• The Department, through the NDMP, envisaged a South Africa that was free from substance
abuse. To achieve this, the Department had embraced a balanced, integrated and
evidence-based approach. It was also investing in creating safe communities, by dealing with
the supply and demand of drugs. Investment in therapeutic methods to combat substance
abuse would also be made, and the Department had allocated R3 million to the CDA to assist
it with its work.
• The NDMP outlined the roles of each department and their entities, and the contributions of
the departments to combating substance abuse. The Committee recommended the following:
o The NDMP needed to be reviewed and its approaches harmonised;
o The CDA needed to be restored to enable it to respond to complex problems of drugs.
o The provincial and local committees needed to be strengthened.
o The country needed evidence-based interventions that worked to prevent and treat
substance abuse.

19 Plan to address • Urged the DSD to actively get involved in the fight against alcoholism.
August GBV and • Data on amount of money allocated to Non-Government Organisations, a list of the NGOs
2020 Femicide: DSD receiving the funds, and a timeline on how long it will take to streamline stipends to these
briefing; Curbing identified NGOs.
alcohol abuse • The Department to provide comprehensive statistics on all women who make use of the
linked to GBV; GBVCC and where they eventually end up.
with Minister and • DSD to explain its contribution to the Victim Support Services Bill (VSS), as well as what its
Deputy Minister contribution is to the amendments of the Domestic Violence Act, and criminal law on Sexual
Offence Related Matters Act.

26 Foster Care court • Concern on the short timeline to process the Children’s Amendment Bill to adhere to the High
August order progress; Court order to provide a legal solution for the failing foster care system.
2020 DSD Quarter 1 • DSD directed to investigate using faith-based organisations with qualified spiritual leaders to
performance; increase the capacity of DSD to respond specifically to child safety.
with Deputy • Reporting must be aligned to the new result-based management approach that requires that
Minister each programme to have a narrative. Each programme should state the produced results, the
area it impacts, how far it has gone and then its targets.
• How DSD is measuring its performance and conducting its oversight amongst a plethora of
frameworks in programmes.
• DSD to brief provincial legislatures in NCOP cycle on the Social Assistance Bill.
• DSD to submit a narrative report on foster care with a provincial perspective.
• DSD to approach the appropriation budget process in Treasury called "unforeseen and
unavoidable expenditure" in September 2020 for additional funding for social workers.
• DSD legal team to table before the Committee the list of all Bills that need to be attended to.

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