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PART A: GENERAL INFORMATION
7 STRATEGIC OVERVIEW

Mandate
• Human rights - are rights inherent to all human
The DSD provides social protection services and leads beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality,
government efforts to forge partnerships through which ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status.
vulnerable individuals, groups and communities become It includes the right to life and liberty, freedom
capable and self-reliant participants. from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and
expression, the right to work and education.
Vision • Good Governance - describes how the Department
will conduct public affairs and manage public
A caring and self-reliant society. resources in an effective and responsible manner.
• Collaboration - the process of two or more people
Mission or organizations working together to complete a
task or achieve a goal.
• Discipline - the practice of training people to obey
Provision of integrated, comprehensive and sustainable
social development services. rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to
correct disobedience.
Values
Impact and Outcomes
• Respect – showing due regard for the rights and
obligations of others The Department has identified and committed itself to
• Equality and equity – treating everyone fairly and the impact statement and outcomes
equally
• Accountability – taking ownership for decisions Impact Statement:
and actions and accepting the consequences that • Improved quality of life for the poor and
come with them vulnerable
• Caring – showing sympathy and concern;
embodying heart for all stakeholders and Outcomes:
beneficiaries • Reduced levels of poverty, inequality,
• Human dignity – respecting everyone’s human vulnerability and social ills
rights • Empowered, resilient individuals, families and
sustainable communities
• Functional, efficient and integrated sector
Principles guiding how we work

The DSD operates according to the following principles:
• Batho Pele principles – The Batho Pele principles
aim to enhance the quality and accessibility of
government services by improving efficiency and
accountability to the recipients of public goods
and services.
• Social justice - Social justice is a concept of fair
and just relations between the individual and
society. People should have equal access to
wealth, health, well-being, justice, and
opportunity.

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