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PART B: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
PERFORMANCE BY PROGRAMME

Professional Social Services and Older Persons (Re-tabled APP)

Outcome Functional, efficient and integrated sector
Outputs Output indicator Actual Achievement Actual Achievement Annual target Actual Outputs Reasons for Deviation from
2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/21 2020/2021 2020/21 target

Draft Social Draft Social N/A New indicator Pre-certificati The Social Service Practitioners The target could not be achieved due to the
Service Service on of the Draft Bill was finalized and following reasons, amongst others;
Practitioners Practitioners Draft Bill by submitted to the Office of the • Critical shortage of staff in the unit, which was
Bill finalised Bill the Office of Chief State Law Advisor (OCSLA). the biggest risk for completion of the task as
Chief State The Socio-Economic Impact planned.
Law Advisor Assessment (SEIAS) report was • Dependency on the availability of Legal
(OCSLA) also developed and submitted to Services for technical support on redrafting of
DPME for certification the Bill, which lead to the redrafting process
commencing in the third quarter.
• The rewriting of the draft bill was finalised and
submitted to Legal Services for further
processing and the Bill was only submitted to
OCLSA in the fourth quarter.

White Paper White Paper Submit the White The White Paper Develop an The implementation plan on the No deviation
on Social on Social Paper on Social for Social implementati White Paper on Social
Development Development Welfare to Development on plan on Development was developed and
approved Cabinet for could not be the White consulted with all provinces
consideration presented to Paper on
Cabinet for Social
approval. However, Development
the Cabinet memo
was developed and
the SEIAS approval
certificate was
issued.

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