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“Growing Kwazulu-Natal Together” BUDGET SPEECH for VOTE 13 BUDGET SPEECH FOR VOTE 13 DELIVERED BY THE MEC FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, MRS NONHLANHLA M. KHOZA, MPL, AT THE KWAZULU- NATAL PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE ON 04 JUNE 2020 1 “Growing KwaZulu-Natal Together” TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................3 2. TRANSFORMATION OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES ................................................................5 3.1 PROGRAMME 2: SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES ..........................................................................5 3.2 Services to Older Persons (R 189,171 million) ................................................................................5 3.4 Services to Persons with Disabilities (R 157, 076 million) ...............................................................6 3.5 HIV and AIDS Programme (R 232, 853 million) ...............................................................................6 3.6 Social Relief of Distress (R 17,794 million) ......................................................................................6 3. PROGRAMME 3: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (PROGRAMME 3) ........................................................7 4.1 Care and Support Services to Families (R 14,186 million) ...............................................................7 4.2 Child Care and Protection Services (R 486,876 million) ..................................................................7 4.3 Early Childhood Development and Partial Care (R 708,820 million) ...............................................8 4.4 Alternative Care / Child and Youth Care Centres (R 241,037 million) .............................................9 4.5 Community Based Care and Support Services for Children (R 124, 201 million) ............................9 4. PROGRAME 4: RESTORATIVE SERVICES ...........................................................................................9 5.1 Crime Prevention and Support (R 149,217 million ..........................................................................9 5.2 Victim Empowerment Programme (R 89, 005 million) ................................................................ 10 5.3 Substance Abuse Prevention and Rehabilitation (R 93,538 million) ............................................ 10 5. PROGRAMME 5: DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH ........................................................................ 11 6.1 Community Mobilization (R 2,390 million)................................................................................... 11 6.2 Institutional Capacity Building and Support (R 15,402 million) ................................................... 11 6.3 Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Livelihoods (R 19,195 million) ............................................ 12 6.4 Community-Based Research and Planning (R 978 thousand) ...................................................... 12 6.5 Youth Development (R 53,361 million) ........................................................................................ 12 6.6 Women Development (R 12, 000 million) .................................................................................... 13 6.7 Population Policy Promotion (R 4,710 million) ............................................................................ 13 6. PROGRAMMES BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR FY 2020/21 ............................................................... 14 2 “Growing KwaZulu-Natal Together” Honourable Madam Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the KZN Legislature Honourable Premier and Honourable Members of the Executive Council Honourable Members of the Provincial Legislature Honourable Chairperson of the Social Development Portfolio Committee Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen INTRODUCTION I am honoured to have this opportunity to deliver Budget Vote 13 for the Department of Social Development. This budget responds to the needs of the communities we serve. It draws inspiration from the State of the Province Address by Honourable Premier, Mr. Sihle Zikalala who reminded us that: “Social development is a critical pillar in the building of a united, non-racial, non-sexist, and prosperous society.” In tabling this budget, we are also reminded of the Freedom Charter which was declared 65 years ago, that there shall be security and comfort for all. This is why the theme for this budget is: “Building Our Common Future Where Social Security and Comfort for All Is Guaranteed.” Honourable Members, this speech is being delivered under very abnormal circumstances. The coronavirus has plunged even the best economies into turmoil leading to thousands of deaths and massive job losses across the globe. With these job losses comes a myriad of social problems. With the pandemic of this sort we can expect that there will come a shadow pandemic of mental illness, substance abuse, suicides and post-traumatic stress disorders. We all have a responsibility to ensure the protection of the rights of vulnerable individuals, groups, children, older persons and people with disabilities. This responsibility has become even more bigger because of the Coronavirus outbreak. The pandemic has disrupted many livelihoods of families, communities and the society at large. It is showing us how deep poverty and inequality is in our communities across all races. To this end, the Department responded swiftly to minimise the spread of the virus to the vulnerable groups by suspending activities and operations in the Early Childhood Development Centres, Youth Development Academies and Centres, and suspended visits to Old Age Homes, Facilities for the Disabled, Rehabilitation Centres, Child and Youth Care Centres and Service Centres. Covid-19 and the subsequent Lockdown led to many households unable to provide for themselves, and in response the Department intensified the provision of Social Relief of Distress through food relief packages and sustained the provision of nutritious food for Community Nutrition and Development Centres beneficiaries. President Nelson Mandela put it succinctly when he said: “Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. And overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life. While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.” These words from our departed stalwart enjoins us to create an enabling environment for the provision of a comprehensive, integrated and sustainable social development service. Honourable members let me remind you that we are a Department which derives its mandate from several pieces of legislation aimed at addressing challenges faced by our communities. The Department is the hope of the hopeless since the majority of our people remain trapped in abject poverty. We however, do not believe that the fight against poverty should be characterised by handouts and this is why, as directed by the Premier, we are changing our focus from being welfaristic to developmental. 3 “Growing KwaZulu-Natal Together” Honourable members, All of you are aware that in the recent past this Department encountered massive challenges that nearly affected its operations and left the workforce suffering from low morale. Other challenges our workers face are as follows: . High levels of hijacking of the department’s vehicles; . Post traumatic experiences by officials; . Limited resources due to budget constrains; . High vacancy rate; and . Workload management. We responded to this by introducing an interactive and comprehensive wellness programmes because we understand that human resource is the most precious resource for any Department. Without our workforce we will not be able to boast about some of the success we have attained as a Department. Honourable members, Today, I stand before this august House to give assurance that all the challenges affecting the Department, most of which were extensively covered in the news, are being corrected. We are putting more energy into dealing with all the challenges and issues that have been raised by our workforce, Standing Committee On Public Accounts (SCOPA), Finance Committee and the Social Development Portfolio Committee. In responding to these challenges we know we will be unpopular to those who benefit from the chaos that was created. Last year we met with different stakeholders especially Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) who are playing a critical role of reaching our communities and rendering some services on behalf of the Department. These NPOs are important stakeholders and we want to see them continue working meticulously in providing services to our clients - the vulnerable groups. Having met with the NPOs, and listened to the various concerns such as unhappiness with funding model, inadequate financial support, and some NPOs not receiving funding while some are paid late, we are putting in place various measures which I am going to elaborate on later. However, we refuse to have the Department being reduced to an automated teller machine (ATM) that only pumps funds that are not accounted for. Honourable Members, On the 17th of July 2019, we stood before you to deliver a budget where we highlighted plans of the Department as per the programmes. Of deep concern though, are the high numbers of the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Femicide incidents. The incidents of abuse, rape and murder of women, children and older persons indicates that as the society, we are losing our
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