CONTENTS 1. Part A: General Information 5 List of Maps 1.1 Foreword by the MEC for Social 7 Children’s Homes in the Eastern Cape 69 Development Creches in the Eastern Cape 70 1.2 Introduction and highlights by 8 the Head of Department VEP’s in the Eastern Cape 71 1.3 Information on the Ministry 9 HIV and Aids HCBC Projects in the Eastern Cape 85 2005/06 1.4 Mission statement 11 Sustainable Livelihood and Youth Development 86 1.5 Legislative mandate 11 Programmes in the Eastern Cape Women Cooperative and Upliftment in the Eastern 87 Cape 2. Part B: Programme Performance 15 Institutional Capacity Building in the Eastern Cape 88 22 2.1 Adminstration Departmental Offices in the Eastern Cape 228 2.2 Social Assistance 40 2.3 Social Welfare Services 47 171 2.4 Development and Support 72 Annexure A: List of NGO’s and NPO’s Services funded in 2005/06 225 2.5 Population and Development 96 Annexure B: Contact details of all Trends Departmental offices 3. Part C: Report of the Audit 101 Committee 4. Part D: Annual Financial 105 Statements and Report of the Auditor-General 5. Part E: Human Resource 145 Management DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • ANNUAL REPORT 2005/2006 1 2 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • ANNUAL REPORT 2005/2006 Glossary ACB Automated Clearing Bureau IT Information Technology ASB Accounting Standard Board LAN Local Area Network AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome LED Local Economic Development BIU Business Intelligence Unit MEC Member of the Executive Council BQCC Basic Qualifications on Child Care MINMEC Minister and Member of Executive Council CAPAM Common Wealth Awards for Public Administration MIS Management Information System and Management MSP Master System Plan CAT Children Awaiting Trial MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework CBO Community Based Organisations NDA National Development Agency CCLO Chief Community Liaison Officer NFEP National Food Emergency Programme CDRA Community Development Resource Association NGO Non Government Organizations CIDA Canadian International Development Agency NICRO National Institute for Crime Prevention for the CJB Child Justice Bill Reintegration of Offenders CLO Community Liaison Officer NIP National Integrated Plan CMC Contract Management Centre NPO Non Profit Organization CPDM Contextualised Participatory Development PABX Private Automated Brach Exchange Methodology PEP Poverty Eradication Programme CPS Cash Payment Systems PERSAL Personnel and Salary Administration CSG Child Support Grant PFMA Public Finance Management Act CSO Civil Society Organisations PFU Project Facilitation Unit DORA Division Of Revenue Act PGDP Provincial Growth and Development Plan DQA Developmental Quality Assurance PMDS Performance Management and Development EAP Employee Assistance Programme System ECAC Eastern Cape Aids Council POS Place of Safety ECD Early Childhood Development PPP Public, Private Partnerships EDMS Electronic Document Management System RAR Reception, Assessment and Referral EPWP Expanded Public Works Programme RAU Rand Afrikaans University FBO Faith Based Organisations RDP Rural Development Programme GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles RNE Royal Netherlands Embassy GEPF Government Employee Pension Fund SAMDI South African Management Development Institute GIS Geographical Information Systems SASSA South African Social Security Agency GRAP Generally Recognised Accounting Practice SETA Sectoral Education and Training Agency HBS Home Based Supervision SITA State Information Technology Agency HCBC Home Community Based Care SLA Service Level Agreements HDI Historically Disadvantaged Individuals SMS Senior Management Service HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus SOCPEN Social Pension System HQCC Higher Qualification Child Care SSA Supplier Selection Authority HRD Human Resource Development SSB Supplier Selection Board HRM Human Resources Management TB Tuberculosis ICT Information and Communication Technology UIF Unemployment Insurance Fund IDP Integrated Development Plan UNFPA United Nations Population Fund IDT Independent Development Plan URP Urban Renewal Programme IMT Interim Management VEP Victim Empowerment Programme IPSP Integrated Provincial Support Programme WAN Wide Area Network IRSD Integrated Rural Sustainable Development ISS Information Systems Security Submission of the Annual Report to the Executive Authority The Honourable Member of the Executive Council Department of Social Development Private Bag X0039 BHISHO Dear Member of the Executive Council, I have the pleasure of presenting the Annual Report of the Department of Social Development for the year 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006. The Annual Report has been prepared as required by Section 40 (1) (d) of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 and Part III J3 of the Public Service Regulations, 2001. Denver A. Webb Acting Head of Department DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • ANNUAL REPORT 2005/2006 3 4 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • ANNUAL REPORT 2005/2006 I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor? Mother Teresa 5 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • ANNUAL REPORT 2005/2006 1 Part A: General Information 6 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • ANNUAL REPORT 2005/2006 Foreword by the MEC for Social Development It gives me great pleasure to present this annual report to the Legislature of the Province of the Eastern Cape, our stakeholders and the broader community. During 2005/06 the Department of Social Development geared itself for the envisaged transitional period. In this period preparatory work was done on the establishment of the South African Social Security Agency in government’s effort to improve efficiencies in the management and administration of social grants. The social security function will remain the critical government weapon to wage war against poverty. The establishment of an Agency presented an opportunity for the Department to redefine its mandate. Thus, a considerable effort was put into re-conceptualising the functions of the Department in line with the new service delivery model. The new service delivery model places emphasis on three pillars, namely: development, care and protection. The main thrust is to protect and care for the poor and vulnerable and to promote sustainable members were investigated in 2005/06. By the end development. of the financial year, all those suspended had been This meant the revamping of the departmental formally charged and disciplinary proceedings were strategies and redesign of organisational structures underway, to be concluded in the new financial year. to meet the objectives of the new service delivery At the time of the compilation of this annual model. This will lay a good foundation for the turn report the Head of Department had resigned. In order around of departmental operations in fulfilment of to minimise the disruption to the management of the new paradigm. the Department and to service delivery, an Acting While the Department was engaged in managing Accounting Officer was appointed in terms of section the change process, critical activities were 37 of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999. undertaken to bring life to the vision and mission I am pleased to report that despite the challenges of the Department. Social security pay points were experienced during the year under review, the developed as an integrated service delivery platform; Department was able to meet its service delivery Child Support Grants were extended from age 11 to targets and to deliver on the provincial commitment 14 years; customer care was strengthened through to the poor and the vulnerable in the Province. the rollout of operation ISIDIMA; and the introduction President Thabo Mbeki, in his 2006 address on of the Integrated Social Development Services (ISDS) the opening of the National Assembly spoke of the programme with an emphasis on the shift from Age of Hope in our country. It is my firm conviction handouts (e.g. distribution of food parcels) towards a that the Department of Social Development, together focus on sustainable livelihoods. with its stakeholders and partners, has a critical role The various programmes and projects of the to play in creating this Age of Hope in Eastern Cape. Department are geared to realise the objectives and This annual report provides information on how far targets of the Provincial Growth and Development we went in 2005/06 in doing so. Plan (PGDP). In terms of the PGDP the Department plays a championing role in issues of victim empowerment, Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), and poverty alleviation programmes. The Department continued with its partnership Mrs Tokozile Xasa with law enforcement agencies to uproot fraud and Member of the Executive Council for Social corruption to achieve clean administration. Civil Development servants who were illegally receiving grants were identified and pursued. Investigations into these fraudulent practices are ongoing and recoveries from affected officials are being made. Our drive for effective and efficient administration was not limited to illegal beneficiaries, but also dealt with issues of maladministration within the Department. Three SMS DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • ANNUAL REPORT 2005/2006 7 8 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • ANNUAL REPORT 2005/2006 Introduction and Highlights by the Acting Head of the Department It is a pleasure and carried over to the 2006/07 financial year. to present the Programme 5 (Population and Development Trends) Annual Report of successfully concluded several research projects, the Department although the programme continued