By DSD News SASSA will host an Integrated Community Registration Outreach Programme (ICROP) in Sebokeng to bring essential government services closer to ...

By: Precious Mupenzi Social Development MINMEC has approved the Free State as the host province for the 2026 National Active Ageing Programme. ...

By Nonhlakanipho Masola Youth accessed employment, entrepreneurship, financial inclusion and social support services through a one-stop government outreach programme. Young beneficiaries shared ...

By Sandi Mbatsha The Department of Social Development is determined to break down siloed approaches across the social security sectors to accelerate ...

By Sipho Ncube ⁠Child Protection Week concluded with a two-day awareness programme at the Soshanguve Secure Care Centre, empowering children with knowledge ...

By Minister of Social Development, Nokuzola Sisisi Tolashe ⁠As Child Protection Month gets underway, the Minister of Social Development, Sisisi Tolashe, is ...

By Precious Mupenzi As the globe marks World Social Work Day, South Africans are reminded that social workers are at the frontline ...

By Precious Mupenzi ⁠The matric results for the Class of 2025 at Bartimea School for the Deaf and Blind in Thaba’Nchu, Free ...

By Tholakele Makena and Nonhlakanipho Masola Ministerial focus on learner protection and wellbeing as a shared responsibility between government, schools, families, and ...

The third session on the Social Security Review Volume 2 takes place online on Thursday, 21 August 2025. The webinar will be ...

The Cape Town Society for the Blind received a boost yesterday as the Minister of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, and the ...

The Minister of Social Development, Ms. Lindiwe Zulu, is set to conduct a back-to-school outreach programme in the Western Cape Province on ...

BY PRECIOUS MUPENZI KwaCeza is a deep rural area in the northern part of KwaZulu Natal. More recently, the area was severely ...

BY PRECIOUS MUPENZI Irvis Chisale, a resilient 17-year-old from the small village of Fernie near Ermelo in Mpumalanga, has defied the odds ...

In the wake of recent concerns raised about payments made to over 74,000 deceased recipients, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) ...

BY PRECIOUS MUPENZI Waterval Boven community members in Mpumalanga province, alongside Correctional Services parolees, came together to clean Imemeza Secondary School, fostering ...

BY NOMFUNDO XULU-LENTSOANE 83-year-old Martha Mbonambi, was relaying her challenges to the DSD News team during the department’s humanitarian outreach in Mtubatuba, ...

SUPPLIED BY STAFF REPORTER IMAGE SUPPLIED BY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS Meet Gogo Deli Mthembu, an 89-year-old senior citizen residing in the ...

BY LINDI XAJI The opening ceremony for the 3rd National Summit on Substance Abuse, Use and Illicit Trafficking 2023 conference kicked off ...

By DSD News Deputy Minister Ganief Hendricks calls for stronger administrative justice in the implementation of refugee protection frameworks. Government, African institutions, ...

By Sipho Ncube Gauteng Department of Social Development led the commemoration of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day under the theme “Honouring Our ...

By Madali Chibambu Outstanding performances at the Munsieville Disability Sports Day secured provincial representation for athletes from across the Western Corridor. Participants ...

By Madali Chibambu Integrated Service Delivery Blitz brings a range of government services directly to Turffontein residents. Gauteng MEC for Social Development ...

By Precious Mupenzi Government has established eight interdepartmental workstreams to coordinate and strengthen the national response to GBVF.  Victim support services have ...

By DSD. News Maruping Village in the Northern Cape was chosen to host this year’s World Elder Abuse Awareness Day in recognition ...

By DSD News Acting Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga calls on South Africans to move beyond awareness and actively prevent elder abuse. The Older ...