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SOUTH AFRICANS URGED TO SCREEN FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
By Cuma Pantshwa With South Africa ranking among the highest globally for alcohol consumption, particularly binge drinking, the need for proactive measures ...STRENGTHENING THE FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING: DSD’S ONGOING EFFORTS AND INITIATIVES
By Precious Mupenzi Recent training sessions in Cape Town have equipped social workers with essential skills to identify and combat human trafficking, ...MEET ABIGAIL SMITH: SURVIVOR AND ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS
By Precious Mupenzi Abigail Smith, a 35-year-old mother from Cape Town, bravely recounts her harrowing experience of being kidnapped, trafficked, and ultimately ...IJS MODERNISING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR BETTER ACCOUNTABILITY
The Department of Social Development (DSD) is integrating 15 systems, with three in development and one on pilot, through the Integrated Justice ...WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR ENHANCEMENTS TO OLDER PERSONS ABUSE REGISTER
By Precious Mupenzi The Department of Social Development’s (DSD) Integrated Justice System (IJS) workshop has highlighted the need for improvements to the ...TRANSFORMING SA’S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGH THE DSD LENS SUPPORTED BY IJS
By Precious Mupenzi Representatives from national and provincial departments convened in Cape Town for the Department of Social Development’s Integrated Justice System ...IJS HOSTS WORKSHOP TO REVIEW DSD IJS PROGRAMME
By Precious Mupenzi From 29 July to 2 August 2024, the Integrated Justice System (IJS) is conducting a crucial five-day workshop in ...GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO ASSIST THOSE AFFECTED BY WESTERN CAPE FLOODS
Minister of Human Settlements, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says government has been hard at work to relocate the families affected by the devastating floods ...WESTERN CAPE, KZN A STARK REMINDER OF WORSENING CLIMATE CHANGE – PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA
President Cyril Ramaphosa says with the effects of climate change worsening, as seen in the Western Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal, government is ...EVERY MAN SHOULD TAKE A STAND AGAINST GBVF
By Nomfundo Xulu-Lentsoane The Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children in Cape Town, now an official Khuseleka Centre, provides comprehensive support ...