Poverty remains one of the key challenges facing South Africa and in particular the Northern Cape. The main objective of the Department of Social Development is to build a caring and integrated system of social development services that facilitates human development and improves the quality of life for all people, in particular those living in […]
The first nine years of children’s lives are fundamentally essential to their development as human beings. In fact, it is so vital that a country’s economic position, globally, and its success as a nation depends on its Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes.Ideally, for early childhood development to make a difference there should be a joint […]
The MEC for Social Development Mr. Alvin Botes embarked on a three schools visitation, as part of governments Back-To-School Campaign, which is meant to encourage and motivate learners, educators and parents as they steady themselves to negotiate the academic year ahead. We understand as a government this exercise is especially important in that it shows […]