Question NW705 to the Minister of Social Development
26 June 2020 - NW705
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Social Development
What number of (a) nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) have been selected to partner with her department to provide services during the national state of disaster and lockdown period and (b) the specified NGOs are (i) established NGOs and (ii) less than three months old?
Reply:
(a) There are 8 nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) also referred to as Provincial Implementing Agents that were selected to partner with the Department to provide services during the national state of disaster and lockdown period as listed in the table below.
The 8 Organisations (NPOs) were working with a network of 235 Organisations (NPOs) that operate Community Nutrition and Development Centres (CNDCs) in communities across the nine provinces.
One national organisation Kirinox was working with the shelters across the country.
Province |
Provincial Implementing Agents (PIAs) |
NPO Number |
Year of registration |
Eastern Cape |
Adventist Development & Relief Agency (ADRA) |
002-076 |
2000 |
Free State |
Adventist Development & Relief Agency (ADRA) |
002-076 |
2000 |
Gauteng |
Kagisano |
117-036 |
2013 |
KwaZulu Natal |
South African Food Security Development Agency (SAFSDA) |
011-280 |
2001 |
Limpopo |
Makotse Womens Club |
009-730 |
2002 |
Mpumalanga |
Kago Yabana Foundation |
128-095 |
2013 |
Northern Cape |
Motswedi Wa Sechaba |
146-183 |
2014 |
North West |
Motswedi Wa Sechaba |
146-183 |
2014 |
Western Cape |
Ilitha Labantu |
030-804 |
2003 |
National |
Kirinox |
124-809 |
2013 |
(b) The specified NGOs were (i) established NGOs in the years reflected on the last column.
We are not aware of an Organisation (ii) less than three months old. All these Organisations have worked with DSD for at-least more than one year.