Question NW2901 to the Minister of Social Development
13 October 2022 - NW2901
Mente-Nkuna, Ms NV to ask the Minister of Social Development
What (a) total number of shelters (i) are registered with her department and (ii) does her department support and (b) amount in terms of financial support does each shelter receive?
Reply:
a) The department of social development has a total number of 147 shelters
(i) There are 147 shelters, which are registered with the department of Social Development.
(ii) While 125 are run by non-governmental partners and are financially supported by the government.
b) These shelters received financial resources amounting to about R 700 million from government. Below is a table containing a breakdown of the shelters and the amounts distributed by provincial departments of social development between 2019-2023 financial year.
PROVINCE |
NUMBER OF SHELTERS |
BUDGET ALLOCATION |
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Financial Year |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
|
Eastern Cape |
13 |
37 686 000.00 |
38 188 000.00 |
30 867 000.00 |
31 732 000.00 |
Free State |
07 |
5 194 000.00 |
5 439 000.00 |
4 277 014. 09 |
4 214 044 .00 |
Gauteng |
25 |
30 734 000.00 |
32 511 000.00 |
35 309 000.00 |
34 894 000.00 |
KZN |
23 |
23 819 627.32 |
24 837 489.70 |
26 791 682.20 |
29 750 230.94 |
Limpopo |
1 Funded |
317 500.00 |
317 500.00 |
317 500.00 |
317 500.00 |
01 Government Run |
4 108 000.00 |
12 541 000.00 |
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Mpumalanga |
22 |
21 598 000.00 |
18 098 000.00 |
24 251 000.00 |
25 218 956.00 |
North West |
22 |
14 360 200.00 |
14 000 000.00 |
15 984 800.00 |
15 954 800.00 |
Northern Cape |
07 |
5 894 078.82 |
6 191 880.00 |
7 631 292.77 |
8 107 000.00 |
Western Cape |
26 |
26 462 976.00 |
37 706 606.00 |
33 572 256.00 |
32 569 409.00 |
Total |
147 |
166 066 382.14 |
177 289 475.70 |
183 109 545.06 |
195 298 939.94 |