Social Development mismanagement
Gauteng Department of Social Development fudges reason for funding delays
Head of Department claims the Auditor-General has distanced itself from previous statements to GroundUp. The Auditor-General says this is not true
By Daniel Steyn
News | 24 July 2024
Gauteng minister apologises for funding bungle
“We as government and non-profit organisations cannot afford such a state of affairs” says Faith Mazibuko
News | 22 July 2024
Probe clears most Gauteng care organisations
Handful of organisations remain under investigation
By Daniel Steyn, Joseph Bracken and Raymond Joseph
News | 18 July 2024
Food parcels pile up in Gauteng warehouses because food banks have no money to distribute them
Provincial Department of Social Development delays funding
By Daniel Steyn, Joseph Bracken and Raymond Joseph
News | 12 July 2024
Gauteng social development department wants to buy a building but doesn’t know what for
Up to R70-million budgeted for building in central Pretoria
By Raymond Joseph and Joseph Bracken
News | 8 July 2024
Gauteng government abandons hundreds of homeless people in Tshwane shelters
Organisation that provided food and social services owed R2.9-million
By Daniel Steyn and Masego Mafata
News | 4 July 2024
Gauteng non-profit organisations reject findings of province’s forensic probe
Six out of 13 drug rehabs previously funded by the Gauteng Social Development Department are now “under investigation”
By Daniel Steyn and Masego Mafata
News | 27 June 2024
Premier apologises for Gauteng government’s non-profit funding crisis
About 300 representatives from organisations across the province travelled to Johannesburg to meet social development officials and the Premier
News | 24 June 2024
Gauteng government buys newspaper space to praise MEC
MEC Mbali Hlophe won’t say how much the province spent on the advertorials
By Daniel Steyn, Joseph Bracken and Raymond Joseph
News | 24 June 2024