As South Africa continues to battle the wave of Gender-based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) through various means and structures, the work of the Interim Steering Committee on GBVF is becoming evidently more important. Today the Committee held its second meeting in 2020, continuing its work of ensuring that there is a speedy response to the fight against GBVF.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The National Development Agency (NDA) in partnership with the Department of Social Development and the Interim Steering Committee on Gender-based Violence and Femicide (IGBVF-SC) hereby Requests for Proposals from Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) that implement Victim Empowerment Programmes (VEP) in response to Gender-Based Violence and Femicide.

The UN World Summit on Social Development held in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1995 emphasised the importance of dealing with the challenges facing families in the whole world and these include crime, HIV and AIDS, moral degeneration, violence against vulnerable family members, poverty and youth unemployment.

The Minister of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, will on Friday, 11 October 2019 conduct a walkabout and update members of the media and stakeholders on the work of the Gender-Based Violence Command Centre (GBVCC).

Budget Vote 17 Speech by the Minister of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, MP to the National Assembly 11 July 2019 Parliament, Cape Town

The National Development Agency will, through a 13 part series partnership with the SABC, showcase best case studies of poverty eradication programmes funded over the years. More over, the projects will share challenges, survival and sustainability models that they have experienced.

With skilful hands and creative ideas, members of a KZN cooperative are creating marketable crafts that supplement their income and making a success of it despite their disabilities.

The National Development Agency (NDA) and national Department of Social Development (DSD) will be hosting the final provincial Social Sector Dialogue in Western Cape. The Western Cape Social Sector Dialogue will be facilitated by the NDA as the secretariat of the Social Sector Summit in partnership with DSD and National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC), from the 28 – 29 May 2019 Langa, Cape

The Minister of Social Development, Ms Susan Shabangu, MP, appointed the new NDA Board with effect from 01 April 2019.