The Interim Steering Committee on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide is tasked with the responsibility to coordinate the implementation of the Emergency Response Action Plan (ERAP). The Department of Social Development (DSD) as a lead department for the Victim Empowerment Programme (VEP) through ERAP has identified strengthening of CSOs that provide services to survivors and victims of gender based violence as one of the interventions to be implemented through the Programme.

The National Development Agency (NDA) commissioned a research study on ‘’Civil Society Sector Funding Mechanisms” for the Civil Society Organisations (CSO) sector. The NDA’s primary mandate contained in its Act, is to contribute towards the eradication of poverty and its causes by granting funds to CSOs for the purposes of carrying out projects or programmes aimed at meeting development needs of poor communities; and strengthening the institutional capacity of other CSOs involved in direct service provision to

Johannesburg, 20 August 2021: The National Development Agency (NDA) shared findings of a study commissioned by the organization to analyse the current legislative, policy and regulatory environment for the civil society sector in South Africa, and the extent to which the frameworks impact on the functions and functioning of the sector. The study was conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and Foundation of Human Rights (FHR).

A grant funding partnership between a West Coast based civil society organisation, Mfesane NPC, and government’s poverty eradication entity, National Development Agency (NDA) has established 10 mobile beauty start-up businesses for 10 youth entrepreneurs within the Saldanha Bay and Bergriver Municipalities in the Western

South Africa is still under Level 1 of the Risk Adjusted Strategy and with mounting concerns about the possibility of the third wave, the Minister of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, will on Tuesday – 25 May, present the Budget Vote of the Department virtu

The NYDA calls for youth - led and youth – focus NPOs to submit solution oriented National Youth Service (NYS) Projects that address socioeconomic challenges faced by young people in communities. This call is to acknowledge the good work done by many youth organizations and mobilize more organizations to develop and initiate interventions that would involve young people in activities that benefit communities while developing critical skills needed for their participation in the economy. Each intervention/project should target 100 young pe

The National Development Agency (NDA) has noted with concern the misleading commentary made by the Director of Rise Up Against GBV, Ms Mandisa Khanyile, on an interview with Newzroom Afrika on 7 February 2021. Ms Khanyile made remarks that Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) who had applied for the CARA funding have not been paid and that the NDA’s report to the Social Development Portfolio Committee in Parliament about payment to these CSOs have been un

Johannesburg –World NGO Day is celebrated worldwide annually on the 27th of February, a day to commemorate and acknowledge NGOs in South Africa that are compliant and making an impact in communities. The day also brings to the fore further solutions that can be adapted to ensure the sustainability of all registered NPOs (NGOs is a world term, locally NPO is used to include civil society organisations (CSOs), Faith Based Organisations (FBOs) and several other legal entit

Cape Town, 10 and 11 February 2021: The Minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu, conducted oversight visits in Manenberg and Mfuleni to monitor progress and impact of NDA grants to support gender based violence (GBV) interventions, income generation and NDAs volunteer programme (VP).