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  2. Social welfare programmes in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Social welfare programmes have a long history in South Africa. The earliest form of social welfare programme in South Africa is the poor relief distributed by the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in 1657. The institutionalised social welfare system was established after the British occupied the Cape Colony in 1806.

  3. Social programs in sub-Saharan Africa - Wikipedia

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    Social welfare programmes have a long history in South Africa. The earliest form of social welfare programme in South Africa is the poor relief distributed by the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in 1657. The institutionalised social welfare system was established after the British occupied the Cape Colony in 1806.

  4. South African Social Security Agency - Wikipedia

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    The South African Social Security Agency ( SASSA) is a national agency of the South African government created in April 2005 to administer South Africa's social security system, including by distributing social grants, on behalf of the Department of Social Development (DSD). It is under the oversight, but not the operational control, of DSD and ...

  5. African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ...

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    The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (also called the ACRWC or Children's Charter) was adopted by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1990 (in 2001, the OAU legally became the African Union) and was entered into force in 1999. Like the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Children's ...

  6. Department of Social Development (South Africa) - Wikipedia

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    The Department of Social Development (DSD) of South Africa is a government department responsible for providing social development, protection, and welfare services to the public. Previously called the Department of Welfare, it was renamed in July 2000. [1] The current Minister of Social Development is Lindiwe Zulu .

  7. List of African countries by Human Development Index

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    Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high, high, medium, and low human development. Currently, Seychelles is the only African country that falls into the very high human development category. Somalia has the lowest HDI in both Africa and the world according to the list.

  8. Welfare - Wikipedia

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    A family support centre in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, which provides assistance to families with children. Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. [1] Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, [a] or refer ...

  9. Leila Patel - Wikipedia

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    She played a leading role in crafting South Africa's welfare policy post-apartheid. Patel's research looks at social welfare and social development with concentration on social protection, gender and care, and children and youth.

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