Topic: Social Development mismanagement

Gauteng Department of Social Development ordered to explain its funding decisions

Unfunded non-profit organisations to file a combined summons

By Daniel Steyn

News | 10 February 2025

Gauteng Department of Social Development admits it did not comply with court orders

Administrative failures continue to plague the department

By Daniel Steyn and Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 28 January 2025

Inside Gauteng’s R500-million corruption scheme (part two)

How a network of non-profit organisations, co-operatives and companies captured the department’s “sustainable livelihoods” budget

By Daniel Steyn and Raymond Joseph

Feature | 12 December 2024

Gauteng government’s buried corruption investigation (part one)

Forensic Audit into R500-million corruption in Department of Social Development was hidden. Non-profit organisations paid the price.

By Daniel Steyn and Raymond Joseph

News | 11 December 2024

Third court order against Gauteng social development department

Nine months into the financial year, some non-profit organisations still not paid

By Daniel Steyn

Brief | 5 December 2024

Court intervenes in Gauteng government’s funding blunders

Dozens of organisations have not been paid by the provincial social development department

By Daniel Steyn

News | 18 November 2024

Government-funded organisations getting a rough deal, Parliament told

Women’s shelters anxious about being shut down

By Joseph Bracken

Brief | 31 October 2024

Criminal charges for previous head of Gauteng Department of Social Development

Matilda Gasela is facing corruption and fraud charges for tender irregularities when she was head of the agriculture department

By Daniel Steyn

News | 17 October 2024

Food meant for poor families is rotting in a Gauteng food bank

The Department of Social Development has been supplying food but not the funds to distribute it

By Kimberly Mutandiro and Daniel Steyn

Brief | 8 October 2024

Hundreds of drug users stranded after Gauteng government closes rehabs

Life Nkanyisa’s drug rehabs, formerly known as Life Esidimeni, had capacity for 750 people

By Daniel Steyn and Joseph Bracken

News | 4 October 2024

Welfare organisations unpaid for six months by Gauteng government

This is despite having signed agreements with the provincial Department of Social Development

By Joseph Bracken and Daniel Steyn

News | 25 September 2024

Half a billion in unspent funds returned to Treasury by Gauteng department

Auditor-General flags irregular expenditure and insufficient controls in 2023/24 report

By Daniel Steyn

News | 5 September 2024

The three businessmen and the Gauteng social development department’s millions

The department says the Hawks are investigating the sustainable livelihoods programme but will not provide details

By Daniel Steyn, Joseph Bracken, Raymond Joseph and Kimberly Mutandiro

News | 4 September 2024

Social development scandal: Last three suspended officials return to work

They were suspended during the term of MEC Mbali Hlophe when the department was in chaos

By Raymond Joseph and Daniel Steyn

News | 26 August 2024

We asked nine provinces and a national department for information on the billions of rands they spend annually: here’s what happened

Several provincial social development departments are in breach of their own policy on disclosure. We list the provincial responses from best to worst.

By Joseph Bracken and Raymond Joseph

News | 8 August 2024

Suspended Gauteng Department of Social Development officials return to work

With no disciplinary hearing held, ten of the 13 officials have had their suspensions lifted

By Daniel Steyn, Joseph Bracken and Raymond Joseph

News | 31 July 2024