Social development

WEF honours SA social entrepreneurs

Two South Africans were among five leading innovators named African Social Entrepreneurs of the Year at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Wednesday.

SA to hire 10 000 providers for orphans

South Africa plans to recruit up to 10 000 service providers over the next three years while expanding early childhood development centres as the government moves to assist child-headed households in the country.

From apartheid hostels to family homes

South Africa's Gauteng province will spend R8.5-billion on formalising squatter camps over the next three years, Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said at the opening of the first phase of the R487-million Jabulani Hostel Redevelopment Project in Soweto on Thursday.

Social assistance still crucial: Gordhan

While South Africa works to find ways of achieving job-creating economic growth, the country continues to spend on cushioning the poor and unemployed, with social assistance spending projected to rise from R111.2-billion in 2012/12 to R129-billion in 2015.