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Guest: Lindiwe Zulu | ANC & NEC Member Africa Melane welcomes Lindiwe Zulu to reflect on the ANC's 113th Anniversary.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  Clement Manyathela speaks to Mzwanele Nyhontso, the incoming Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development; Ganief Hendricks, incoming deputy minister of social development and President of Al Jama-ah and outgoing minister of social development, Lindiwe Zulu.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Die DA sê president Cyril Ramaphosa het uiteindelik die geringste standpunt teen die minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Lindiwe Zulu, ingeneem deur haar pogings om voort te gaan met die ontplooiing van een van haar naaste kaders, Linton Mchunu, as waarnemende direkteur-generaal van die departement te stuit. Die DA-lid, Bridget Masango, sê dit het 'n telefoonoproep van die president geverg om minister Zulu te oortuig om Peter Netshipale tot 4 Julie vanjaar as waarnemende DG aan te stel.

Die DA versoek die Suid-Afrikaanse menseregtekommissie om daadwerklik op te tree op sy klagte van vier maande gelede ten opsigte van voortslepende kwessies met Sassa se uitbetaling van maatskaplike toelaes. Die party beweer ten spyte van versekerings dat ʼn ondersoek op hande is, het hulle nog geen terugvoer van die kommissie ontvang nie. Sassa loop weer onder kritiek deur omdat maatskaplike toelaes hierdie maand nie uitbetaal is nie. ʼn Woordvoerder van die DA, Dan Plato, eis die minister van maatskaplike ontwikkeling, Lindiwe Zulu, moet weens onbevoegdheid en pligsversuim vervang word.

Thousands of people have not received their social grant benefits for January. According to the South African Social Security Agency, the delay is caused by an error with the personal information verification process. Reports say up to 150 000 beneficiaries have been affected, a devastating blow for many families at the beginning of the year. In 2023, payment failures also left thousands of beneficiaries in financial distress for two months. For clarity on this issue, we spoke to Social Development minister Lindiwe Zulu

The Minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu has called on teenage mothers to return back to school to break the cycle of poverty. She was speaking during her visit to the local SASSA office in Emakhazeni, Mpumalanga on Wednesday. Teenage mothers had visited the SASSA office to apply for Child Support grants for their new borns. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to Minister Lindiwe Zulu

The Institute of Race Relations' (IRR) data suggests “all talk of racism and colonialism is by politicians trying to find excuses for their failures”. About 67% of participants in a recent study voted in favour, saying politicians use racism and colonialism as a cover up for their failures. Hermann Pretorius, the IRR's head of strategic communications, warned politicians not to use apartheid, racism and colonialism as political tools as voters are fed up. President Cyril Ramaphosa recently blamed apartheid for the country's lack of well-qualified engineers and town planners. In September social development minister Lindiwe Zulu blamed apartheid for the fire in a Joburg CBD building. Co-operative governance minister Thembi Nkadimeng has blamed apartheid spatial planning for government's service delivery failures.  Pretorius said the blame on apartheid by politicians is worrying. The survey was conducted in a sample size of 604 people last month. 

Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu, says the government remains committed to protecting the right of every person to live free from discrimination and persecution based on who they are and who they relate with. 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign will run from today to 10 December 2023. Sebenzile Nkambule spoke to Gender Activist and Fundraising Director of Rise Up Against Gender-Based Violence, Mandisa Khanyile... 

Die buurland se minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Lindiwe Zulu, sê skuilings vir slagoffers van geslagsgeweld en misdaad vorm die kern in die verskaffing van sorg, veiligheid, ondersteuning en genesing. Die departement het meer as 211 miljoen Suid-Afrikaanse rand vir ‘n tydperk van vier jaar toegeken aan 134 skuilings wat slagoffer-steundienste regdeur die land lewer. Die departement se woordvoerder, Lumka Oliphant, sê die minister het ‘n beroep op die privaatsektor gedoen om die werk wat deur die regering gedoen word, te ondersteun:

  Clement speaks to the Minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu about funds returned by the department to the National Treasury in the past financial year.  Zulu says the R4bn returned did not prejudice social grant recipients.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Communications and Digital Technologies Minister, Mondli Gungubele, has apologised to SASSA grant recipients for the technical glitch at the Post Bank. This  has left about a half million SASSA beneficiaries destitute after they failed to receive their monthly stipend. The glitch was caused when Post Bank upgraded its payment system. Gungubele together with Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu, held a media briefing in Pretoria to address the issue. Elvis Presslin spoke to Communications Workers Union's General Secretary, Aubrey Tshabalala

Guest: EWN Contributor Veronica Mokhoali joins John to explain the outcomes of briefing that has been held by the Ministers of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu and Communications and Digital Technologies, Mr Mondli Gungubele, to discuss the technical glitch that resulted in delayed payments of social grants last week. The briefing aimed to explain the causes of the system outage and to outline measures by both SASSA and Postbank to prevent similar events from recurring in the future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Lindiwe Zulu, sal vandag die Over The Top-platform bekend stel om toegang tot maatskaplike ontwikkelingsprogramme te verbeter. Die platform sal stromingsdienste via die internet regstreeks aan kykers bied. Dit sal as 'n geloofwaardige bron van inligting vir die publiek, amptenare en media dien. Die departement se woordvoerder, Lumka Oliphant, sê gewone mense sal in staat wees om aktief deel te neem, menings te deel en met nuus en inligting om te gaan soos nog nooit tevore nie:

Non-governmental organisations delivering child protection services say they are facing serious financial challenges as rising operational costs outstrip stagnant subsidies. During her launch of the Child Protection Week campaign in Cape Town on Sunday, Social Development Minister, Lindiwe Zulu called on all sectors of society to unite and strive for what is best for the children of South Africa. However, NGOs say they can no longer deliver services at the level required by the Children's Act as their financial reserves decline. Elvis Presslin spoke to the Director of Western Cape Trauma Centre, Marguerite Holtzhausen...

Clement speaks to Minister of social development and chairperson for the ANC's Subcommittee on International Relations, Lindiwe Zulu predicting some of the conversations expected to take place during the conference on peace and stability locally and globally.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Die ANC se internasionale betrekkinge-subkomitee waarsku teen 'n toename in terreur-aanvalle in Mosambiek. Die subkomitee sê dit is 'n rede tot kommer aangesien die terreur-probleem Suider-Afrika kan beetpak en langtermyn skade aan politieke bestendigheid kan veroorsaak. Die voorsitter van die komitee, Lindiwe Zulu, doen 'n beroep vir voortdurende pogings om 'n buitelandse beleid in te stel wat binnelandse uitdagings kan hanteer.

①China's vice foreign minister vows to uphold peace and development in the country's diplomacy. (00:56) ②We talk to Lindiwe Zulu, South African Social Development Minister, about her views on the CPC. (12:55) ③Joe Biden has authorized the release of 15 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in a move to tame gasoline prices. How much does this amount matter to the market? (25:02) ④Mali accuses France of violating airspace and supporting militants. How did the relations between the two countries get to a tense situation? (32:54) ⑤The New York Times has recently reported that dozens of current members of the US Congress bought or sold financial assets which intersected with their congressional work between 2019 and 2021. We look at a long-standing concern about potential conflict of interests or use of inside information by members of the US Congress. (43:29)

Die DA sê die minister van maatskaplike ontwikkeling, Lindiwe Zulu, het onthul dat meer as 536 miljoen Suid-Afrikaanse rand die afgelope dekade by Sassa gesteel is. Vyftig amptenare het verlede jaar 23 miljoen rand uit die agentskap se koffers gebuit. Sy jaarverslag dui egter aan dat slegs 37 sake na wetstoepassingsagentskappe verwys is vir verdere ondersoek. Bridget Masango van die DA sê die agentskap het ook in die vorige boekjaar onreëlmatige uitgawes van byna 994 miljoen rand getoon.

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Die DA het die Suid-Afrikaanse Maatskaplike Sekerheidsagentskap versoek om 'n dringende opskorting van die Suid-Afrikaanse Poskantoor se beëindiging van sy betaalpunte vir twee maande uit te reik. Die party het die minister van maatskaplike ontwikkeling, Lindiwe Zulu, en Sassa se uitvoerende hoof, Busisiwe Memela-Khambula, gevra om met kleiner handelaars in landelike gemeenskappe in gesprek te tree om betalings van toelae te vergemaklik. Die party se woordvoerder, Bridget Masango, sê hulle is oorval deur boodskappe van besorgde begunstigdes.

Clement Manyathela is joined by the Chairperson for the African National Congress's Subcommittee on International Relations, Lindiwe Zulu to talk about ANC's position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu appeared before the SA Human Rights Commission on Wednesday.  She outlined to the commission how her department helped the most vulnerable after the unrest. The minister said, “Sassa in KwaZulu-Natal issued food vouchers to 5,518 destitute families to the value of R3,862,000, benefiting more than 16,554 individuals”.

More than 10-million South Africans applied for the Covid-19 social relief of grant of R350, less than two weeks after applications were reopened. According to Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu, the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) had received 11 237 724 applications by 25 August 2021. This was contained in Zulu's response to a parliamentary question by Inkatha Freedom Party MP Liezl van der Merwe, who wanted details on the applications. The application channels were reopened on 6 August, shortly after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the reintroduction of the special Covid-19 social relief of distress (SRD) grant. The grant's extension will run from August 2021 until March 2022. Zulu said the validations of these applications were still under way. "However, as at 25 August 2021, a total of 1 914 538 applications have been approved. A total of 282 598 have been paid to 25 August. Payments will continue to be made until 31 August, by which time we expect to reach 6-million payments," she said. Last month, News24 reported that more than 170 000 public service employees were illegally receiving R200-million in Sassa grants. At the time, Zulu said 177 108 public service employees from national and provincial government departments had received a combined R200 787 648. Public servants were entitled to receive a foster child grant, and may also get a care dependency grant, only for the same child. By far, the lion's share of the R200-million went to KwaZulu-Natal government employees, who received more than R107-million. The second-largest amount, R19.6-million, was taken by Northern Cape government employees, while Gauteng and Eastern Cape employees were in the top four after getting R18.1-million and R16.3-million, respectively. In respect of the new application process, Zulu said the total number of grants approved on appeal, which are still outstanding from the first cycle of this grant, is 1 425. "This refers to the numbers of grants to be paid, not the number of beneficiaries, as one beneficiary may have the grant approved for more than one month," she said.

Many unemployed South Africans have reached out to the Update@Noon team for clarity on the latest round of government's R350 social relief grant which is expected resume soon. Government had introduced the grant for all unemployed citizens last year in an effort to fight the economic impact of Covid-19. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Social Development minister, Lindiwe Zulu...

After a long period of absence from the ManPatria Studio, Dumo and Nzuzo return to discuss SAA selling 51% stake to a private consortium, a mother giving birth 10 kids, Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter's reducing Eskom's debt by R90bn (20%) in 18 months, Lindiwe Zulu experiencing loadshedding live on air, Ramaphosa allowing lifting the electricity generation threshold form 50MW to 100 MW, Ingonyama Trust being ordered to pay back millions to its tenants, Macron getting slapped, Bheki Cele announcing that police staff will not receive a salary increase for three years, and Julius Malema demanding that all schools be closed due to the third wave. ALL OF OUR LINKS

The Democratic Alliance (DA) have called for an investigation into some 40-thousand public service employees who applied for the SASSA SRD grant since February. This was revealed by the minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu, in a written response to a parliamentary question posed by the Democratic Alliance (DA). We spoke to DA shadow deputy minister of social development, Dr Mimmy Gondwe.

What can be done to fix Zimbabwe and how should South Africa approach its wayward neighbour? Join host Greg Mills as he talks to Lindiwe Zulu, the head of the ANC study group on international relations and Tendai Biti, an opposition leader with the MDC. For more information on the webinar and other Brenthurst Foundation activities head to: https://www.thebrenthurstfoundation.org. You can also find us on twitter, facebook and instagram.

Small business development minister Lindiwe Zulu, addressed the summit and expressed concern over the statistics showing that almost 80 percent of small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) fail in their first year.

President Jacob Zuma se kantoor sê sy raadgewer oor internasionale aangeleenthede, Lindiwe Zulu, het uit haar beurt gepraat oor Zimbabwe. Dit is hoekom sy in die openbaar oor die vingers getik is. President Zuma het hom gisteraand in 'n sterk bewoorde verklaring gedistansieer van Zulu se uitlatings oor die komende verkiesing in Zimbabwe. Vandag sê sy woordvoerder, Mac Maharaj, die konflik het nie soveel te doen met wat Zulu gesê het, maar omdat sy die uitlatings gemaak het.