About Social Development

Vision

A caring, humane and developed society.

Mission

To provide equitable, integrated and quality sustainable social development services in partnership with all stakeholders to eradicate poverty and protect vulnerable groups in all communities of Mpumalanga

Core Values

We as a department ascribe to the following values:
Ubuntu - Pertains to the humane spirit in which people are to be treated
Integrity - Pertains to the integrity of employees
Respect - Pertains to the respect for self, fellow employees and also to the clients that we serve
Honesty - Pertains to the honesty we expect the employees in the department
Professionalism - Pertains to the performance and conduct of staff.
Service Excellence - Pertains to the level and quality of service expected by the people of Mpumalanga.
Efficiency - Pertains to the quality of service and effectiveness in rendering services by the employees

Legislative Mandates

White Paper for Social Welfare (1997) 

Population Policy (1998)

Advisory Boards on Social Development Act, 2001 (Act No. 3 of 2001)
Aged Persons Amendment Act, 1998 (Act No. 100 of 1998)
Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act No. 75 of 1997)
Children’s Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005 as amended)
Child Justice Act, 2008 (Act No.75 of 2008)
Cooperatives Act, 2005 (Act No. 14 of 2005)
Division of Revenue Act, 2008
Domestic Violence Act, 1998 (Act No. 166 of 1998)
Employment Equity Act, 1998 (Act No. 55 of 1998)
Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 75 of 1995)
National Development Agency Act, 1998 (Act No. 108 of 1998)
National Welfare Act, 1978 (Act No. 100 of 1978)
Non-Profit Organisations Act, 1997 (Act No. 71 of 1997)
Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)
Older Persons Act, 2006 (Act No. 13 of 2006)
Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, 2000
Prevention and Treatment of Drug Dependency Act, 1992 (Act No. 20 of 1992)
Probation Services Act, 1991 (Act No.116 of 1991)
Probation Services Amendment, 2002 (Act No.35 of 2002)
Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, 2000 (Act No. 3 of 2000)
Protected Disclosures Act, 2000 (Act No. 26 of 2000)
Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act No. 97 of 1998)
Skills Development Levies Act, 1999
Social Assistance, 2004 (Act No. 13 of 2004)
Social Assistance Act, 1992 (Act No. 59 of 1992) and Welfare Laws Amendment Act, 1997 (Act No.106 of 1997)
Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978)
 

Policy Mandates

Community Development Policy Framework
National Family Policy 2006
Integrated Service Delivery Model
National and Provincial Gender Policy Framework
Policy Framework on Orphans and Children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS
Population Policy for South Africa, 1998
White Paper for Social Welfare, 1997
National Development Plan Vision 2030
 

The Department of Social Development derives its core mandate from the Constitution,Act 108 of 1996,section 27(1)(c), 28(1) and Schedule4,which states that all South Africans have a right of: Access to appropriate social assistance to those unable to support themselves and their dependants; welfare services, population development and disaster management as functional areas of concurrent national and provincial legislative competence; and provide strategic leadership for effective delivery of integrated development social services.