Minister of Social Development Calls for Cooperation between Government and NGO’s providing Critical Social and Development Services
On 6 November, key national social work structures, and representatives
and members of the social services sector, were invited to a
Round-Table meeting with the Minister of Social Development, Ms. Edna
Molewa. The meeting indicated that government is finally beginning to
acknowledge the value of the social services and development provided
by the non-governmental (NGO) sector.
Minister Molewa expressed gratitude to the sector for the “sterling
work” it did in helping the Department of Social Development meet its
mandate. The meeting discussed the critical role of the Social Work
Profession in South Africa, paying particular attention to the
recruitment and retention of social workers.
The Minister said that the salary discrepancies between social workers
in government and those in the NGO sector were creating an exodus of
staff in search of better employment opportunities in government, and
that it was necessary to consider the introduction of a recruitment and
retention strategy for social workers in the NGO sector. On 28 August,
thousands of social service workers presented memorandums to provincial
offices around the country requesting ‘Equal Pay for Equal Work’, so
the recognition of the urgent need for a recruitment and retention
strategy for social workers in the NGO sector is welcomed.
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