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community through the offices of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Social<br />

<strong>Development</strong>.<br />

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has two offices located within the<br />

service area of the Ulundi Municipality, one at Babanango and the other at Mahlabathini.<br />

SASSA has a mandate to effect the provision of comprehensive social security services<br />

to the vulnerable and the poor within communities. As a consequence SASSA is<br />

responsible for the payment of social grants at different pay points, merchant stores,<br />

banks and post offices within the Municipality on a monthly basis as reflected below:<br />

Type of Grant<br />

Beneficiaries paid at<br />

Mahlabathini<br />

Beneficiaries paid at<br />

Babanango<br />

Older Persons Grant 8 169 2 158<br />

Disability Grant 9 057 3 616<br />

Care Dependency Grant 777 247<br />

Foster Child Grant 1 492 730<br />

Child Support Grant 3 616 6 411<br />

Grant in Aid 1 014 92<br />

Total 24 125 13 254<br />

Social <strong>Development</strong> Initiatives<br />

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Social <strong>Development</strong> has facilitated the initiation of a<br />

number of projects operated by non-profit organisations aimed at the alleviation of<br />

poverty including the operation of crèches and facilities for those affected by the<br />

ravages of HIV / AIDS. The Department provides funding for the operational cost of<br />

these projects only and not the facilities in which they are located. At present there<br />

are a total of 58 projects listed of which only 25 are being funded during the 2011 /<br />

2012 financial year. Included among the projects are 34 creches; 21 of these are<br />

included in the projects funded by the Department during the 2011 / 2012 financial<br />

year, as indicated hereunder:<br />

Name of Creche Ward Name of Creche Ward<br />

Egugwini Creche 18 Empilweni Creche 12<br />

Emseni Creche 21 Indumiso Creche 10<br />

Inkanyezi Creche 14 Luthandoluhle Creche 12<br />

Mandlenkosi Creche 08 Manekwane Creche 20<br />

Nqabayokuphila Creche and Pre- 03 Ntukwini Creche 20<br />

School<br />

Okhalweni Creche 05 Qhubeka Creche 21<br />

Qungisibindi Creche 05 Siyakhula Creche 18<br />

Siyong‟Ziphozonke Creche 19 Ubuhlebenkosi Day Care Centre 22<br />

Ulundi Creche 18 Ulundi TSA Creche 18<br />

Vukuzakhe Creche 05 Zamokuhle Creche 10<br />

Zelaphile Creche 11<br />

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