The Gauteng Social Services Welfare Development Forum has istanced itself from destructive protests at the offices of the Gauteng Department of Social Development that disrupted service delivery.
The Gauteng Welfare Social Services Development Forum has distanced itself from destructive protests at the offices of the Gauteng Department of Social Development.The Gauteng Welfare Social Services Development Forum has distanced itself from destructive protests at the offices of the Gauteng Department of Social Development. Department spokesperson Nkosana Mtolo said the NPOs demanded funding despite being non-compliant.
Disgruntled NPOs demonstrated outside the department's building in the Johannesburg city centre. The organisations, which the department said were non-compliant and did not meet the requirements for service-level agreements, were protesting over funding grievances.Gauteng Welfare Social Services Development Forum chairperson Les Sanabria condemned the violence, saying they were committed to respecting the rule of law and that protesting NPOs were not affiliated with them.
"It would be irresponsible for this pro-poor government to allow the vulnerable to be serviced by non-compliant NPOs. Additionally, it goes against our good governance prescripts," he said.
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