Department of Social Development

On 5 September 2025, the Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) – in partnership with Baphumelele Child and Youth Care Centre...

The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) has achieved its 14th consecutive clean audit for the 2024/2025 financial year. This...

The Western Cape Department of Social Development’s (DSD) Social Work Integrated Management System Application (SWIMS App) is expanding. On...

On World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, observed annually on 30 July, a Local Task Team on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) was launched at...

On 25 July 2025, the Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) handed over 10 specially adapted vehicles to several NGOs working...

During this time of the year, the Western Cape is usually battered by adverse weather conditions, many of which have a particularly...

Child Protection Week has come to an end (observed between 29 May to 5 June 2025 this year), but this does not mean efforts at promoting the...

Child Protection Week commences today, 29 May until 5 June. It is the culmination of a month-long awareness campaign in which we placed a...

One of the Western Cape Department of Social Development’s core mandates is child protection, and during May this focus is sharpened as it...

The Western Cape Department of Social Development’s (DSD) Gender-Based Violence Ambassadors are making their presence felt in the City of...