The Northern Cape Department of Social Development is part of the Northern Cape Provincial Government in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa.
The mission of the Northern Cape Department of Social Development is to ensure the provision of comprehensive social protection services against vulnerability and poverty within the constitutional and legislative framework, and create an enabling environment for sustainable development.
The Department further aims to deliver integrated, sustainable and quality services, in partnership with all those committed to building a caring society.
The strategic priorities of the Northern Cape Department of Social Development are:
- Caring for and protecting vulnerable groups, especially children, women and people with disabilities
- Strengthening families and communities
- Transforming social relations, with a specific focus on gender and victim empowerment
- Strengthening institutional capacity to deliver quality services
In addition, the Northern Cape Department of Social Development contributes to the realisation of some of the following government outcomes:
- Improved quality basic education
- A long and healthy life for all
- Citizens are safe and feel safe
- Decent employment through inclusive economic growth
- A skilled and capable workforce to support an inclusive growth path
- Vibrant, equitable, sustainable rural communities contributing towards food security for all
- Sustainable human settlements and improved quality of household life
- A responsive, accountable, effective and efficient local government system
- An efficient, effective and development-orientated public service, and an empowered, fair and inclusive citizenship
Office Bearers/Management
MEC
- Ms Nontobeko Vilakazi (MEC: Social Development, and Sport, Arts and Culture) (ANC)
Head of Department
- Ms Shouneez Wookey
CFO
- Mr Thabiso Monyane (Acting)
Senior Management
- Ms Tania Booysen (Acting: Office Manager)
- Mr Denver Fourie (Sustainable Livelihoods and Community)
- Ms Lizelle Henney (Population Development)
- Ms Nisa Jardine (Financial Services)
- Mr Ichabod Manyane (Executive Manager: District and Institutional Support)
- Ms Lesego Mongale (FAmilies and Children)
- Mr Thabiso Monyane (Management Accounting)
- Mr Godfrey Munnik (Acting Executive Manager: Corporate Services)
- Mr Wandi Nodoba (Security Management)
- Mr Tshepo Nosi (Human Resource Management Administration and Labour Relations)
- Ms Portia Qondani (Acting Executive Manager: Social Welfare Services)
- Ms Phyllis Saul (Executive Manager: Research and Development)
- Ms Lungiswa Sokatsha (Institutional Funding and Monitoring)
- Mr Ambrose Solomon (Youth Development and EPWP)
- Ms Yolandé van Dyk (Human Resources Planning and Develpment)
- Mr Donald Whitebooi (Restorative Services)
Communications Officers
- Mr Conrad Fortune (Communications Manager)
- Mr Lesego Pule (Media Liaison Officer)
Contact Details
The contact details of the Northern Cape Department of Social Development are listed in the table below.
| Physical Address: | Latlhi Mabilo Complex, 257 Barkley Road, Homestead, Kimberley, 8301 |
| Postal Address: | Private Bag X5042, Kimberley, 8300 |
| Telephone: | 053 874 9100 |
| Email: | gmunnik@ncpg.gov.za |
| Website: | socdev.ncpg.gov.za |
