Dumped social workers: DA delivers memorandum to Social Development Department
22 January 2015
Today, in a memorandum delivered to the Pretoria head office of the Minister of Social Development, Bathabile Dlamini, the DA highlighted the plight of more than 2 500 social workers, who were granted bursaries and are contractually owed jobs by the Department of Social Development (DSD) upon the completion of their training but whose jobs have not materialised.
The DA has called on Minister Dlamini to urgently take action to ensure the social workers are employed so that they can take the jobs they deserve and their rightful place in ensuring protection for vulnerable South Africans.
Bridget Masango MP, DA Shadow Minister of Social Development was joined by DA Deputy Shadow Ministers, Lindy Wilson MP and Karen de Kock MP, in handing over the memorandum.
By reneging on their contract, the department has effectively dumped these graduates, leaving them jobless, when they have worked hard to attain their qualifications – and when they potentially have so much to offer the country in terms of much-needed skills.