MEC Sharna Gail Fernandez described the verification process by the national department as dysfunctional.
The department of social development in the Western Cape is calling on government to fast track payments of the employment stimulus package to early childhood development centres. Stock image.Early childhood development centres which applied to the presidential employment s
MEC Sharna Gail Fernandez described the verification process by the national department as dysfunctional, saying it has failed to communicate its challenges despite writing to minister Lindiwe Zulu on several occasions. The MEC said the Western Cape government has received R53m and more than R18m has been paid to 4,477 ECD staff members at 972 ECD sites. he ECD sector has been particularly hard hit during the Covid-19 pandemic due to prolonged closures. Consequently, the Early Childhood Development Employment Stimulus Relief Fund is part of sustaining employment opportunities in the sector in light of the high unemployment rate and job losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Fernandez.
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