Picture: North West MEC for Social Development, Sussana Dantjie/Supplied
By KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
11 March 2026- With a day left before the North West Provincial Treasury tables the budgets for the departments, the North West MEC for Social Development, Sussana Dantjie said her department is ready to disburse funds to qualifying non-profit organisations at the beginning of the new fiscal year. Elated Dantjie has applauded her departmental officials for assessing and validating 341 business plans received from various NPOs within the sector in accordance with relevant mandates and prescripts.
She further said on yearly basis the department of Social Development embarks on ‘Request For Proposals’ which is a legalised process to urge NPOs that are operating within the province to submit their business plans in order to access funding for provision of social services such as crime prevention, residential care for older persons, prevention of HIV and Aids, substance abuse, care and support of families, Gender-Based Violence (GBV), service clubs and other social services.
Dantjie added that the aim is to partner with NPOs so as to extend the Departmental service delivery footprint in the province.
“I congratulate you for doing sterling work in processing NPOs business plans. Through your team effort, we will start the new financial year on the right footing whereby contracting with NPOs is almost concluded.
“This is a groundbreaking achievement for the department. You have worked around the clock to process the business plans and make them ready for implementation, by the beginning of the new financial year,” she said.
Dantjie said an amount of R239 million has been budgeted for NPOs which have signed Service Level Agreements with the department for 2026/2027 financial year – a move which will yield economic spin offs by creating job opportunities to 3 649 people across the province. She said her programme managers in her department should monitor compliance of NPOs with specific reference to the central system database.
“Non-compliance to central system database requirements might lead to delayed payments. We appeal to NPOs to return unspent funds to the department at the end of the financial year, not unless they have applied and got approval from the head of department to use such funds within the legal timelines,” said Dantjie.
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