Department Of Social Development Offices

By | December 14, 2021

Department Of Social Development Offices, The mission of the Department of Social Development is to enable the poor, the vulnerable and the excluded within South African society to secure a better life for themselves, in partnership with them and with all those who are committed to building a caring society.





The Department has the following primary core functions: management and oversight over social security, encompassing social assistance and social insurance policies, which aim to prevent and alleviate poverty in the event of life cycle risks such as loss of income due to unemployment, disability, old age or death occurring; and developmental social welfare services, which provide support to reduce poverty, vulnerability and the impact of HIV/AIDS through sustainable development programmes, in partnership with implementing agents such as State-Funded Institutions, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) and Faith-Based Organisations (FBOs).



Social Development National Contact Numbers
Customer Care Help line: 012 312 7727
eMail: [email protected]
Gender-Base Violence(GBV) Contact Numbers:  Toll Free: 0800428428 
Please Call: *120*7867#
  Skype: @helpmegbv. Sms: 31531
  Provincial Contact Numbers
 
Name Phone
GAUTENG (011) 355 7687 / 7977 / 7878
LIMPOPO (015) 293 6004 / 6054 / 6011 / 6053
NORTH WEST (018) 387 3434 / 0255 / 3497 / 0281
MPUMALANGA (013) 766 3098 / 3253 / 3031
FREE STATE (051) 400 0302 / 0304 / 0307
EASTERN CAPE (043) 605 5000
KWAZULU-NATAL (033) 264 5400
WESTERN CAPE (021) 483 3858/ 3765 / 3158 / 5445
NORTHERN CAPE (053) 807 5600