South Africa: Gauteng minister of social development Faith Mazibuko apologises to NPOs for funding bungleGauteng minister of social development apologises to NPOs for funding bungle

Gauteng MEC for Social Development Faith Mazibuko publicly apologised to nonprofit organisations during a media briefing on Sunday.

This follows a crisis in the province’s non-profit sector in which hundreds of organisations providing essential care services waited more than two months for subsidies from the Gauteng Department of Social Development.

The department pays about R1.9-billion in subsidies to more than 700 non-profit organisations every year. Delays were caused by drastic…