2023-w1471 - 22 September 2023

Lorato Florence Tito to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

In light of the high unemployment and poverty rates in the Republic, what impact has the (a) National Youth Development Agency, (b) Small Enterprise Finance Agency and (c) Sector Education and Training Authorities had in addressing youth unemployment and poverty?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 22 Sep 2023

a) Since its inception in 2010 the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has, among other achievements:

  1. Supported more than 200 000 youth owned enterprises with non-financial interventions which include business development training, business development support, access to market initiatives and mentorship and aftercare.
  2. Provided more than 25 000 youth owned enterprises with financial support to start and scale their own enterprises.
  3. Assisted more than 500 000 with ...
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2023-w2795 - 22 September 2023

Altia Sthembile Hlongo to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

In light of the fact that structural youth unemployment requires structural changes in the economy to ensure that it creates equal opportunities through skills development and job creation, what has she found to be the policy interventions that are required to massify opportunities for the youth?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 22 Sep 2023

Addressing youth unemployment requires an all-of-society and all-of-government approach to mainstreaming of youth employment across the different sectors of the economy. In this regard, a sector-wide youth skills development programme has been conceptualised to train young people in various skills to ensure they are employable and are also able to start businesses in priority sectors with high absorption capacity such as oceans economy, manufacturing, ...

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2023-w2803 - 22 September 2023

Ahmed Munzoor Shaik Emam to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

Whether, following failed attempts by the Government to end gender-based violence, teenage pregnancy, substance abuse and school dropouts, she intends to introduce a holistic approach, together with the departments of Social Development, Basic Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Police and Health, to deal with the scourge at grassroots level; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 22 Sep 2023

The department developed the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (NSP on GBVF) to provide a multi-sectoral, coherent policy and programming framework to strengthen a coordinated national response to the GBVF crisis by all of government and the whole of society.

A key activity under Pillar 4 of the NSP on GBVF is the establishment of local level rapid response teams in ...

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2023-w2761 - 22 September 2023

Nicholas George Myburgh to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

(a) What total amount did (i) her Office and (ii) each entity reporting to her pay for printed copies of the integrated annual reports in the (aa) 2020-21, (bb) 2021-22 and (cc) 2022-23 financial years, (b) who were the suppliers in each case and (c) what total number of copies of the report were printed (i) in each case and (ii) in each specified financial year?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 22 Sep 2023

1. Department of Women Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD):

Description

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

Total Amount

R103 117.50

R109 029.82

R189 698.50

Name of Supplier

Uvo Communication-Design-Print

Jetline

Mvuvhelo Events and Communications

Number of Copies

60

150

150

2. National Youth Development Agency (NYDA)

Description

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

Total ...

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2023-w2774 - 22 September 2023

Magdalena Duduzile Hlengwa to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

What number of young staff and researchers has her Office employed for monitoring, evaluation and database management in the past financial year?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 22 Sep 2023

The department employed one (1) young researcher for monitoring, evaluation and database management in the past financial year.

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2023-w2789 - 22 September 2023

Makoti Sibongile Khawula to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

In light of the crime statistics that was released recently, which shows that the Republic is losing the battle against the sexual violation of women, what engagements has she had with her Cabinet colleagues and other stakeholders to fight the surge of the sexual violation of women?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 22 Sep 2023

The department developed the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (NSP on GBVF) to provide a multi-sectoral, coherent policy and programming framework to strengthen a coordinated national response to the GBVF crisis by government and the whole of society.

A key activity under Pillar 4 of the NSP on GBVF is the establishment of local level rapid response teams in every municipality ...

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2023-w2794 - 22 September 2023

Fikile Andiswa Masiko to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

What steps has her Office taken to unlock opportunities for women, youth and persons living with disabilities in the rural areas, including helping them establish sustainable livelihoods and enabling their active participation in the economy, even while residing in disadvantaged districts?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 22 Sep 2023

The department has adopted an all-of-society and an all-of-government approach to livelihoods restoration and wealth creation for unemployed women, youth and persons with disabilities through a step change to implement various projects to empower the identified categories of people in some of the poorest districts in the country. The aim of these projects is to skill and empower these categories of persons to be ...

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2023-w2788 - 22 September 2023

Nokulunga Primrose Sonti to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

Whether her Office has a comprehensive database of persons living with disabilities in the Republic; if not, why not; if so, what (a) is the total number of persons living with disabilities who are in need of wheelchairs and (b) steps has she taken to ensure that all persons living with disabilities are provided with the wheelchairs they need?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 22 Sep 2023

The department does not keep a comprehensive database of persons living with disabilities as various government departments keep databases of persons with disabilities in line with the services they render.

Further, the department does not have a database of persons that require wheelchairs, nor does it provide and/or distribute wheelchairs as that falls within the mandate of the Department of Health. This part of ...

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2023-w2775 - 22 September 2023

Magdalena Duduzile Hlengwa to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

In light of the annual performance plan and budget of her Office for the 2023-24 financial year, what number of (a) priorities and (b) planned targets of her Office have been successfully met since 1 April 2023?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 22 Sep 2023

The annual priorities and targets for the 2023/24 financial year are a work in progress. To date, the department has achieved 81% of quarter 1 targets. Work continues toward achieving the annual priorities and targets by 31 March 2024.

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2023-w2787 - 22 September 2023

Nokulunga Primrose Sonti to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities

What are the details of the comprehensive steps of intervention she has taken to monitor the pervasive problem of drug abuse amongst young persons in the Republic?

Reply from the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 22 Sep 2023

The monitoring of the pervasive problem of drug abuse among young persons in the Republic is a competency vested with the Department of Social Development (DSD). Accordingly, this question may be directed to the Minister of Social Development for a comprehensive response.

Nevertheless, the Department of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) cooperates with the DSD on programmes that raise awareness on the ...

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