Considering that one of the resolutions at the National Gender-based Violence and Femicide Summit in 2018 was to establish a national, multisectoral co-ordinating body that will oversee the co-ordination and response to gender-based violence and survivor support within six months of signing the summit declaration, after more than three years, (a) how (i) far is her Office in the process to gain approval from Cabinet for the National Council on Gender-based Violence and Femicide Bill and (ii) did her Office execute the roles and functions of the council as set out in the specified Bill whilst awaiting approval and (b) what alternatives have been put in place in the event that the Bill is not approved?
a) (i) The Department presented the Bill to Cabinet on 21 September 2022, and the Bill was approved and referred to Parliament.
(ii) Yes, the department did execute some of the roles within the mandate of the department.
Other oversight roles require the Council itself as it is the ultimate custodian of the National Strategic Plan on GBVF and will have powers in line ...
Whether, in light of reported acts of obstetric violence, which can be regarded as a form of medical xenophobia, that is committed against female refugees and foreign nationals at public hospitals in Gauteng, her Office has provided any support to female refugees in respect of healthcare in any way; if not, why not; if so, (a) what plans are in place to work with the Department of Health to ensure that pregnant asylum seekers get the healthcare services they need, (b) how is her Office ensuring that public hospitals implement and adhere to the specified plans and (c) what are the penalties enforced on hospitals that are guilty of committing obstetric violence?
The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities has developed Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework and Plan that identifies clear Gender Based Violence and Femicide outcomes, indicators and time bound interventions that have to be implemented by various government departments and other stakeholders, including the Department of Health (DoH).
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Ms M Nkoana-Mashabane, MP
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On what date did she last attend a meeting outside the structures of the Government to determine the deployment of personnel in public sector positions;
(2) whether any appointments to public sector positions were discussed and determined during her appearance at any forum that is private and external to the structures of the Government; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) are the details on which appointments were discussed and (b) other government matters were discussed during her last meeting at any such forum?
1. I have never attended a meeting outside the structures of the Government to determine the deployment of personnel in public sector positions.
2. None of the appointments to public sector positions were discussed and determined during my appearance at any forum that is private and external to the structures of Government. Appointments to public sector positions are dealt with in terms of the ...
(a) What (i) total number of employees of her Office/department are currently working from home, (ii) number of such employees have special permission to work from home and (iii) are the reasons for granting such special permission and (b) on what date will such workers return to their respective offices;
(2) whether she will make a statement on the matter?
(1)(a)(i) No employees work from home; all are obliged to perform their duties from their traditional workstations. There may be exceptions where employees are required to perform such duties at other places of work than the departmental facilities.
(ii) Not applicable.
(iii) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
(2) Not applicable.
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Ms M Nkoana-Mashabane, MP
Date _____________________
What (a) are the details, including the ranks of service providers and/or contractors, from which (i) her department and (ii) the entities reporting to her procured services in the past five years, (b) service was rendered by each specified service provider and/or contractor and (c) amount was paid to each service provider and/or contractor?
a) (i) DWYPD Response
The department obtain the lists of supplier payment for the past five (5) years. However, the reports are not in the sequence as per the requested information. Attached please find the reports in electronic format.
a) (ii) NYDA Response
Detailed service provider report for financial years 2017-18 to 2021-22 is attached as Annexure A which includes service providers (a), service ...
What (a) is the total number of international trips that (i) she and (ii) the officials in her Office undertook since she took office on 30 May 2019, (b) were the total costs of each international trip in terms of the airline used, class of travel, travel and subsistence budget and/or any other related cost, (c) are the names and other relevant details of members of staff in her Office and other departmental officials who undertook each international trip and (d)(i) was the purpose of each international trip, (ii) were the expertise of the officials attending the international meetings and/or conferences, (iii) value did the officials add to the conferences and (iv) were the outcomes of each international trip undertaken?
a) The total number of trips that the (i) Minister and (ii) the officials in her office undertook since she took office on 30 May 2019 is 16.
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Whether all the provinces have communicated a plan to address gender-based violence and femicide (GBV) in line with the Gender-based Violence and Femicide National Strategic Plan (GBVF-NSP); if not, (a) why not and (b) what measures are being taken to ensure that such plans are developed by provinces that have not yet done so; if so, which provinces have communicated a plan in line with the GBVF-NSP?
- There are seven provinces which have finalized their implementation plans. These are Western Cape, Gauteng, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, North West and Limpopo.
Two (2) Provinces i.e., Mpumalanga and Free State have not finalized plans for implementation of the NSP on GBVF. The two provinces have started working on their implementation plans but have not yet completed the process. The process has been ...
How has her Office promoted containment measures, including physical distancing and self-isolation in the disabled community, which are aspects that are difficult to manoeuvre given the reliance of the physically disabled community on the support from others?
By regulating the use of guard dogs and service dogs, by regulating space between Wheelchairs in queues in service points, by encouraging the use of white canes instead of guards, by agreeing with the retail industry to allocate time and date for persons with disabilities and setting aside dates for the receipt of disability grants. This was published on the 2nd April 2020 Regulation ...
(a) What (i) did the research on impact of COVID-19 on persons with disabilities which was done in partnership with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights entail and (ii) were the outcomes of the research and (b) what is the breakdown of the spending of the R340 000 budget allocation for the research
(a) (i) The research entails details findings on experience of persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown regulations. Furthermore, the research report entails how South African government has performed in ensuring promotion, safety and inclusion of persons with disabilities in all measures introduced during the COVID-19 state of national disaster.
(ii) The outcomes of the research are available in the form of ...
1.With reference to the report of the Commission for Gender Equality on the Emergency Response Action Plan (ERAP) on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF), which shows that her department failed to meet any of its targets under Thematic Area 4: Strengthen accountability and architecture to adequately respond to the scourge of GBV, what (a) are the reasons that none of the five targets in the specified thematic area were met, when it was the responsibility of her Office to ensure that targets were met and (b) consequence management has she put in place to ensure that the targets will be met;
2. given the fact that her department continues to fail in its role of monitoring and evaluation as highlighted by the lack of systems in place to ensure key departments involved in the ERAP implementation are indeed meeting targets and implementing recommendations on the fight against GBVF, what are the details of the work that she and/or her Office has done to ensure that monitoring and evaluation systems have been put in place? NW1345E
- The ERAP was a short-term intervention implemented over six months to deal with the heightened levels of GBVF whilst the Interim GBVF Steering Committee (IGBVF-SC) was developing the National Strategic Plan on GBVF (NSP on GBVF). The Department was mainly responsible for playing an oversight, catalytic and supportive role to assist the process of successful implementation of ERAP projects; working in collaboration with the ...
