(a) What is the anticipated cost of each of the nine priority strategic focus activities of the National Youth Development Agency, (b) what are the relevant details of each of these activities and (c) what are the time frames for each of these activities in the 2010-11 financial year?
(1) Whether she has been informed of an investigation by the Auditor-General and the office of the Public Protector into the Commission for Gender Equality; if so, (a) what are the reasons for the investigation and (b) when is she expecting the investigation to be finalised; (2) whether the report of the investigation will be made public; if not, why not; if so, (a) when and (b) how?
(1) What plans does her department have to look after child-headed households; (2) whether her department has any plans in place to partner with the Departments of Basic Education and Social Development to deal this challenge; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Whether her department has undertaken an audit of Government buildings to establish whether they are accessible to people in wheelchairs and people with other physical disabilities; if not, (a) why not and (b) when will such an audit be done; if so, (i) what are the relevant details and (ii) what time frame has been set to transform noncompliant buildings into disability-friendly buildings?
What role will she and her department play in light of the absence of an overarching national strategic policy framework to combat domestic violence which results in a lack of synergy between departments?
Whether she has established a reference group that would look at how sign language could be added to the school curriculum; if so, (a) who will be involved in the reference group, (b) what are their experience and qualifications, (c) what are the goals and targets and (d) what is the deadline by which it will report?
Whether her department has launched information and education programmes in rural areas, aimed at fighting poverty and empowering women worldwide, on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2010; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Whether her department has launched any job and entrepreneurship programmes since 11 May 2009 aimed at empowering rural woman; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Whether there are (a) safe houses and (b) drug rehabilitation centres available to women who have been subjected to human trafficking; if not, why not; if so, how many (i) safe houses and (ii) drug rehabilitation centres are there in each province?
(1) Why did the Commission for Gender Equality not table an annual report for the past two years; (2) whether the Commission will be publishing an annual report in 2010; if not, why not; if so, when; (3) whether he has taken any steps to ensure that annual reports are published annually; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
