Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Women In the Presidency

1. Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Women In the Presidency Quarter 1 Financial Year 2017/2018 (1 April – 31 June 2017) 29 August 2017

2. Table of Contents Introduction Link between APP targets and NDP priorities and MTSF outcomes Link between APP targets and SONA priorities Overview of performance Progress on APP Conclusion

3. Introduction The report will be focused on assessing activities that were undertaken during the beginning of the financial year. For this reporting period, primarily the focus is on drafting concepts note and guiding documents for the work that is to be rolled out for the financial year, as well as starting to put in place measure to ensure that the roll-out of the programme will be smooth and putting together risk registers and related action plans to ensure that the risks related to implementation of programmes is properly mitigated. For the current reporting period also coincides with audit for the previous financial year that ended on 31 March 2017, however results will not be communicated as prohibited by law until the annual report is tabled. The report will therefore highlight achievement or attainment of targets against what was planned for the period in the APP, interrogate spending patterns and trends. 3

4. Link between The APP, the NDP priorities and MSTF outcomes 4

5. Link between The APP, the NDP priorities and MSTF outcomes 5

6. Link to SONA Priorities 6

7. Overview of the Organisation For the current reporting period 78% of planned targets planned for have been finalised. It should however still be noted that as much as 100% finalisation of targets is ideal, first quarter represents setting up for the activities in the APP and thus some activities roll out gets realised between second to last quarter of the financial year. The above reported outcome is from internally audited outcomes based on evidence submitted to internal audit unit. This percentage of achievement represents an improvement when compared to last financial year. In the last financial for the same period the Commission reported 60% of work done. There has been a steady increase for the past three years and this can be attributed to the system improvements over the years. (having moved from 54% in 2015/16 to 60% in 2016/17 and now recording 78% in the current year). 7

8. Summary of First Quarter progress on Performance Information Overview continue 8

9. Overview continued The current reporting period was also important as it coincides with the regularity audit conducted by the AGSA. Drafting, finalisation and submission of the Annual Financial Statements and the draft Annual Report was timeously done. Successful implementation of audit action plans and improvement on some internal controls as highlighted in the dashboard. In this quarter the commission has further seen and yielded the fruits of the well-functioning and structured partnerships that Communications Unit has put in place which continues to ensure that the objectives in the APP are realised. The reporting period houses Youth Month and various radio slots were acquired this time through the assistance of GCIS. The strategy is to engage more with GCIS to ensure local reach, over and above what we could yield from the relationship with the NCRF. 9

10. Overview continue Through the long-standing relationship with the SABC Foundation the Commission conducted an advertising campaign for the reporting period, which took a form of a PSA imparting information on gender equality and gender based violence targeting the Youth. This PSA highlighted the Rights as espoused by the Constitution especially the Bill of Rights as far as Youth is concerned as well as highlighting the importance of reporting abuse that happens in their Communities. The platform further popularised the CGE toll free number as a vehicle to utilise to report abuse and discrimination. 10

11. Overview continue The PSA was flighted in various SABC stations with free airtime totalling R1 400 000.00. These messaging’s were further reinforced by the programme on “take the girl child to work” which the CGE embarks on targeting school going Youth. In a similar way that head office through the leadership of Commissioner Mazibuko embarks on this process, provinces as well undertook this activity and some went as far as taking them to mining institutions of science engineering and technology to expose them and hopefully generate interest for hard sciences. 11

12. Overview continue Key issues surfacing across provinces relate to gender based violence, almost all the provinces have highlighted gender based violence to still be a major problem. Based on this it is still imperative that the office of Commissioners hold a high-level engagement with Ministers for Women in the Presidency; Police and Social development. Or escalate the issue directly to presidency as the CGE Act allows direct access, in light as well of the fact that DPME has undertaken a report that considered gender based violence which came up with similar recommendations as the CGE reports; 12

13. Overview continue Highlighting the need for coordinated programme; the idea that DsD must be tasked to coordinate because they are doing a lot of work on GBV which is based on the pillars as contained in the 365 NAP etc. The biggest issue still being that there is no coordinated programme to deal with the scourge of gender based violence and the fact that SAPS fail to assist victims of abuse when they report cases. Two Provinces have reported and highlighted increase of male rape and increase in reported cases relating to violence men and boys. 13

14. Overview continue In the current reporting period the Commission engaged with strategic partners with aim of securing financial assistance for programmes in the APP. Meetings were held with deputy ambassador of the Danish embassy to fund some of the programmes, they showed interest on the radio programme and we still hopeful that we will get a favourable response. Assistance has also been given to VVOB and DBE on the work that they are doing on Pedagogy. The main request was for the commission to ensure that this curriculum for teachers is gender mainstreamed and specific gender concepts are defined. The Commission was further approached to partner with SAB InBev on creating safer communities. The Commission further partnered with Foundation for Human Rights holding an intergenerational dialogue focussing on leadership and decision making as well as women empowerment. 14

16. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

17. Progress on SO 1

18. Progress on SO 1

19. Progress on SO 1

20. Progress on SO 1

21. Progress on SO 1

22. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

23. Progress on SO 2

24. Opening and closing of complaints 2016/17 24

25. Graphic representation 25

26. Analysis of Complaints The department has received most complaints under the following categories; Gender Based Violence Maintenance. General Discriminatory practices When compared to Quarter 4 of the financial year 2016/2017, there has been a slight decrease of Gender Based Violence complaints this quarter (32 complaints to 31 complaints). Gender Based Violence complaints this quarter can be attributed to the Stakeholder engagements held in collaboration with PEI that focused more on gender based violence. This also speaks to the issues as highlighted in the provincial reports where GBV has been identified as an emerging issue. Maintenance matters have increased compared to Quarter 4 (i.e. from 20 complaints to 42 complaints). 26

27. Gender Based Violence complaints  The Gender Based Violence complaints were largely opened in Gauteng, Northern Cape and Mpumalanga respectively. These complaints are largely walk-in clients and those that are reported in the media. It is observed from these cases that the victims are largely women and children. The violent nature of these offences (which involves the burning of victim’s bodies) warrants harsh sentences by the judiciary. The department shall monitor these cases closely until finalisation. Maintenance complaints  These matters are largely opened in the Limpopo and Northern Cape province. These matters include delays in maintenance payments and general maintenance processes. It is deduced from these complaints that maintenance offices are swamped with cases and complainants are not properly informed of the maintenance procedures that follow maintenance files are opened. The lack of physical address and further details of the respondent is a common delaying factor in the reported cases. 27

28. General discrimination Practices complaints  These matters are largely opened in the North West, Limpopo, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. It is deduced from these complaints that there are discriminatory practices that have the propensity of denying complainants access to justice. The most notable is a complaint in KwaZulu-Natal where the complainant alleges that South African Police Service officials are refusing to serve a protection order against the perpetrator (her partner). The failure to execute a protection order timeously is a contributing factor to domestic violence and femicide in South Africa. In the North West, the department received a complaint from a male Complainant who alleged that he was raped and that when he reported the matter to SAPS, they victimised him more. 28

29. New Complaints received by Legal Department for the Quarter

31. SO2 31

32. Progress on SO 2

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34. Progress on SO 2

35. Progress on SO 2

36. Progress on SO 2

37. Progress on SO 2

38. Total number of people reached

39. Total number of people reached For Q4 39

41. SO3 41

42. Progress on SO 2

43. Community Radio Programme With guidance and direction from the PEI department, the communications unit had been able to design programming that has a focus on human rights but more importantly, content that is suitable for the rights of women. This was in line with the theme of the campaign. It is for this reason that the community radio programme placed focus on the Constitution as well as PEPUDA. In other words, context in terms of designing the message was centered on the Equality Act. Communications 43

44. The community radio programme was broadcast on the following community radio stations country – wide: Communications 44

45. Social Media • As part of the Youth Month campaign, the communications unit ran a week long campaign targeting the youth on gender based violence. The title of the social media campaign which ran in tandem with the • Partners and Collaborators for Youth Month Programme • SABC Foundation • Nemisa • GCIS • The communications unit worked with the GCIS and collaborated during Youth Month for the following objectives: •  Execution of Public Education radio programme • Joint outreach programmes in provinces • Brand activation of the CGE in provinces Communications 45

46. Communications During the quarter under review, the communications unit was approached by DDB Communication and Advertising Agency for an engagement on producing work for CGE on pro-bono. This means that the Agency will undertake work on behalf of the CGE as part of its social corporate responsibility programme at no cost to the CGE. The scope of work to be undertaken will include graphic design work for the communication campaigns of the CGE, assistance in promotion of CGE work on digital media. 46

47. The unit has come up with a new programme that has been actualised by the continued collaborative efforts with NEMISA. The project entails facilitating a series of media and gender workshops for students of Nemisa in the following provinces: Gauteng, North West, Free State, Eastern Cape and Kwa Zulu-Natal. • This project entailed the workshopping of outgoing students from the provinces enumerated in the latter for the purposes of producing gender related material. •  From the training that took place during the quarter it is anticipated that the following production work would be done on behalf of the CGE: • Public Service Announcements (for Television) • 3-part Television Talk Show to be broadcast on community television stations • 5 minute videos on the work of the CGE 47 Media Training

48. Social Media Performance 48

49. Trending Posts 49

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