Question NW1451 to the Minister of Social Development

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23 December 2019 - NW1451

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van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Social Development

Whether, with reference to her 2019 budget speech where she stated that R50 million rand has been allocated from the Criminal Assets Recovery Account (Cara) to support shelters and the fact that the President, Mr M C Ramaphosa in his address to protestors at Parliament promised increased funding for women's shelters and safe houses, (a) the increase that the President referred to is the same or additional to the Cara funding that she referred to and (b) her department is also ensuring that provinces increase allocations to shelters for victims of crime and violence; if not, what is the position in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

Reply:

(a)Yes, the R50 million that the Minister of Social Development referred to during her budget speech is allocated from the Criminal Assets Recovery Account for funding of Non-Profit Organisations providing services to victims of crime and violence. Additional amount of R50 million has been recommended from the Criminal Assets Recovery Account as part of the Emergency Response Plan on Gender Based Violence. This funding will be used to fund Non-Governmental Organisations that provide direct services to victims and survivors of gender-based violence. The process of submitting the recommended additional amount of R50 million from the Criminal Assets Recovery Account for Cabinet approval is underway. (b) The Department of Social Development is also ensuring that provinces increase allocations for services to victims of crime and violence including shelters for victims of crime and violence. The provincial allocations for the Medium Term Expenditure Framework are as follows:

Provinces

MTEF Allocations

 

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

 

R’000

R’000

R’000

Eastern Cape

1 058 220

1 120 267

1 178 549

Free State

545 086

563 780

586 850

Gauteng

2 457 722

2 634 964

2 906 075

KwaZulu-Natal

1 600 679

1 705 787

1 796 502

Limpopo

991 860

1 048 534

1 141 305

Mpumalanga

673 557

745 092

806 043

Northern Cape

322 153

341 577

357 909

North West

531 800

578 602

613 132

Western Cape

804 918

845 940

884 365

Total

8 985 995

9 584 543

10 270 730

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