Question NW869 to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
08 June 2022 - NW869
Sharif, Ms NK to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What (a) is the total number of incidents of (i) sexual harassment and (ii) sexual assault that were reported in her department (aa) in each of the past three financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2021, (b) number of cases (i) were opened and concluded, (ii) were withdrawn and (iii) remain open or pending based on the incidents and (c) sanctions were meted out against each person who was found guilty?
Reply:
|
(a) |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
Since 1 April 2021 |
|
(i) (aa) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
(i) (bb) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
(ii) (aa) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
(ii) (bb) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
(b) |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
Since 1 April 2021 |
|
(b) (i) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
(b) (ii) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
(b) (iii) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
(c) No sanction meted out at this stage. However, one case was closed due to lack of evidence.