Question NW2857 to the Minister of Home Affairs
21 September 2023 - NW2857
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
(a) What total number of complaints of sexual harassment were received from employees of his department in 2022, (b) how was each complaint dealt with and (c) what were the repercussions for employees that were found guilty of sexual misconduct.
Reply:
a) The Department received three (3) complaints of Sexual Harassment in the financial year 2022/2023.
b) All cases (3) were investigated and two complaints were found to be substantive and one was not, owing to lack of evidence.
c) One of the two cases found to be substantive, the perpetrator was charged and found guilty and the sanction of two months’ suspension without pay was pronounced by the Chairperson.
On the other substantive case the matter was investigated and the perpetrator charged, but during the process of the hearing the complainant passed on.
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