Question NW3227 to the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
05 January 2024 - NW3227
Sharif, Ms NK to ask the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Given that the SA Police Service (SAPS) remains the first line of defence in the fight against the scourge of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF), (a) how does her Office work with the SAPS to ensure that proper training on GBVF is done and (b) will she furnish Ms N K Shariff with evidence of the work done?
Reply:
a) The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities in collaboration with the South African Police Service (SAPS) has developed a Gender-Based Violence and Femicide and sexual offences action plan. This plan is grounded on the priorities of the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (NSP on GBVF) with one focus on training and development. The training which is provided by the SAPS includes both proactive and reactive training on GBVF related matters. The former is important for the prevention of GBVF, while the latter is important for ensuring appropriate services that inhibit secondary victimisation of those affected by GBVF.
b) The below table shows training embarked on the SAPS during the 2023/24 financial year reported to the DWYPD as part of NSP on GBVF implementation.
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Proactive Formal Training |
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Name of Course |
Trained |
Competent |
|
Human Rights and Policing Programme |
984 |
984 |
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Vulnerable Groups Course |
1577 |
1577 |
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First Responder to Sexual Offences |
1442 |
1442 |
|
National Victim Empowerment Training Programme |
656 |
656 |
|
Total Trained |
4659 |
4659 |
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Proactive Non-Formal Training |
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|
Name of Course |
Trained |
Competent |
|
Buccal Sample |
164 |
164 |
|
Dignity, Diversity and Policing |
135 |
135 |
|
Missing Persons |
35 |
35 |
|
Domestic Violence |
515 |
515 |
|
Total Trained |
849 |
849 |
|
Reactive Formal Training |
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|
Name of Course |
Trained |
Competent |
|
Resolving of Crime Skills Training |
586 |
586 |
|
Basic Crime Investigative Practice |
658 |
653 |
|
Family Violence, Child Protection, Sexual Offences |
221 |
220 |
|
Sexual Offenses for Investigations Learning Programme |
559 |
559 |
|
Psychological Motivated Crimes Learning Programme |
49 |
48 |
|
Missing Persons |
420 |
420 |
|
Domestic Violence Learning Programme |
2080 |
2079 |
|
Biological: DNA Evidence Recovery Crime Scene Examiner |
78 |
72 |
|
Biological: Body Fluid Detection Dog Course |
0 |
0 |
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DNA Evidence Recovery for Bio Body Fluid Dog |
0 |
0 |
|
Collection Non-Intimate Forensic DNA Buccal Sample |
4494 |
4471 |
|
Dignity, Diversity and Policing |
5087 |
5087 |
|
Total Trained |
14232 |
14195 |
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Reactive Non-Formal Training |
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|
Name of Course |
Trained |
Competent |
|
Domestic Violence |
31 |
31 |
|
Total Trained |
31 |
31 |