Report of the Select
Committee on Women, Children and People with Disabilities on its activities
undertaken during the 4th Parliament (May 2009 – March 2014)
Key highlights
1.
Reflection on
committee programme per year
2010
In terms of the work conducted by the
Committee in 2009/10, the Committee struggled from the onset of its first terms
without support staff. The situation was rectified. The Committee continued to
perform oversight functions of areas relating to socially vulnerable groups and
endeavoured to spend more time visiting provinces and communities in the new
term to ensure that transformation in service delivery for socially vulnerable
groups were felt on the ground. The Committee furthermore conducted oversight
visits to the Eastern Cape and Kwazulu Natal provinces to investigate the high
instances of infant and maternal mortality as well as to investigate the high
rates of deaths attributed to male circumcision. Oversight work was also
conducted in the Eastern Cape at the Bonnytoun Youth Detention Facility as well
as at Pollsmoor prison to assess the condition of women in prison. The
Committee furthermore held joint public hearings with the Portfolio Committee
on Women, Children and People with Disabilities on implementation of the Domestic
Violence Act. Follow up with Departments on these public hearings would
continue jointly with the Portfolio Committee for the rest of the term.
2011
During the 2011 year the Committee intended
to focus on the disability sector. Highlights for this year included provincial
oversight visit to Limpopo and Gauteng provinces to investigate conditions for
mentally disabled patients at the Old Nkensani and Evusaxeni Hospitals as well
as the hosting of a provincial summit held jointly with the Portfolio Committee
on Women, Children and People with Disabilities. This summit, which brought
together the Women, Children and People with Disabilities Committees of all
nine provinces proved successful in nationally aligning work and strategic
plans of all committees dealing with women, children and people with
disabilities. The Committee furthermore conducted a study tour to the USA to
study best practice and observe how the USA balanced “best interest” principals
to ensure a better life for all socially vulnerable groups.
2012
During 2012, milestones for the Committee
included hosting the public hearings on implementation on the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities jointly with the Portfolio Committee on
Women, Children and People with Disabilities. The Committee held these public
hearings in terms of the NCOP Strategic Priority Four: Overseeing related initiates and overseeing
the implementing of programmes aimed at assisting socially vulnerable groups.
Also during 2012, the Committee conducted oversight visits in the Western Cape
to the Khuti Home Care and Development Centre in Khayalitsha and the Siyazama
Centre for disabled children in Gugulethu. The Committee also launched
“Promoting Children’s Rights in South Africa: A handbook for Members of Parliament”.
This book was launched jointly with the Portfolio Committee on Women, Children
and People with Disabilities. The purpose of the handbook is to provide Members
of Parliament with pertinent information on children’s issues that equip them
to integrate a child’s rights perspective
into the work of their Committees. Specifically, it seeks to encourage
Members to conduct effective oversight and to enable them to ensure
accountability with regards to service delivery from a child’s rights
perspective, as well as to enhance public participation in this regard.
2013
For the period under review, the Committee
aligned its programme to the NCOP strategic objectives, particularly in terms
of Objective Four- Overseeing related initiatives and overseeing the implementing
of programmes aimed at assisting socially vulnerable groups. In addition, to
avoid duplication and to encourage coordination the committee had numerous
joint meetings with the PC on Women, Children and People with Disabilities on
such issues as the National Council for Gender Based Violence, performance
reports from the Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities and
the Country Report on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities.
Furthermore, during 2013, the Committee
dedicated extensive time to follow-up on issues such as:
·
Issues observed during previous oversight
visits (such as male circumcision and ukutwala in the Eastern Cape Province)
·
Implementation of the Domestic Violence Act
·
National Council for Gender Based Violence
This involved follow up with numerous
departments including the South African Police Services, the Department of
Justice and Constitutional Development and the Eastern Cape Provincial
Departments of Health, and Education.
During the 4th Parliamentary term, the Select Committee on
Women, Children and People with Disabilities focussed on five key areas as it
relates to Women, Children and People with Disabilities. This resulted in the
Committee, not only focussing on the work of the Department of Women, Children
and People with Disabilities, but focussed also on the work of all departments
as they relate to issues of women, children and people with disabilities. These
key areas are aligned to match both the priorities as outlined by the strategic
priorities of the NCOP as well as the priorities as outlined by the Department
of Women, Children and People with Disabilities. These key areas are Violence;
Survival and Development; Poverty and Economic Empowerment; Education and
skills development and Ministry, Machineries, Government programme of Action.
1.1 Violence
Violence will focus specifically on abuse
& neglect, gender based violence, child abuse images (pornography),
trafficking & prostitution, shelters, care centres, access to appropriate
social & health services and youth in conflict with the law.
1.2
Survival and development
Survival and development cuts across a broad
range of issues that deals with the
Millennium Development Goal (MDGs), child survival, maternal health, HIV and
AIDS, access to health care & social services, food security and basic
services that includes access to water, sanitation, housing, electricity,
roads, transport.
1.3 Poverty
& Economic Empowerment
A focus on poverty and economic empowerment
will allow the committee to deal with issues relating to the poverty line,
social security, poverty eradication strategies, unemployment strategies, SMME
& access to finance and employment equity targets as well as a focus on
rural development that includes communal land issues.
1.4 Education
& Skills Development
Education and skills development relates to
access to & quality education this includes primary, secondary, tertiary
institutions. It also includes special needs schools, SETAs and funding
specifically as it relates to bursaries.
1.5 Ministry,
Machineries, Government Programme of Action
As part of it oversight function the
committee will closely review the new Ministry and its progress. It will also
monitor the following entities as it relates to the department and its entities
as it relates to women, children and person’s with disabilities.
•
Nat. Disability Machinery, disability desks
•
Children’s machinery, child rights focal
points
•
Nat. Gender Machinery, gender focal points
•
Review - Nat. Dis. Policy Framework
•
NYDA
•
Nat. Gender Policy Framework
3.
Key areas for future
work
Based on the Committee’s work during the 4th
Parliament, it is recommended that future work consider the following key
areas:
·
Evaluate the prevalence of intellectual disabilities in the work place.
Evaluating mental illness and discrimination at work.
·
Review the challenges related to accessing grants for people with
disabilities. Reviewing the cost of living against the actual grant.
·
Conduct a baseline assessment on all Departments on meeting the 2% target
for employing people with disabilities.
·
Assess the high incidence of sexual violence in all nine provinces and
the relevant Department’s responses and budgets related to the problem.
·
Commence a “Taking Parliament to the Children” initiative.
·
Address high numbers of teen pregnancy across all nine provinces.
·
Review the challenges to ensuring that traditional circumcision practices
can take place without any deaths in all nine provinces.
·
Host hearings on the Millennium Development Goals before the 2015
deadline.
·
Assess the budgeting and structure around the National Council on Gender
Based Violence and its provincial implications in all nine provinces.
·
Violence against vulnerable groups such as rural women, women with
disabilities, LBTI women, young women and elderly women.
4.
Key challenges
emerging
·
Escalating deaths of male initiates from both legal and illegal
circumcision schools
·
Committee noted the living on conditions of disabled persons in state
hospitals in Limpopo
·
The public hearings on the implementation of the Domestic Violance Act,
as well as the Committee’s oversight during its Parliamentary term, the
Committee noted the escalation of domestic violence. Service delivery to
victims of domestic violence has been slow and the full implementation of the
envisaged Domestic Violence Act has not been realised across all departments.
5.
Recommendations
·
In terms of deaths related to male
circumcision, the Committee resolved prioritise and advocate for the need for
legislation to regulate male circumcision across provinces, in an attempt to
minimise and eradicate circumcision
deaths
·
The Committee further resolved to facilitate the creation of a forum,
amongst departments and stakeholders dealing with male circumcision in an
attempt to share knowledge and best practice.
·
Disability
1.
Introduction
·
Mission statement of the Committee:
To perform oversight over the departments and
entities reporting to the committee, and to champion issues relating to socially
vulnerable groups of women, children and persons with disabilities across
departments. To work comprehensively with stakeholders and other partners in
mainstreaming issues of gender, children and persons with disabilities.
All departments and entities
in respect of its services to women, children and persons with disabilities
·
Mandate and strategic priorities of the Committee:
1.1.
Department/s and
Entities falling within the committee’s portfolio
a) Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities
Promoting,
facilitating, coordinating and monitoring the realisation of the rights and empowerment of women, children and people with disabilities.
Strategic
Objectives:
· Strengthen good governance
for the Department to deliver on its mandate;
· Promote, advocate and
monitor women’s empowerment and gender equality;
· Promote, advocate and
monitor children’s rights and responsibilities;
· Promote, advocate and
monitor the rights of people with disabilities.
Strategic
outcome oriented goals:
· Promote the realisation of
the rights of women, children and people with disabilities;
· Facilitate the empowerment
of women, children and people with disabilities for equitable access to public and private sector programmes and services;
· Effective and efficient
Department;
· Reported incidents of
gender-based violence reduced
b) Entities:
Name of Entity |
Role of Entity |
The Committee
does not have an entity that reports directly to it, however during its
Parliamentary term, the Committee utilised its discretion in inviting
entities those entities whose work impacts on the lives of women, children
and people with disabilities. These included amongst others, the Commission
for Gender Equality, the Independent Complaints Police Directorate |
1.1
Functions of
committee:
Parliamentary committees are mandated to:
·
Monitor the financial and non-financial
performance of government departments and their entities to ensure that
national objectives are met.
·
Process and pass legislation.
·
Facilitate public participation in Parliament
relating to issues of oversight and legislation.
1.2
Method of work of the
committee (if committee adopted a particular method of work e.g. SCOPA.)
The Committee was
allocated Wednesday slots from 10:00-12:30 to meet
1.3
Purpose of the report
The purpose of this report is to provide an account of the Select
Committee on Women, Children and People with Disabilities work during the 4th
Parliament and to inform the members of the new Parliament of key outstanding
issues pertaining to the oversight work of the Department of Women, Children
and People with Disabilities and all other departments and entities the
Committee at its discretion felt needed to report on in terms of the services
they provide to women, children and people with disabilities .
This report provides an overview of the activities the committee
undertook during the 4th Parliament, the outcome of key activities,
as well as any challenges that emerged during the period under review and
issues that should be considered for follow up during the 5th
Parliament. It summarises the key issues for follow-up and concludes with
recommendations to strengthen operational and procedural processes to enhance
the committee’s oversight and legislative roles in future.
2.
Key statistics
The table below provides an overview of the number of meetings held,
legislation and international agreements processed and the number of oversight
trips and study tours undertaken by the committee, as well as any statutory
appointments the committee made, during the 4th Parliament:
Activity |
2009/10 |
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
Total |
Meetings held |
0 |
16 |
12 |
8 |
12 |
48 |
Legislation processed |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Oversight trips undertaken |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
Study tours undertaken |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
International agreements processed |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1* |
0 |
1 |
Statutory appointments made |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
Interventions considered |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
Petitions considered |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
3.
Stakeholders:
None
4.
Briefings and/or
public hearings
Briefings:
The
Committee held joint meetings with the Portfolio Committee on Women, Children
and People with Disabilities, particularly as it related to oversight on the
Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities. These meetings were
held to consider issues varying from the Department’s budget and strategic
plan, to the Department’s annual report. The Committee furthermore had joint
meetings with the Portfolio Committee as it related to follow up meetings with
departments in respect of the public hearings on the Domestic Violence Act and
the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
During
its term, the Committee further focussed its briefings on follow-up on
oversight that it had conducted, particularly in respect of male circumcision
deaths in the Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces.
Joint
National Summit with Portfolio and Select Committees on Women, Youth, Children and
Persons with Disabilities, 28 - 31 MARCH 2011
Background
and purpose of National Summit
The Select Committee (the committee) on Women Children and Persons with
Disabilities conducted a national and provincial summit on Women Children and
Persons with Disabilities jointly with the Portfolio Committee on Women
Children and Persons with Disabilities from the 28-31 March 2011.
The purpose of the
summit was to engage with the provincial structures dealing with matters
related to women children and persons with disabilities and in so doing work
more collaboratively. In turn, the outcomes of such an engagement serves not
only to strengthen relations with national Parliament but also will be used for
Committees to review their strategic plans for financial year 2011 - 2014.
The objectives of the
summit were to:
The Committees
invited the Office of the Premier dealing with women, children and persons with
disabilities to participate and be part of the meeting. The briefing covered
the following areas:
Challenges
and concerns raised by the forum at National Summit:
Key considerations and outcomes
of National Summit
Public Hearings:
Public hearings on
implementation of the Domestic Violence Act
The Portfolio and
Select Committees on Women, Youth, Children and People with Disabilities
conducted public hearings on the 11 year implementation of the Domestic
Violence Act (DVA), No 116, 1998 on the 28 & 29 October 2009.
The objectives of the
public hearings were to:
DVA
made specific recommendations with respect to each department namely
Public hearings on implementation of the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Select Committee,
held a joint public hearings with the Portfolio Committee on Women, Children
and People with Disabilities from 25th -26th July 2012. As South Africa has committed to the
Convention and in doing so has agreed to its obligations it was the intention
of the public hearings to determine how far the country has come in
implementing the Convention.
The objectives of this
public hearing were as follows:
a) To identify
progress made in implementing the Convention,
b) To identify challenges in implementing the
Convention from both civil society and the Executive,
c) To ascertain
mechanisms that would aid the implementation of the Convention.
DVA made specific
recommendations with respect to each department namely
5.
Legislation
The following pieces of legislation were referred to the committee and
processed during the 4th Parliament:
Year |
Name of Legislation |
Tagging |
Objectives |
Completed/Not Completed |
|
|
|
|
|
2009/10 |
None |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2010/11 |
None |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2011/12 |
None |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2012/13 |
None |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2013/14 |
Commission for Gender Equality Amendment Bill |
[B36-2012] |
To amend the Gender Equality Act of 1996 so as to align it with the
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 and to provide with matters
connected therewith. |
Completed |
2014 |
Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill |
[B50-2013] |
To give effect to section 9 of the Constitution of the Republic of
South Africa, 1996, insofar as the empowerment of women and gender equality
is concerned; to establish a legislative framework for the empowerment of
women; to align all aspects of laws and implementation of laws relating to
women empowerment, and the appointment and representation of women in decision
making positions and structures; and to provide for matters connected
therewith. |
Completed |
a) Challenges emerging
The following challenges emerged during the
processing of legislation:
In terms of the Committee’s processing of the
Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill, the Committee had very limited time
within which to process this Bill. As Parliament was nearing the end of the
Parliamentary term, the short timeframes put excessive pressure on the
Committee as well as provincial legislatures in ensuring that this Bill was
processed.
b) Issues for follow-up
The 5th Parliament should consider
following up on the following concerns that arose:
In terms of the Commission for Gender Equality
Amendment Bill, the Committee recommended that the National Assembly include
the participation of the National Council of Provinces and civil society in the
nomination process for Commissioners.
6.
Oversight trips
undertaken
The following oversight
trips were undertaken:
Date |
Area Visited |
Objective |
Recommendations |
Responses to Recommendations |
Follow-up Issues |
Status of Report |
19 May 2010 |
Western Cape |
Oversight visit to the Bonnytoun youth detention centre and Pollsmoor
prison to assess the conditions of women in prison and receive a status
briefing from the Child Protection Unit on youth on awaiting trail youths |
See below |
See below |
Follow up visit to the Bonnytoun facility in Kraaifontein |
Adopted |
27-29 July 2010 |
Eastern Cape, Kwazulu Natal |
Oversight visit
to the Eastern Cape and Kwazulu Natal provinces to investigate responses to
high infant and maternal mortality rates and to assess and investigate the
implementation of the Programme for Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS
and Community Child survival campaign |
See below |
See below |
Refer to (a) and (b) below |
Adopted |
26-28 February 2011 |
Limpopo and Gauteng |
Limpopo: Investigate allegations of neglect and inhumane conditions for mentally disabled patients Investigate interventions by the Limpopo Provincial Department of
Health and their plan of action for disabled persons in the province Investigate the accessibility and disbursement of the social support
grants and support provided through the
Limpopo Provincial Department of Social Development and the South
African Social Support Agency Gauteng: Meeting with the Commission for Gender Equality on work done in
Gauteng province and progress made in respect of its Turnaround Strategy Meeting with the Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre for Women to
discuss their work in relation to implementation of the Domestic Violence Act |
See below |
See below |
|
Adopted |
23 March 2011 |
Western Cape |
Oversight visit to the Saartjie Baartman Centre for abused women and
the Thuthuzela Care Centre The objective of the oversight visit was to investigate the
implementation of the Domestic Violence Act and the accessibility of
provisions provided in the Act |
|
|
|
Adopted |
23 May 2012 |
Western Cape |
Local oversight visit to the Khuti Home Care and Development Centre
and the Siyazama Centre for disabled children to |
|
|
|
Adopted |
a) Challenges emerging
Eastern Cape and Kwazulu Natal
General
Hospitals and clinics
in both provinces had some similar challenges and key issues within their
health structures. The following points outline these challenges as observed by
the committee:
·
Lack of ambulances and
insufficient emergency medical personnel.
·
Poor management of
patients (referrals).
·
Insufficient doctors
and nurses in the province.
·
Shortage of medicines
and other essential medical equipment.
·
Overcrowding in
hospitals.
·
Accommodation for
doctors.
·
Insufficient funds to
accommodate.
·
Specific challenges for the Eastern Cape
·
Lack of incubators
and oxygen tanks in the hospital and ambulance.
·
St Barnabas only has
one ICU nurse. Clinic needs more personnel.
·
No X-ray facilities
after hours.
·
A need for
radiography specialists.
·
A need for
specialized scrub nurses.
·
Illegal abortions.
Specific challenges for the KwaZulu Natal
·
High prevalence of
HIV/AIDS.
·
Hospital
administration requires funds for PMTCT programmes as PEPFAR (U.S. President's
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)
·
funding will be
withdrawn.
·
In order to meet MDG
targets on maternal mortality, hospital officials suggested an increase of
R17.00 per capita on the budget.
Bonnytoun Youth Detention Centre and Pollsmoor Prison oversight visit
Bonnytoun
The Committee
committed to visiting the new Bonnytoun facility once it has moved to its new
location in Kraaifontein. To date, this move has not happened. During that
visit the Committee should consider the following:
·
Improved inter-sectoral
budget alignment between the Departments of Health, Social Development and
Justice.
·
Observe whether the new
facility has established adequate security measures in place.
·
Inclusion of the Department
of Education in the inter-sectoral strategy.
Pollsmoor Prison
While no commitments
were made on the part of the Pollsmoor Correctional Facility, it was noted that
it is important for the Select Committee to maintain oversight over the
facility in terms of overcrowding and in terms of the amount of children in the
Women’s Centre of Excellence. It is critical
that the Select Committee ascertain to what extent these interventions have had
the desired outcomes. In this regard,
it is important that the Select Committee receives regular briefings from the
facility in terms of the monthly case flow meetings that are attended.
In terms of skills
development, it is critical that the Committee ascertain whether these
programmes are registered with the Department of Education in terms of Further
Education and Training and whether these skills are actually employed by women
once they are released from the facility.
Limpopo and Gauteng oversight visit
Limpopo
Whilst no commitments
were made in respect of the Limpopo Provincial Department of Health, the delegation
mentioned its intention to have further follow up engagements with the
Department in respect of the accommodation for the mentally disabled patients
at the Evuxakeni Hospital in Giyani, Limpopo. Since 2011, the Committee has
conducted numerous follow-ups with the Limpopo Provincial Department of Health,
culminating in a meeting with them on the 27th February 2013. As a
result of that meeting the Committee recommended the following:
Commission for Gender Equality
The delegation
resolved to:
7.
Study tours
undertaken
The following study tour was undertaken:
Date |
Places Visited |
Objective |
Lessons Learned |
Status of Report |
25-29 July 2011 |
USA |
To study best practice in terms of how a
developed country such as the USA is balancing “best interest” principals to
ensure a better life for all socially vulnerable groups |
In
reflections on its study tour to the USA, the Committee noted various key
lessons learnt from this tour. It was discovered that unlimited funding is no
substitute for highly efficient co-ordination of various agencies across many
departments and disciplines, providing services to women, children and
persons with disabilities. South Africa has world class legislation for the
protection of women and children, however, lessons can be learnt from
international examples in respect of the implementation and monitoring of
existing legislation. Further, another key element to the effective delivery
of services is that legislation is matched by appropriate funding. This has
been a key weakness noted by the
Committee in its oversight over existing legislation relating to women,
children, and persons with disabilities, and this is an important lesson
learnt whilst the Committee conducted its study tour in the USA. Proper
training of police officers to adequately respond to the unique needs of the
domestic violence victims and highly efficient coordination of services to
those victims has been another key lesson learnt during this study tour. This
key lesson is response to the existing weaknesses identified by the Committee
in respect of the little training South African police officers have
particularly in respect of their mandate in the implementation of the
Domestic Violence Act. |
Adopted |
a) Challenges emerging
The following challenges emerged during the study
tour:
NEW
YORK
New York Mayors
Office for Combat Domestic Violence
Red Hook Community
Justice Centre
Family Justice
Centre Bronx:
WASHINGTON:
Women’s Bureau, US
Department of Labour:
Administration for Developmental Disabilities:
COLORADO:
b) Issues for follow-up
The 5th Parliament should consider
following up on the following concerns that arose:
·
Members recommended that a
mini project is conducted in one municipality to pilot programmes similar to
those rolled out by the OCDV (the New York City Mayor’s Office to Combat
Domestic Violence (OCDV).
·
A pilot project similar to
that of the Red Hook Community Justice Centre be rolled out in South Africa
·
The implementation of a
pilot training programme for domestic violence officers to be stationed in a
pilot community in South Africa that has a high prevalence of domestic violence
·
The establishment of
Provincial Councils for Developmental Disability
·
The establishment of a national
entity, which would fall under the Department of Women, Children and Persons
with Disabilities, to specifically monitor, advocate and protect the rights of
persons with disabilities.
8.
International
Agreements:
The following international
agreements were processed and reported on:
Date referred |
Name of International Agreement |
Objective |
Status of Report |
Date of enforcement |
22 June 2011 |
SADC Protocol on Gender and Development |
To provide for the empowerment of women and
eliminate discrimination and to achieve gender equality and equity through
the development and implementation of gender responsive legislation,
policies, programmes and projects |
Adopted |
Considered by the House on the 18 November
2011. |
a) Challenges emerging
The Committee did not encounter any challenges
in terms of the processing of this international agreement.
b) Issues for follow-up
The 5th Parliament should consider
following up on the following concerns that arose:
·
The Committee noted that the emphasis of the
Protocol was largely placed on girl-children and concerns were raised that male
children were sidelined at the inception stage of the development of policy and
programme. The Committee recommended that the Department of Women, Children and
People with Disabilities and other stakeholders drafting policies on gender
equity and gender development needed to strike a balance between male and
female children and youth
·
The Committee suggested that the Department of
Women, Children and People with Disabilities utilise the constituency offices
of political parties to disseminate information on the protocol to local
communities.
9.
Statutory
appointments
No statutory appointments were made for the
period under review
10.
Interventions
No interventions were referred to the
Committee for the period under review
11.
Petitions
No petitions were referred to the Committee
for the period under review
12.
Obligations conferred
on committee by legislation:
None for the period
under review
13.
Summary of outstanding
issues relating to the department/entities that the committee has been
grappling with
The following key issues are outstanding from the committee’s activities
during the 4th Parliament:
Responsibility |
Issue(s) |
|
After the
Department presented on the National Council on Gender Based Violence the
Committee indicated a need to follow up on budgeting and structure around the
National Council on Gender Based Violence and its provincial implications in
all nine provinces. |
|
The Committee
continues to address and grapple with the high number of deaths as a result
of male circumcision. They will continue to conduct oversight on this matter.
This will include following up on the high number of deaths amongst young
boys in provinces such as the Eastern Cape, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. |
|
After visiting
the Pollsmoor Correctional Facility, the Committee wishes to follow up on
children living in prisons with their mothers across the country . This will
include evaluating the placement interventions. |
14.
Recommendations
None
15.
Committee
strategic plan
At the beginning of its tenure, the Committee
adopted a five year strategic plan which it updated annually to be consistent
with the priorities outlined by the State of the Nation Address