MEC Nomandla Bloem for Dept. of Transport, Safety & Liaison and HoD Rodney Pieterse joined the Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Makgabo Reginah Mhaule, and MEC Zolile Monakali for Basic Education in the Northern Cape Province for a District Development Model (DDM) outreach programme at Learamele Special School in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District, on 17 April 2024.

The day commenced with the establishment of a food garden initiative as a legacy project by the Deputy Minister as the DDM Champion. The programme was attended by various stakeholders that contributed immensely to the success of this initiative, with the Dept. Transport Safety & Liaison donating Shova Kalula bicycles to eligible learners throughout the district. The Shova Kalula project is a flagship programme from DTSL which ensures that learners whose residential address are five or more kilometers away from their school of attendance are assisted effectively to get to school safely, thus ensuring that they have full access to their education.

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Ministerial Crime prevention Imbizo in Posmasburg

The DTSL-Namakwa district office held their Final Quarterly Community Safety Forum meeting for 2023/2024 at the Lennie Skippers Hall, in Calvinia on 19 March 2024. The meeting was attended by key role players in the safety and security cluster namely SAPS Calvinia, SAPS Middelpos, SAPS Nieuwoudtville, SAPS Loeriesfontein, Hantam Municipality, Community Police Forum (CPF), Spiritual leaders, Provincial Traffic, Hantam Municipality, Dept. of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs (COGHSTA), Community in Blue (CIB) and the Provincial Secretariat for Police.

The comprehensive session was chaired by the mayor of Hantam Municipality, Mr. K Alexander and supervised by Mr. T Sekia. Stakeholders in attendance presented statistics on crimes and other socio-economic issues which most communities have been battling with and the management of these issues by the Community Safety Forum (CSF).

The overall report illistrated the improvement of community safety and the steady decline of crime related matters since the establishment of the CSF. The Hantam Municipality committed themselves to join forces with all stakeholders involved in the CSF to execute initiatives that combat crime and enhance community safety. In closing, the Chairperson of the CSF extended his gratitude to all stakeholders for their roles and a word of encouragement for members to continue to foster teamwork as they fight crime in their communities.

[In picture] The DTSL Gender Transformtion unit, in collaboration with the Directorate of Public Prosecution (NPA), facilitated a workshop for departmental staff at the Provincial Treasury, on 06 March, in Kimberley. The event was initiated by a short prayer from Pastor Louw, followed with a warm welcome by the Programme Director, Ms. S Mapitse. Mr. G Nyongane shared the purpose of the day was to equipt employees with the knowledge on the Amended Acts surrounding domestic violence and sexual offences.

Advocate M. Molaudi, from the Directorate of the Public Prosecution in the Sexual Offences and Community Affairs unit, discussed the various challenges concerning GBVF and sexual offences. He continued to highlight the impediment of case withdrawals pertaining to physical abuse and sexual offence cases. At the beginning of the presentation, Mr. Molaudi defined and broadly explained the amended acts, namely Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998 which constitutes the acts such as the Sexual Offence Act, Children’s Act, Divorce Act, Maintenance Act, and the GBVF Amended Act which contains three different subordinates.

Employees engaged amongst each other and were eager to ask questions about matters pertaining to domestic violence and sexual offences, which in turn will serve as a helping hand to spread the message of GBVF, domestic violence or any sexual offence within their respective neighbourhoods. The workshop drew to a close with a vote of thanks by Ms. MP Mogorosi.