CGE ANNUAL REPORT

2022/23 ANNUAL REPORT

Name of Commissioner

Strategic Outcomes

Quarter 4 Activity Report

Strategic Objective One: To ensure the creation and implementation of an enabling legislative framework that promotes the attainment of Gender Equality.

Approved Request for Litigation Pursuit: 04 January 2023: • The HoD of Legal submitted a request to pursue litigation on the unfair discrimination based on status, as the complainant is born not from a royal family or royal family, with an element of Gender Based Violence. The Complaint alleges that in her complaint she was married to the King of Pursue litigation. 04 Jan Page 7 of 21 Amampondomise (Luzuko Matiwane) in terms of the customary marriage in April 2019 of which the marriage is still in existence. Way Forward / Recommendations: • Pursue litigation. Submission on Decriminalisation of Sex Word: 27 January 2023: • The institution made and submitted inputs into the Bill and shall reiterate the proposed sections under the review of the Bill and respond thereto. Stakeholder Engagement – Official Introduction of the CEO: 20 January 2023 – Hybrid CGE Head Office: • The engagement was to officially introduce the CEO to some of the institution’s key stakeholders. Way Forward / Recommendations: • More collaboration and accountability amongst stakeholders should be employed. Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Sub-Programme: Governance and Compliance Validation Workshop: 25 – 25 January 2023 – Pretoria Southern Sun: • To evaluate the status of the White Paper on the Rights of People with Disabilities. Training Forum on Albinism: 06 – 10 February 2023 – Tanzania: • Forum was for participants to be trained on: -The effective use of the AU Plan of Action, Human Rights advocacy, and reporting strategies to develop and domesticate the Plan of Action/National Action Plan. -How to develop operations/management skills and grant writing skills to drive national partnerships to implement the Plan of Action/National Action Plan.

N. Mazibuko

Strategic Objective Two: To promote and protect gender equality through

public awareness, education, investigation, and litigation.

127