CGE ANNUAL REPORT

2022/23 ANNUAL REPORT

Name of Commissioner

Strategic Objectives (SOs) 1-4 Progress Report

Forum for Institutions Supporting Democracy (FISD): The heads of the Independent Constitutional Bodies met virtually on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, under the banner of the Forum for Institutions Supporting Democracy (FISD) to discuss and explore a collaborative approach tomonitor, exercise due diligence and oversight over government disaster relief efforts following the recent floods that ravaged KwaZulu Natal and parts of the Eastern Cape provinces. The meeting culminated into the development of a draft FISD Disaster Action Plan (2022) which proposed the establishment of the central disaster coordinating “nerve centre or war room” for accountability by allFISD members, collectively and sub-committees clustered in accordance to the areas of expertise and mandates. See the link below: A further internal intervention by the CGE in providing oversight monitoring visits to the KZN, Eastern Cape and North West Provinces wasmade. The Chairperson deployed Commissioners and the CEO deployed staff members to the aforementioned 3 provinces following the rain floods that resulted in the loss of lives and damage to property, infrastructure and the environment caused by heavy rain, flooding, strong winds and landslides, as a National Disaster. Between 6 and 7 April, The Chairperson opened and presented at the National Women in Leadership Conference organised by Pinpoint Stewards and ECSA in Oubaai in George. The presentation was on the 12 Critical areas relating to the Beijing Platform for Action in April 2022. On the 7 th April, made a presentation and actively participated at the UN Women – ESARO webinar that was tackling issues of substantive gender equality. The webinar was organised by the UN Women SA office and invited women leaders at country and regional levels. The conference discussed the regional and international conventions including Draft FISD Disaster Action Plan - EC-KZN-NW (002)

Strategic Objective Two: To promote andprotect gender equality through

public awareness, education, investigation, and litigation.

67