CGE ANNUAL REPORT

2022/23 ANNUAL REPORT

Name of Commissioner

Strategic Outcomes

Quarter 3 Activity Report

Meeting with Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities – 14 October 2022: • Briefing on the Annual Report 2020/2021. Way Forward / Recommendations: • The PC raised issues pertaining to the payment of salaries of past Commissioners, and the 13th cheque payment. I would recommend that in future the annual report must have explanatory notes for such matters. Transformation Hearings: 29 – 30 November 2022: • Investigation into Employment Equity and Transformation as the Department of Water and Sanitation. • Department of Small Business Development. • Clover Monitoring the case of Ma Mkhonza, a domestic worker who was assaulted and abused by the son’s employer: 24 – 28 October 2022: • To monitor issues that undermine gender equality. Way Forward / Recommendations: • Monitoring the case. Monitoring the number of young women and girls who gave birth during the festive season: • These high numbers continue to highlight the problem of teenage pregnancy. KZN and Limpopo provinces high numbers of girls gave birth to babies on Christmas day. • The CGE must monitor this closely because of the negative impact on the girl-child and entrenches gender inequality. Way Forward Recommendations: • Develop a programme to oversee and monitor the different role players/stakeholders to reduce teenage pregnancy. • In this regard the CGE must be in the forefront of monitoring systemic and structural issues to enable this problem • Conduct hearings DOSD, DBE, DOH, SAPS and Justice on what their roles and responsibilities on addressing teenage pregnancy. Way Forward / Recommendations: • The hearings to be rescheduled.

Strategic Outcome 3: To monitor and evaluate issues that undermine the promotion and attainment of gender equality.

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