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Limpopo Domestic Violence Act Implementation Plan Presented at Parliament by HoD N.N Tsebe Date: 06 September 2017 Time: 09h00. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Introduction Objectives Service Delivery Issues Implementation Plan Implemented Projects Summary of findings Successes Challenges
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Limpopo Domestic Violence Act Implementation Plan Presented at Parliament by HoD N.N Tsebe Date: 06 September 2017 Time: 09h00
TABLE OF CONTENTS • Introduction • Objectives • Service Delivery Issues • Implementation Plan • Implemented Projects • Summary of findings • Successes • Challenges • Interventions
INTRODUCTION • The Limpopo Department of Safety, Security and Liaison embarked on a campaign on the Domestic Violence Act, Stakeholder mobilization, Engagement and Education from the 13/14 financial year. • In terms of section 2 of the Domestic Violence Act, SAPS members are expected to execute their duties diligently and correctly to avoid non-compliance which is a misconduct as per section 18(4)(a). • Section 2 ensures that SAPS members must assist victims of domestic violence by providing shelter and medical treatment amongst others.
OBJECTIVES • To ensure maximum protection of the victims of Domestic Violence Act and ensure that SAPS as the main stakeholder complies with the DV Act. • To create awareness through public education as a crime prevention strategy. • To impart knowledge on communities about their rights and recourse should they become victims of Domestic Violence. • To educate communities about the roles of SAPS, Department of Health, Department of Justice and Department of Correctional Services when implementing the Domestic Violence Act.
OBJECTIVES CONT… • To forge peace and harmony in families in a Domestic relationship. • To create a safer Limpopo through minimising incidents of Domestic Violence. • To encourage victims of abuse to break the silence and report these incidents.
SERVICE DELIVERY ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED • To capacitate SAPS through conducting workshops on their role to implement the Domestic Violence Act correctly. • To popularise the Domestic Violence Act among community members so that they know their rights. • To promote a healthy society free from domestic violence and thus reduce contact crime levels in communities.
IMPLEMENTATION OF DVA PROGRAMMES • Verification of DVA designated officers and skills Gap Audit conducted in 97 stations, • The training Programme was developed, • 40 stations were piloted (13/14) • Received an allocation of R6 M from the Provincial Treasury and extended the programme to 97 police stations in 2014/15 • 10 staff members were appointed and placed in all 5 districts of the Province, later on a Deputy Director was appointed at the provincial level to ensure coordination of DVA programmes in the Province. • The current Domestic Violence Act budget is R11 351 853.68
PARTNERSHIPS- INTEGRATED APPROACH (Role Clarification) • The Department of Safety Security and Liaison: outlines the purpose of the outreach and also unpacks the rights of the victims; • SAPS: outlines their duties as per the Act and the national instruction; • Department of Justice and Constitutional Development: outlines the processes of protection orders; • The department of Social Development: outlines the role of VEP; • The department of Health: outlines their role with regard to the J88 form; • The Department of Correctional Services: outlines their role in rehabilitation of the perpetrators.
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS • Poor execution of the National Instruction 7 of 1999 by some SAPS DVA coordinators; • Some SAPS members and some community members still have little regard for the importance of the J88, at times victims temper with this evidence; • Insufficient training of some VEP volunteers; • Poor role clarification between some volunteers and social workers.
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS CONT… • Poor working relationship between the SAPS and social workers; • Victims sometimes overstay in the VFRs- more than five days as per the National instructions 2 of 2012; • Insufficient knowledge by the victim to differentiate between interim protection order and the final protection order; • Continuous granting of protection orders in the absence of the respondents.
SUCCESSES • The Department managed to make an impact as SAPS members are beginning to implement the Act correctly; • Community members are now knowledgeable about their rights and are flocking to various stations to report these incidents; • The Province has managed to develop an integrated approach to the DVA which flows from the 2016/17 Conference resolutions; • SAPS and DSSL have established a compliance forum which tracks implementation of the DVA and M &E recommendations by SAPS.
CHALLENGES • Availability of some SAPS members for training; • There is only one designated DVA member per station, which can be a challenge when he or she is absence from the work; • Language barriers i.e failure by station members to speak the language of the victim; • Resource challenges e.g lack of transport to ferry community members to various event; • Protection orders are not served on time, this delayed lead to incidents which sometimes lead to death cases; • Lack of resources for Social Workers coupled with their working hours.
INTERVENTIONS. • The establishment/formation through the national secretariat of the Compliance Forum is harmonizing both the relationship and functionality of the Domestic Violence Act in the Province; • A cluster approach has assisted in promoting a common understanding, sharing of resources and elimination of duplications among members thus promoting efficiency and effectiveness; • Continuous stakeholder training; • Involvement of traditional leaders in DVA programmes.
