Public Works presents a structure to DV victims

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has recently handed over a new refuge for victims of gender-based violence (GBV) in the Free State, as the government steps up its efforts to combat this scourge.

Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Patricia de Lille gave the Koffiefontein building to Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu.

“[This] is the most recent property to be renovated by DPWI and transferred to the Provincial Department of Social Development for GBV sufferers. “The Free State Department of Social Development reported last year that there is a lack of shelters for victims of GBV in the province, and this is also the case in many other provinces,” the Minister noted.

During the September 2019 joint session of the National Assembly concerning GBV, De Lille pledged that the DPWI will allocate unoccupied state-owned properties for service delivery, particularly to provide housing for victims of GBV.

In response to the country’s Emergency Response Plan (ERP) on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide, the program was implemented.

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De Lille also said at the time that the DPWI would utilize state-owned facilities to display anti-GBV propaganda as part of a campaign to demonstrate the government’s sympathy with communities and families impacted by the plague.

The government has transferred five Gauteng properties to the Department of Social Development since December 2019. In March of 2020, the DPWI transferred six shelters for victims of GBV to the Western Cape Department of Social Development.

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She stated that the DPWI has also completed the renovation of a second home in Phalaborwa, Limpopo, which will be transferred to the province Department of Social Development.

“We will now continue refurbishments on more than 20 additional properties in Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape, the Northern Cape, Limpopo, and KwaZulu-Natal during the next fiscal year,” the Minister says. “These properties will be handed over to provincial departments of social development for use as GBV shelters.”

She stated that both authorities are collaborating to ensure that there is a shelter in every recognized hotspot and in every town and metropolitan area across the nation.

“As DPWI, we strive to do our part and contribute to the fight against GBVF by providing safe spaces for women and children who need a place to escape abuse,” she said.

“The DPWI is also making great strides in installing anti-GBVF billboards at police stations in hot spot areas across the country, with twenty billboards installed in seven provinces,” she added.

In this regard, the Department has recently constructed billboards at police stations in Bloemfontein, Zamdela, Thabong, and Phuthadichaba in the Free State. – SAnews.gov.za


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