Deputy Director-General at the Department of Social Development Siza Magangoe says they are working on a standardisation plan for shelters and places of safety, to ensure that all government shelters offer the same services.
The Department appeared before Parliament’s Steering Committee on Multi Party Women’s Caucus to discuss shelters and places of safety for victims of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF).
Government has 134 shelters across the nine provinces, translating into some 1 750 beds for victims.
Magangoe says at this point, services available at different shelters, are not the same.
“Transport remain a challenge particularly in instance where shelters can’t transport victims to access essential services. In remote areas, for instance they may have a nurse but not a hospital; some injuries or issues may need bigger medical intervention. You may find a shelter can’t service a victim in that response because they don’t have the transport.”
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