DA requests joint committee meeting on violence against women
22 May 2017
The DA will write to the Chairperson of the Police Portfolio Committee, Francois Beukman, calling on him to invite the Justice and Women Portfolio Committees to hold a Joint Committee meeting to discuss the government’s response to gender-based violence.
The joint meeting is urgently needed to oversee what government policies, strategies and programmes are in place to ensure that women are not the subject of horrific attacks, harassment and violence on the streets of South Africa, where government has failed in this regard to date.
For this purpose, the Police Minister, Fikile Mbalula, Justice Minister, Michael Masutha and Women Minister, Susan Shabangu, should all be invited.
Importantly, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, has confirmed that she is currently considering our call for a debate in Parliament of national public importance on violence against women.