Minister De Lille and Chairperson and CEO of the Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Response Fund to visit newly installed Anti-GBVF Billboards at Tshwane Police Stations
In commemorating Women’s Month, Minister of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI), Patricia de Lille will visit three of the newly installed anti-Gender-Based Violence and Femicide billboards at three police stations in Tshwane tomorrow, 13 August 2021.
During the joint sitting in the National Assembly on the 18 September 2019, Minister de Lille made a commitment that the DPWI would allocate unoccupied state-owned properties for service delivery purpose, especially to provide shelter to victims of Gender-Based Violence.
So far, DPWI has made available 12 properties for shelters for GBV victims, 6 of these shelters are in Gauteng and 6 are in the Western Cape.
In addition, in September 2019, Minister de Lille also committed that DPWI would use state-owned properties to install anti-GBVF messaging as a campaign to show government’s solidarity with communities and families who have been affected by this scourge and to demonstrate government efforts in the fight against GBVF.
The anti-GBVF messaging campaign has already started with a billboard on Kgosi Mampuru Road in Tshwane and a mural at Manenberg Police Station in Cape Town.
DPWI is working to expand this GBVF advocacy communication campaign to all provinces.
The DPWI has recently installed anti-GBVF billboards at three police stations in Pretoria namely; the Mamelodi East, Mamelodi West and Eersterust Police Stations.
As we commemorate Women’s Month, Minister de Lille will be visiting the three police stations to view the billboards and to reaffirm government’s commitment to fighting the scourge by ensuring that we target communication in areas most afflicted by crime.
The billboards also publicises the number of the GBV command centre where communities and victims of GBV can get help to ensure that we save more lives and put an end to this scourge.
Minister de Lille will be joined on the visit by the Chairperson of the GBVF Response Fund, Dr Judy Dlamini and CEO of the GBVF Fund, Lindie Dlamini.
Major-General Anna Sithole and Tshwane District Acting Commissioner, Brigadier Nkhwashu will also be joining the Minister on the visit to the three police stations.
The visit details are as follows:
14:00: Mamelodi East Police Station
14:30: Mamelodi West Police Station
15:00: Eersterust Police Station
All media are welcome to attend and are kindly requested to confirm attendance to Zara Nicholson on 079 416 5996.
Source: Government of South Africa