Social Development
With regard to the Thuthuzela care centres (TCCs) in the province:
(a) How many people have made use of the TCCs over the last five financial years,
(b) what is the allocation of funds by her Department for victim support services at the TCCs for the 2022/23 financial year and
(c) what is the nature of the victim support services provided at the TCCs?
[a] The Thuthuzela Care Centres are led by the National Prosecuting Authority’s Sexual Offences Unit that will be able to provide the total verified number of persons who accessed the TCCs services in the Western Cape
The Department has, however, been provided with figures of adult victims receiving support services from NPO’s funded by DSD to offer psychosocial support at the TCCs. The figures as received are as follows:
|
2021/2022 |
2020/2021 |
2019/2020 |
2018/2019 |
2017/2018 |
|
2469 |
2202 |
2360 |
2160 |
2126 |
[b] The Department of Social Development’s Victim Empowerment Programme has allocated R 4 852 742 to 4 NPO’s that render victim support services at 7 TCC sites. DSD social workers also play a critical role in the provision of long-term psychosocial support to GBV victims.
[c] The Department contributes to the funding of a 24 hour, seven days a week crisis containment service at the TCC’s. Services include psychosocial support to the direct victim, as well as affected persons; provision of a care pack if needed, and referral to appropriate services that can include a shelter or a social worker for therapeutic support.
