Minister Patricia de Lille to unveil latest Anti-Gender-Based Violence and Femicide billboard at Caledon Police Station, Western Cape
As part of continued activism of no violence against women children, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Patricia de Lille will tomorrow Thursday 15, December 2022, unveil one of the latest anti-Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) billboards installed by the Department of Public works and Infrastructure(DPWI) at the Caledon Police Station in the Western Cape.
During the joint sitting on the National Assembly regarding GBVF in 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 GBV. So far 14 state-owned properties have been handed over to provincial social development departments for use as shelters for victims of genderbased violence in the Western Cape, Gauteng, the Free State and Limpopo.
In September 2019, Minister de Lille also committed that DPWI would use stateowned properties to install anti-GBV 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 GBV and femicide. To date more than 20 billboards have been installed at police stations in Caledon, Paarl, Bredasdorp and Laingsburg police stations are the latest police stations where anti-GBVF billboards have been installed by DPWI.
Minister de Lille will be joined by the SAPS and local leaders to unveil the latest billboard at the Caledon Police station to demonstrate government’s commitment against the scourge of GBVF and to communicate government’s efforts to assist victims and communities to fight the scourge.
Details of the billboard unveiling are as follows:
Date: Thursday 15 December 2022
Time: 10h30 – 11h30
Location: Caledon Police Station, 8 Church Street, Caledon, Western Cape
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