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2010/05/26
H Mkhize: Correctional Services Budget Vote NCOP debate 2010/11
Honourable Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP)
Honourable members of the NCOP
Honoured guestsChairperson,It is my pleasure to get this opportunity to present the budget vote speech of Correctional Services to this very important house. Their appointment marks a turning point in executive management instability that plagued the Department of Correctional Services for some time now. The minister and myself are fully committed to ensuring that, ...
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2010/04/09
H Mkhize: Annual Meritorious Award-Giving Ceremony of Setshabelong Bible Church
Programme Directors, Dr L Skhosana and Mr O Shupinyaneng
Your Worship Bishop Pule Magethi and Mrs Thabitha Magethi
Members of the congregation
Awards Recipients, Bishop Benjamin Dube and Dr Molefi Oliphant
Members of various political organisations
The business community
All workers of the conference
Distinguished guests
Ladies and gentlemenNtumelleng, lenna ke qale ka go dumedisa Mapostola, ka Mohau! For this, we say, on behalf of the...
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2010/03/31
H Mkhize: Introduction of Imbeleko project in Gauteng
In the centres we have visited, this has been achieved through the conversion of existing cells into suitable Mother and Child units.Our aim is to make these units more stimulating for children and more comfortable for incarcerated mothers who must focus on the developmental needs of children while serving their sentences.The second pillar looks at finding suitable placement for children within our communities, of course, with the consent of mothers and taking into cognisance ... [highlighted result]
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2010/03/27
H Mkhize: Mthatha Correctional Centre sport equipment handover ceremony
Until that historic moment, who would have thought that a new democratic state located among those deemed to be the wretched of the earth , in the so-called heart of darkness , would one day be bestowed such an honour of hosting the prestigious 2010 FIFA World Cup?We all deserve a round of applause for having smelled, seen, touched and tasted freedom and the FIFA World Cup in our life time!Importance of football in the Department of Correctional ServicesUsing the ... [highlighted result]
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2010/03/25
H Mkhize: Correctional Services Dept Budget vote 2010/11
The programme will start at the following correctional centres: (a) Barberton Male Youth Centre; (b) Leeuwkop Male Youth Centre; (c) Durban Female Youth Centre and (d) Johannesburg Female Youth Centre.As part of our Poverty Alleviation Strategy, we have entered into a partnership with the Department of Basic Education in terms of which we will recruit and renumerate 18 Early Childhood Development practitioners and seven parolees (in training) to provide services to babies behind bars. ... [highlighted result]
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2010/03/18
Countries like Sweden chose to identify with the people of South Africa.
The United Nations debate was guided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 which states in article one that: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. It is in this context that we are obliged to promote, defend and guarantee human rights of all our inmates.As Correctional Services, we face the challenge of finding a balance between victims and offenders rights. South ...
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2010/03/15
H Mkhize to commemorate Human Rights Day, 18 Mar
The Department of Correctional Services will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sharpeville and Langa massacres with offenders and civil society ahead of national celebrations of Human Rights Day, at the Empangeni management area, Qalakabusha Correctional Centre, on Thursday, 18 March 2010, 10h00 to 12h00.Department of Correctional Services will use these celebrations to declare its commitment to the protection and promotion of human rights of all South Africans, including victims ... [highlighted result]
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2010/02/14
H Mkhize: African Methodist Episcopal Church Founders Day celebration
In 1918, this pioneer who bestrode apartheid South Africa like a colossus in spite of the repressive and racist laws that were imposed on native life in South Africa founded the Bantu Women s League, popularly known as the African Women s League .One important fact we should not lose sight of as we celebrate her memory, is that during her tenure as President of the African Women s League, the forerunner of the ANC Women s League, Mother Charlotte Maxeke led a delegation to the then ... [highlighted result]
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2010/01/14
H Mkhize: Launch of Gulu War Affected Women Training Centre
These forms of sexual violence against women are typical in war affected areas all over the world (Helen Liebling-Kalifani et al, Violence against women in Northern Uganda , in journal of international women s studies volume nine, May 2008: 178).The report of the Isis-WICCE noted that during the war in Uganda, Women and girls were abducted and raped and some forced into marriages . We are indeed appreciative of the substantial contribution made by Eskom Uganda to improve the Gulu War ... [highlighted result]
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2009/12/11
H Mkhize: Introduction of Imbeleko project in Free State
They are serving terms for the following offences: theft (three mothers), fraud and forgery (two mothers), child abuse (one mother), assault (one mother) and murder (four mothers). We have learnt from African cultural values that your child is my child . Any child is my child, and all adults must protect them .Ms Machel, a former United Nations Rapporteur on the study on the rights of children, has made a strong call to all of us, young and old, rich and poor, to protect and care for ... [highlighted result]
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2009/12/10
H Mkhize to roll out Imbeleko project on babies behind bars to Free State, 11 Dec
Deputy Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize of Correctional Services will, on Friday 11 December at 09h00, roll-out the Imbeleko project in the Free State/Northern Cape region, at the Kroonstad Female Correctional Centre. The youngest child is three months old.The roll-out will create an opportunity for the Departments of Correctional Services and Social Development to prepare the family of one of the incarcerated mothers for the release of her 23 months old baby.As part of the launch, ... [highlighted result]
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2009/12/09
H Mkhize: Gifts hand over to female offenders and babies of offenders
Programme Director, Mr Sipamla
Acting Regional Commissioner, Mr Bouwer
Department of Correctional Services stakeholders
Colleagues
Inmates
Distinguished guests
Ladies and gentlemenThe end of the year, the world over, is a time for reflection. It is during this time that we focus on the human rights of women and children.We commend officials in Correctional Services, including the Development and Care Branch, who have made this day possible.
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2009/12/08
Domestic violence, violence against women and children, should be seen as part of a continuum of oppression of the most disempowered in our society. The theme captures clearly the main aim of Thuthuzela Care Centres, which is to promote the healing of psychological scars caused by gender violence and abuse, thereby enhancing the lives of women and girls in rural communities of Bizana.Thuthuzela Care Centres offer services and support to women and girls who have fallen victim to ... [highlighted result]
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2009/12/08
H Mkhize on launch of Bizana Thuthuzela Care Centre during 16 Days of Activism
This theme, according Deputy Minister Mkhize, has neatly captured the main aim of Thuthuzela Care Centres (TCC). Launching this Thuthuzela Care Centre now shows our commitment to the elimination of violence against Women.The paramount Chief for Eastern Pondoland, Chief Mpondombini Sigcau, and the Chairperson of the National House of Traditional Leaders, Khosi Kutama, graced the occasion with their presence.Thuthuzela Care Centres offer services and support to women and girls who... [highlighted result]
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2009/12/03
H Mkhize: Free our Innocent project launch
Today, I am honoured to spend the International Day for Persons with Disabilities at this centre.This important day, 3 December, was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Day for Persons with Disabilities. It is encouraging to note that the rights of people with disabilities are increasingly receiving due attention and are recognised nationally and internationally.3. Legislative frameworkInternational instrumentsTireless efforts of ... [highlighted result]
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2009/11/25
Correctional Services Deputy Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize rolls out Imbeleko Project on Babies Behind Bars in Limpopo, at Polokwane Correctional Centre, on Friday, 27 November 2009, 09h00.On day three of the 16 Days of Activism Campaign for No Violence against Women and Children, 27 November, Deputy Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize of Correctional Services will roll-out Imbeleko in Limpopo, at the Polokwane Correctional Centre. With the Deputy Chairperson of the Limpopo House of Traditional ... [highlighted result]
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2009/11/06
H Mkhize: Introduction of Imbeleko Project
A correctional centre is not a place for children.Creating awareness about the plight of children who are incarcerated with their mothers is timely, as all South Africans will be commemorating the National Children s Day tomorrow.Regional implementationWe launched Imbeleko in the Eastern Cape, at the East-London Correctional Centre, on 26 August 2009. Working together we can do more for our children.Legal, policy and humanitarian United Nations (UN) instruments... [highlighted result]
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2009/11/03
H Mkhize to initiate Imbeleko project in Western Cape, 6 Nov
Deputy Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize will this Friday, 6 November 2009, visit the Pollsmoor Female Correctional Centre in the Western Cape to introduce Imbeleko, a project seeking to address the needs of babies behind bars with their incarcerated mothers. The project was rolled out in Durban Westville on 18 September 2009.The long term objective, with the support of the families of inmates, communities, civil society formations, and the broader South African society, is to find ... [highlighted result]
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2009/10/24
H Mkhize: Restorative Justice System programme on victim offender mediation
Success in rehabilitating offenders is a guarantee of non-repetition of further offences.A balancing act: rights of victims and offendersWhen we presented our 2009 budget vote at the National Assembly, we singled out the fundamental issue of victims rights as one of our priority areas. However, bearing in mind the Bill of Rights entrenched in our Constitution, the commitment we made demands of us a carefully navigated balancing act.Legislative framework:The ... [highlighted result]
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2009/10/22
H Mkhize to take part in Victim-Offender Mediation programme, 24 Oct
Correctional Services Deputy Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize will on Saturday, 24 October, meet sentenced offenders and their victims as part of a Victim-Offender Mediation programme to be hosted by Fort Hare University s Department of Criminology and the Department of Correctional Services in Middledrift, Eastern Cape.The Victim-Offender Mediation programme is part of the restorative Justice System Programme launched in 2007 in an effort to heal the wounds of crime and to reduce repeat ... [highlighted result]
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