The Anti-GBV Movement SU presented a memorandum to the Rectorate of Stellenbosch University (SU) on 9 September 2019. Joint working groups have been set up to develop a systemic response to combat gender-based violence (GBV) and to address the issues raised in the memorandum and management's subsequent response. Each of the six working groups is overseen by a member of the Rectorate and has representation from University structures most relevant to the topics under discussion, as well as from students.
The working groups report to the Rectorate, through the Senior Director: Student Affairs, Dr Choice Makhetha. The working groups will meet again in February 2020 and we aim to have a first draft report ready at the beginning of April 2020. This draft report will be handed over to Rectorate and from there, further work will be determined and communicated broadly to the SU community.
To broaden access to the working groups, we invite students and staff to submit written inputs to the chairpersons of the working groups. Please feel free to get in touch with us:
- Values and Principles
Ms Monica du Toit
- Safety and Security
Dr Viljoen van der Walt
- Training and Awareness
Ms Tonia Overmeyer
- Residences and Structures
Ms Ruth Andrews
- Procedures and Processes
Ms Felicia van Rooi
- Mental Health, Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Dr Munita Dunn-Coetzee
If you wish to get in contact with a specific working group, please get in contact with the highlighted chairperson. All general enquiries about the Joint Working Groups can be directed to antigbv@sun.ac.za.
