A record indicating the number of sexual abuse complaints received by the Department of Basic Education in the last 12 months
Reference number: SAH-2017-KED-0001
Submitting organisation: South African History Archive (SAHA)
Requestee: KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education
Status: closed
Status note: Process concluded
Date submitted: July 05, 2017
Stage(s):
Initial request, internal appeal
Transferred From:
SAH-2017-DBE-0002
Request description:
A record indicating the number of sexual abuse complaints the department has received in the last 12 months, and confirmation of how many of those complaints resulted in an investigation by the South African Police Service.
Initial request communication
Communication sent
Re: Submission of PAIA request SAH-2017-KED-0001 transferred, in either full or in part, from Department of Basic Education
Sent on: July, 05 2017
Failure to respond to PAIA request SAH-2017-KED-0001 within statutory time frame
Sent on: August, 09 2017
Repeated failure to respond to PAIA request SAH-2017-KED-0001 within statutory time frame
Sent on: August, 19 2017
Notice of intention to lodge internal appeal for PAIA request SAH-2017-KED-0001
Sent on: September, 03 2017
Reminder to lodge internal appeal / complaint (Public/Private)
Sent on: September, 08 2017
Response received
Response date: 2017-08-19Response nature: Deemed refusal
Received within statutory period: No
Internal appeal communication
Communication sent
Submission of internal appeal against decision relating to PAIA request SAH-2017-KED-0001
Sent on: September, 12 2017
Re: Confirmation of receipt of internal appeal for PAIA request SAH-2017-KED-0001
Sent on: September, 17 2017
Failure to respond to internal appeal for PAIA request SAH-2017-KED-0001 within statutory time frame
Sent on: October, 17 2017
Re: Failure to respond to internal appeal for PAIA request SAH-2017-KED-0001 within statutory time frame
Sent on: October, 27 2017
Failure to respond to internal appeal for PAIA request SAH-2017-KED-0001 within statutory time frame
Sent on: November, 11 2017
Reminder to submit complaints to Chapter 9 institutions
Sent on: December, 01 2017
Response received
Response date: 2017-09-18Response nature: Substituted new decision - released in full
Received within statutory period: Yes
Released records
Record summary
This is a 1 page document which when opened is the excel document entitled" Sexual Offences Cases for the period of 1 June to 30 June 2017" which when opened provides statistics on sexual offences reported by various institutions to the provincial Department of education. This record is EMBARGOED to to sensitive information it contains, dated June 2016.
Total pages
1
SAHA CALL number
AL2878_B01.93.06