National Strategic Plan 2020 - 2030 · Pillar Tracker

South Africa's GBVF Response:
What the data shows and what it hides

This prototype demonstrates what a public integrated GBVF data system should look like. The data below is drawn from official parliamentary records, the Commission for Gender Equality, and ISS research. Where government data is not publicly available, this dashboard says so explicitly, because an absence of data is itself a finding.

Data as of October 2026 · Based on publicly available records

191

Total NSP indicators across 6 pillars

Indicators with confirmed cost allocations

Years elapsed of 10-year plan

GBVF Council meetings held (not yet constituted)

40.7%

Presidential Emergency Fund spent (R61m of R150m)

This is a prototype dashboard. It shows what a public GBVF monitoring system should publish in real time, across all 191 NSP indicators, all 9 provinces, all government departments. The figures shown come from verified public sources. Gaps marked "Data Not Available" reflect genuine public transparency failures, not missing research. The dashboard that government announced in March 2025 does not have a confirmed public URL. This prototype makes the case for what it must contain.

NSP 2020 - 2030

Six Pillars: Five Years In

Pillar One

Accountability, Coordination & Leadership

National GBVF Council constituted

Critical Legislation passed 2022. Council enabling structures not yet established as of 2026. Estimated 6 years to constitute since NSP launched.

GBVF Response Fund: presidential emergency allocation spent

40.7%

Partial R61m of R150m disbursed. R89m unspent. Source: Parliamentary Q&A, August 2025.

Inter-departmental GBVF coordination meetings: frequency

N/A

Data Gap No publicly accessible meeting records. Frequency not confirmed.

Data not publicly available: departmental GBVF budget line allocations, annual performance targets per department, monitoring reports from the Office of the President.

Pillar Two

Prevention & Rebuilding Social Cohesion

School curriculum integration: GBV content in Life Orientation

~60%

Partial Curriculum revised. Implementation quality not monitored nationally. DBE reports no disaggregated data.

GBV awareness campaigns: national reach

N/A

Data Gap Campaigns reported qualitatively. No reach, frequency, or impact data published.

Psychological violence prevalence (Stats SA 2022)

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Worsening 38.4% of women experienced psychological violence from intimate partners (SASAS 2022). NSP target: measurable reduction. Trend: no improvement.

Data not publicly available: community-based programme coverage, perpetrator intervention programme enrolment rates, male engagement initiative outputs.

Pillar Three

Justice, Safety & Protection

Sexual Offences Courts: operational nationally

Partial 55 Sexual Offences Courts operational as of 2025. Target: 105. 50 still to be established.

Femicide rate (SAPS 2023/24 annual report)

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Critical 3,832 women murdered in 2023/24 (SAPS). South Africa's femicide rate remains among the highest globally. NSP target: measurable reduction. Trend: increasing.

Conviction rate in sexual offence cases

N/A

Data Gap NPA does not publish disaggregated conviction rates for sexual offences by court type.

Domestic violence protection orders granted

N/A

Data Gap Magistrates' court statistics not disaggregated by DV category in public reports.

Pillar Four

Response, Care, Support & Healing

Thuthuzela Care Centres operational

Partial 62 TCCs established nationally. NPA target: 80+. Rural coverage: critically inadequate.

Social workers deployed to GBVF cases: vacancy rate

~40%

Critical Approximately 40% of funded DSD social worker posts vacant as of 2025. (Parliamentary DSD Q&A 2025.)

Shelters for GBV survivors: bed capacity vs. demand

~12%

Critical An estimated 1,500 shelter beds nationally against an estimated need of 12,000+. DSD shelter census not published since 2019.

Data not publicly available: GBV helpline call volumes, response times, referral completion rates, psychosocial support programme reach.

Pillar Five

Economic Power & Resource Mobilisation

NSP costing completed: indicators with budget allocation

5.8%

Critical 11 of 191 indicators have confirmed cost allocations. The NSP was adopted without an implementation budget. Five years on, 94.2% remain uncosted.

Gender-responsive budgeting applied across departments

N/A

Data Gap National Treasury gender responsive budgeting pilots reported. Disaggregated GBVF allocations not published in Medium Term Expenditure Framework.

CSO and NPO GBVF funding disbursed

N/A

Data Gap No consolidated government-to-CSO funding register publicly available.

Data not publicly available: private sector GBVF contribution tracking, GBVF Response Fund grant recipient outcomes, provincial GBVF budget lines.

Pillar Six · Priority Focus

Research, Information Management & Data

National GBVF integrated data system: operational

Not Achieved No single integrated system exists. Data held across SAPS, DSD, NPA, DOH, DBE in incompatible formats. No cross-departmental data sharing protocol published.

Public GBVF dashboard: accessible to public

Not Achieved Announced by Minister Chikunga, March 2025. No confirmed public URL as of October 2026. This prototype is a civil society demonstration of what it must contain.

Forensic DNA backlog: exhibits within 30-day statutory window

1.5%

Critical 232,697 of 297,271 exhibits overdue. Only 1.5% processed within the 30-day statutory deadline. GBVF cases: 7,182 this year vs. 20,492 peak (2022/23). DNA Board AR 2025/26.

Data not publicly available: departmental GBVF data dictionaries, inter-agency data sharing agreements, CGE GBV Index provincial disaggregation, Thuthuzela case outcome tracking across institutions.

Geographic Breakdown

Provincial Data: Where It Exists

Psychological violence prevalence by province is drawn from the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS) 2022 and Stats SA Gender Statistics report. Most other NSP indicators are not disaggregated by province in any publicly available official report.

Gauteng