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the 16 days of activism in November and December. One well as South African Police Services. The training was very
such intervention was the provision of First Responder well received, with over 40 members participating in the
Training to members of Community Policing Forums from full-day training session.
the Northern Areas, Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Police as

During the period under review, the Transformation engage students, employees, and the general public
Office utilised various modalities (including online on contemporary issues related to the above themes.
seminars, Facebook pages, and other social media Advocacy, education content, and other useful resources
platforms) to address elements of gender-based violence, such as articles, videos, and links to other related sites
equality promotion, and social inclusion, including form part of the content available on these sites. Below
sexual orientation. These online platforms are used to are the links to the three sites:

Amanda_MEMEZA page (image to the left) has The Mandela Equality and Social Inclusion page contains
approximately 1 200 followers and contains content content relating to fair and unfair discrimination.
from the diary of AmandaMEMEZA, a fictional story used Information relating to hate crime legislation and
as an educational tool to raise awareness of GBV. other topical and relevant issues are posted on the
https://www.facebook.com/profilephp?id=10004524550883 page, including advocacy materials developed by the
Transformation Office.
https://www.facebook.com/MandelaEquality

The Mandela Pride page focuses on LGBTQIA+ issues
and provides an online space for employees, students,
and external stakeholders to engage on contemporary
issues affecting this community. Advocacy and educational
resources developed by the Transformation Office are
shared on this platform, including links to other relevant
resources.
https://www.facebook.com/MandelaPride

6. Capacity Building: ER Training for management processes to contribute to the continuous
Line Management improvement of the employee relations climate across
all university campuses. Part of the training will afford
line managers an opportunity to participate in role-play
The HR Directorate partnered with the Faculty of Law to
sessions and other related activities, which would be
develop a training programme designed to equip line
required to enhance practical skills and experiences in the
managers with people management skills. The objective of
management of employee-related disciplinary action.
the training programme was to enhance line management’s
understanding of institutional processes associated with
Several training sessions were hosted to ensure that all line
disciplinary action, grievance management, incapacity due
managers received the training. Once the training of the
to ill-health and poor work performance management.
line managers is completed, training will be rolled out to
all employees across our campuses to upskill them on the
The 3-day comprehensive training program was designed
Rights & Obligations of Employees in the Workplace.
to capacitate managers to implement, in a procedurally
and substantively fair manner, end-to-end people

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