2016/2017 ANNUAL REPORT Rape Crisis Trust Contents ......

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES COURT SUPPORT STAFF Primrose Mwrebi, Chair Eleanor Williams, Cape Town Court Rape Crisis Pam Sykes, Deputy Chair Monica Williams, Bellville Court Message Message from Strategy Zimasa Dziba, Treasurer Pelisa Nokoyo, Goodwood Court from the the Director 2014-2017 Kelley Moult, Secretary Nokwaka Jama, Wynberg Court Chairperson Unathi Njokweni-Magida, Trustee Catherine Cupido, Wynberg Court 02 04 08 Lungelwa Sigasana, Trustee Ntombekhaya Norushu, Court Lulama Sibiya, Trustee Kathy Jacobs, Relief court supporter

The Road to The Road Making RAPE CRISIS CAPE TOWN STAFF MEMBERS THUTHUZELA CARE CENTRE STAFF Justice to Recovery Change Kathleen Dey, Director Elaine Nelson, Charlene Whittern, Finance Manager Carol Leech, Karl Bremer Hospital Nazma Hendricks, Operations Manager Geraldine Constant-Ngobe, Victoria Hospital 09 09 10 Karen Cogill, Receptionist, Observatory Sharon Ndlela, Day Hospital Zodwa Thomas, Receptionist, Khayelitsha Zola Mathuse, Heideveld Day Hospital Priscilla Julie, Receptionist, Athlone Neliswa Gcanga, Heideveld Day Hospital Special Organisational Volunteers Development and Shahida Rahman, Organisational Assistant Lucretia Palm, Victoria Hospital Projects and Interns Advancement Kholeka Booi, Training Coordinator, Khayelitsha Shamielah Cassiem, Victoria Hospital Joyce Doni, Counselling Coordinator, Khayelitsha Nombulelo Sithilanga, Karl Bremer Hospital 12 12 13 Rifqah Abrahams, Training Coordinator, Athlone Maureen van Dieman, Karl Bremer Hospital Chanel Fredericks, Court Support Coordinator Abigail Less, Heideveld Day Hospital Estelle Carolissen, Programme Administrator Veronica Julius, Heideveld Day Hospital Networking Current Meetings for Nandipha Ganya, Thuthuzela Care Centre Nomawele Mathambo, Heideveld Day Hospital and Partnerships Donors the Year Coordinator Nonolelelo Mganu, Victoria Hospital Shiralee MacDonald, Counselling Coordinator, Roshan Safodien, Victoria Hospital Observatory 14 15 16 Vanessa MacDonald, Victoria Hospital Sarah Strydom, Monitoring and Evaluation Nosipho Sigwabe, Karl Bremer Hospital Specialist Annual Thembeka Ncanywa, Karl Bremer Hospital Zeenat Hendricks, Communications Coordinator Financial Contact Nontsikelelo Mathole, Karl Bremer Hospital Miles Collins, Communications Officer Statements Details Barbara Williams, Counselling Coordinator, for 2016/17 Athlone 18 21 Jeanne Bodenstein, Advocacy Coordinator The posts of Personal Assistant to the Director Xolile Ngumla, Caretaker, Khayelitsha remained vacant for the period. Rape Crisis Annual Report 2017 1 Message from the Chairperson ...... PRIMROSE MWREBI

In a country where levels of sexual violence remain high the vision of the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust could not be more relevant. Quite simply, it recognises the right of women to live free from violence and to have recourse to the law if this right is violated.

With social problems such as poverty, inequality, unemployment, HIV and substance abuse driving high rape statistics it is important that everyone sees the value of the organisation’s work in not only reaching a very high number of rape survivors but also holding government accountable for its promises to respond appropriately. The cost to society in dealing with high rates of rape is also very high as survivors struggle to function well in their jobs, or their studies or as parents.

My personal experience of Rape Crisis as the Board Chair has been one of finding the work we do incredibly interesting. I have learned so much from my fellow Trustees who are all committed and dedicated in their own professional lives with a diverse range of skills to offer in advising the director. The importance and value of the work of Rape Crisis cannot be overstated. If this work was not done thousands would go without comfort, without healing, without access to justice and without reclaiming their power.

Donors, grantmakers, members of the public and government officials reading this report should continue to fund and support this work, or if you have not yet begun then you should start to do so.

I would like to end off with a vote of thanks to the Director, management team, staff and volunteers who all give so much of themselves to this work. Their contribution is truly amazing.

Primrose Mrwebi Chairperson

2 Rape Crisis Annual Report 2017 Rape Crisis Annual Report 2017 3 Message from the Director Established in 1976, Rape Crisis is ...... the oldest women’s organisation in KATHLEEN DEY addressing the problem of adult rape in our country.

Rape Crisis has been in existence for forty years and we are proud to celebrate this with the launch and that our media presence has been strong and consistent and the reputation of the organisation of a memoir of its beginning written by founder Anne Mayne and first director Carol Bower. Their has grown. account is not just a story of the organisation but also of feminism in South Africa and the role it played in making sure that all women in our country gained access to post rape services. Whilst our advancement strategy was effective in advancing the organisation, the funding of the additional people to ensure our advancement was not something we could easily fundraise for. This year we offered direct services to a total of 6 110 rape survivors and delivered awareness raising Individual giving is bringing in a relatively small amount of unrestricted funding and while this is work that reached 5 472 community members. We launched the Rape Survivors’ Justice Campaign growing it is not growing fast enough to meet our increased operational needs. The country’s which is a focused campaign aimed at holding the South African government accountable for rolling political and economic situation has not helped. This year we unexpectedly lost just under R1.3 million out more than 200 sexual offences courts as promised. While post rape care is vital we still need an in local funding and had to spend 50 percent of our contingency fund in order to meet all our adequate deterrent to rapists and an end to the culture of impunity that remains a huge barrier to existing financial commitments. This means that going into 2017/18 we face a larger annual shortfall reporting rape. If rapists are free from punishment what is to stop them and why should we report than this year and might struggle to achieve our funding targets. Nonetheless it will be a true test of what they do? our increased internal capacity if we manage to rise to this occasion and meet the challenge.

This year also marked the end of a three year planning cycle. We therefore conducted an eight My special thanks to our new Chair, Primrose Mrwebi for being so supportive and always willing to month situational analysis process followed by a three day strategic planning workshop in November meet with donors, media and evaluators. Thanks to the support of the Board of Trustees, the donors 2016 looking at the strategy for the next three years. We will launch the resulting revised programme and the pro bono consultants who gave so willingly in aid of our efforts. It was not an easy year for plan in March 2017. We also conducted a parallel operational review and developed a comprehensive me as I was ill for much of the time and so I particularly want to thank our managers Charlene institutional capacity building plan as a clear focus for organisational leadership and management. Whittern and Nazma Hendricks for holding the fort and keeping everything on track over this period.

This year’s annual report will show that Rape Crisis has met all of the main targets set in our Kathleen Dey strategy as well as honouring all of our commitments to donors, partners and other stakeholders Director

4 Rape Crisis Annual Report 2017 Rape Crisis Annual Report 2017 5 We have a vision of a South Africa in which women are safe in their communities and where the criminal justice system supports and empowers rape survivors and acts as a deterrent to rapists.

6 Rape Crisis Annual Report 2017 Rape Crisis Annual Report 2017 7 Rape Crisis Strategy The Road to Justice ...... 2014 - 2017 VISION AND MISSION they experience after rape are reduced and ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND A total of 238 rape survivors and affected We have a vision of a South Africa in which they also feel a sense of increase personal ADVANCEMENT persons calling our 24 hour helpline received women are safe in their communities and growth. In this way social capital is restored Rape Crisis positions itself to advance support and advice and felt supported and where the criminal justice system supports through women’s empowerment. Activities awareness, interest, involvement and empowered in the process of reporting their and empowers rape survivors and acts as a include: commitment to the organisation and its work. cases to the Criminal Justice System. We deterrent to rapists. Our mission is to promote Our advancement strategy includes a financial offered immediate counselling to 3 210 rape • a telephone counselling service safety in communities, to reduce the trauma plan, a fundraising strategy, a communications survivors accessing three hospital forensic experienced by rape survivors, to encourage • face-to- face counselling and strategy and a human resource plan. units and as a result they experienced the reporting of rape and to work actively to • support groups for rape survivors and their reduced secondary trauma and were address flaws in legislation. families. encouraged to remain within the CJS. We also offered support to 1 150 rape survivors The overall goals, objectives and activities that MAKING CHANGE 238 at five Cape Town courts and as a result they we have developed in service of this mission Communities are active in promoting safety calls to our 24 hour felt empowered in the process of taking are described as programme or result areas as by challenging high rates of rape and in helpline received their cases to trial and most were confident support reporting follows: addressing gaps in legislation and the poor that they told their own version of events in their cases implementation of laws in South Africa. court. We believe this increased the chances THE ROAD TO JUSTICE Activities include: of conviction. We gave 33 existing clients in Rape survivors are supported within the our counselling service a number of pretrial Criminal Justice System, experience reduced • community education consultations serving the same objective. secondary trauma and offer effective 3 210 • social mobilisation rape survivors testimony in the rape trial so that conviction • peer education programmes for school accessing 3 hospital rates for rape increase. forensic units received learners immediate The Road to Activities include: • coalition building and direct action to counselling Recovery • training for volunteers at local police advance our advocacy campaign and ...... stations • the Speak Out Project for survivors • a 24 hour helpline giving people advice on wanting to speak publicly about their 416 experiences. how to access the justice system rape survivors We offered counselling to 416 rape survivors received counselling over an average of four sessions and as a • psychological first aid to rape survivors at Each of these programmes is implemented for an average of 4 result they experienced reduced symptoms forensic health units and through our longstanding counselling, sessions. of trauma and many reported signs of post • support to survivors and other witnesses training and advocacy services thus combining traumatic growth. We also enable 36 family testifying in court deterrent, preventive and restorative members and affected persons to offer interventions into a comprehensive strategy. 1 060 ongoing support to the rape survivors that THE ROAD TO RECOVERY All of our work is done by volunteers recruited rape survivors & they were close to. We gave support and Rape survivors are supported in their from within the communities we serve and affected persons advice over the telephone and online to communities, the symptoms of trauma who play an active role in organisational received telephonic 1 060 rape survivors and affected persons decision making. & online support who felt supported and empowered in the process of recovery as a result.

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AWARENESS WORKSHOPS out more than 200 specialised Sexual 4 550 participants attended awareness raising Offences Courts over the next ten years workshops. The main topics were (1) the with a knock on effect of prosecutor driven pathway of the rape survivor through the CJS, investigations improving police service (2) challenging the myths and stereotypes delivery thus addressing a wide range of about rape and (3) the effects of rape and how complaints from communities. to support rape survivors in your community. Many participants acknowledge the ongoing We held protest actions outside two Cape silence about rape in their communities and Town courts during the 16 Days of Activism to complain about bad service within the CJS. demand the promised roll out, we presented We encourage them to join our advocacy recommendations to a high level panel on campaign, the Rape Survivors’ Justice legislation and attended meetings of the Campaign. Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services in order to monitor PEER EDUCATION the Department of Justice presenting their A total of 922 parents, teachers and learners annual plan. took part in awareness raising workshops aimed at youth that helped them to SPEAK OUT understand the prevailing myths and The speak out project coordinator met on a stereotypes about rape and begin working to regular basis with the eight regular speak out challenge rape culture in schools in Athlone members as a group making sure that they and Khayelitsha. We also trained 16 learners at became a support system for one another. One Belgravia High School in Athlone and 23 learners spoke as a guest speaker at our Mandela Day from Bulumko High School in Khayelitsha as Care Packs Drive in July and was supported by peer educators. These peer educators then all the other members of the group who joined planned and implemented activities at school Rape Crisis for the event. The coordinator to educate their peers about rape such as ran a workshop for them in October on taking over selected Life Orientation classes storytelling, one member did an interview to run workshops on the topic. Both groups with the Weekend Argus and then in November completed successful youth camps called The she took them away for a weekend retreat. Birds and the Bees where they took part in They were accompanied by a team consisting many discussions, activities and engagements of a portrait photographer, a social worker that focused on team building and leadership. and two Rape Crisis counselling volunteers. The weekend proved to be quite an emotional THE RAPE SURVIVORS’ JUSTICE CAMPAIGN journey for all of them all. They attended Rape “People believe that when we don’t speak Implementation of the campaign strategy is Crisis functions, volunteered to speak at the going well with our first training course for pickets planned by the RSJ Campaign and ran out about rape and we don’t acknowledge activists completed in March 2017 and a second a successful fundraising campaign on it, then it isn’t happening.” launching in June 2017. We intend to hold Facebook in early 2017. government accountable for its promise to roll Chipo, Speak Out project member

10 Rape Crisis Annual Report 2017 Rape Crisis Annual Report 2017 11 Special Institutional Volunteers Projects Capacity Building and Interns ......

These projects are donor driven projects that Rape Crisis has reached a critical moment or • Ari Bakke, York University Rape Crisis benefits from either because a tipping point in its development. In 2013 • Hannah Dwyer Smith, York University of the contribution to our infrastructure, we adopted a business approach to our • Kate Every, York University running costs and salaries or because of the advancement, improving our financial • Fiona Garvey, York University enhancement of our reputation. They are not systems, developing clear fundraising, • Olivia Mashak, Grand Valley State University, Michigan currently included in our programme plan. communications and human resource • Jen Ibaven, National Aeronautics and Space Agency, USA management plans and building stronger • Khabonina Mthembu, CHANGE A LIFE monitoring and evaluation systems such as a • Zulfaa Friester Erasmus, University of the The goal of this project is to provide rape case database for managing our case file opportunities for skills development to information. The formulation of an advocacy enhance the economic empowerment of rape strategy that has a single, clear, important ask survivors in addition to the post traumatic was critical in attracting new donors as was growth they experience as a result of our reputation as an effective service provider. counselling. A number of seamstresses We employed people to implement these were trained and Rape Crisis staff became plans and the internal functioning of accredited sewing trainers, the sewing our organisation and our results improved project secured an order to sew care pack significantly as a result. The increased visibility bags for rape survivors and a garden of of our work, its clear emphasis on making indigenous edible plants was planted at our change and careful positioning allowed us Khayelitsha office. to attract a number of large international grants. This inevitably increased the amount MENTORING PROJECT of work we do, which added a significant The goal of this project is to strengthen the administrative work load and required the institutional capacity of 14 emerging appointment of a fulltime monitoring and organisations funded by the provincial DSD’s evaluation specialist. Our communications Victim Empowerment Programme in the strategy also helped us to attract individual Western Cape through implementing the giving and we developed an individual giving national DSD’s mentoring programme with programme with the assistance of an external them. We ran three successful workshops consultant and a direct marketing agency. At with the peer mentoring organisations on the same time we built up the profile of skills (1) strategic planning, (2) fundraising and on our board to reflect the skills we needed to (3) communication as well as assisting each advance the organisation. organisation in developing their own mentoring plans aimed at addressing weakness in their institutional capacity.

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Rape Crisis could not do the work we do without • Community Law Centre (CLC), University of the CURRENT DONORS • Hollywood Bets the following civil society and government Western Cape • Department of Social Development (DSD) Two stoves, one microwave, one kettle, two networks: • Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre (TLAC) • Criminal Assets Recovery Agency (CARA) Fund printers and a fridge • Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) • AIDS Foundation of South Africa (AFSA) • Wade’s Cakes FORUMS AND COALITIONS • Department of Social Development, University • Anglo American Chairman’s Fund (AACF) Mandela Day • Thuthuzela Care Centres Implementation Teams of Cape Town (UCT) • First for Women Foundation • The Shukumisa Campaign • Gender Health and Justice Research Unit • Joan St Leger Lindbergh Foundation • Fay’s Décor • Provincial Victim Empowerment Programme (GHJRU), UCT • Mary Oppenheimer and Daughters Foundation Décor for Mandela Day event Forum • Mike Thompson Change a Life Foundation • Centre for Law and Society (CLS), UCT • Art Sauce • Victim Empowerment Law Coalition • MATCH International Women’s Fund • Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC) Decorative stationery for Mandela Day care packs • The Gender Justice Forum • Oxfam South Africa (OSA) • Networking Aids Community Of South Africa • Judges Matter Alliance • Justice and Women (JAW) (NACOSA) • Nisaa Insititute for Women’s Development • Sigrid Rausing Trust NETWORK PARTNERS • Tohoyandou Victim Empowerment Programme • Oxfam Germany • Rape Crisis (TVEP) • Vital Foundation • The Trauma Centre for Victim of Violence and • Saartjie Baartman Centre Torture • Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) IN KIND DONATIONS AND PRO BONO WORK • National Institute for Crime Prevention and the • Inyathelo: The South African Institute for • Laurence Beder, WITS Business School Reconciliation of Offenders (NICRO) Advancement Advancement strategy consulting (reduced fee) • Molo Songololo • Michele Sandilands and Tiffany Melless, • LifeLine GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND DEPARTMENTS MS Architects • ChildLine Western Cape Repairs and renovations at 23 Trill Road • SafeLine • Department of Health • Child Welfare • Department of Social Development • Gareth Dunn and Robyn Walason, HIP Solutions • Nonceba Family Advice and Support Centre • Department of Correctional Services Industrial relations • Mosaic Training, Service and Healing Centre for • Department of Education • Elize Gazeau, Elize Gazeau Interiors Women • Department of Community Safety Interior design • Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre • The National Prosecuting Authority • Women on Farms Project ( WFP) • The South African Police Service • Anna Strebel, Sekao Headways • Family and Marital Association of South Africa Monitoring and evaluation consulting (FAMSA) INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS • Steve Barnett, Naga • UN High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) • Department of Women’s Studies, Website support • Scalabrini Centre George Washington University, USA • The Triangle Project • WOMANKIND Worldwide, , UK • Marissa Cuenoud • Sonke Gender Justice • Community HEART, London, UK Design and layout (reduced fee) • Resources Aimed at the Prevention of Child • Peter Whelan Abuse and Neglect (RAPCAN) Legal services • Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT)

14 Rape Crisis Annual Report 2017 Rape Crisis Annual Report 2017 15 Meetings held during the past year ......

• Annual General Meeting 14 August 2016 • 10 monthly Management Team meetings • 3 quarterly Board meetings • 1 special Board meeting • 11 monthly staff meetings • 11 monthly joint strategy meetings • 2 Volunteer Forum meetings • 65 focus group meetings • 2 general members’ meetings • 1 strategic planning meeting

Rape Crisis Annual Report 2017 17 Annual Financial Statements

Figures in Rand 2017 2016 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2017 DETAILED INCOME STATEMENT Figures in Rand 2017 2016 TOTAL REVENUE 9 963 068 10 042 879

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION ASSETS GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES RECEIVED 8 745 135 8 518 028 Non-Current Assets Anglo American Chairman's Fund 250 000 250 000 Property, plant and equipment 3 319 870 3 982 072 Mike Thompson Change a Life Foundation 214 141 1 236 112 Current Assets Community Chest of the Western Cape 50 000 - Sundry debtors and receivables 46 784 296 313 Department of Social Development: Victim Empowerment 1 965 601 1 737 140 Cash and cash equivalents 1 207 858 3 985 934 Department of Social Development: Child Care and Protection 503 694 600 360 1 254 642 4 282 247 HIVOS - 5 433 TOTAL ASSETS 4 574 512 8 264 319 MATCH International Women’s Fund 229 102 301 884 Oxfam Australia 100 000 300 000 FUNDS AND LIABILITIES Oxfarm Canada 2 850 20 228 Funds Oxfam Germany 1 548 714 849 274 Capital reserve fund 3 267 410 3 929 610 Local Businesses & Trusts - 75 000 Sustainability fund 504 962 3 093 282 Mary Oppenheimer and Daughters Foundation 175 000 325 000 3 772 372 7 022 892 First for Women Trust 400 000 500 000 Liabilities AIDS Foundation of South Africa: Shukumisa Campaign 628 864 36 565 Current Liabilities Networking AIDS Community of South Africa 1 323 184 1 118 757 Creditors and other payables 372 622 283 880 Sigrid Rausing Trust 1 060 576 1 162 275 Deferred income 429 518 957 547 SA Development Fund 53 913 - 802 140 1 241 427 Criminal Assets Recovery Agency 89 496 - TOTAL FUNDS AND LIABILITIES 4 574 512 8 264 319 Vital Foundation 150 000 -

DONATIONS RECEIVED 967 926 975 238 Individuals 623 781 477 867 Business 251 000 408 633 1000 Hearts 93 145 88 738

18 Rape Crisis Annual Report 2017 Rape Crisis Annual Report 2017 19 Figures in Rand 2017 2016 Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust OTHER INCOME 549 614 549 614 ...... Appeals 2 500 - Rent received 21 236 27 387 Name of Organisation Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust (RCCTT) Interest earned 151 911 391 094 Date of Establishment Founded 1976; trust registered 1999; NPO registered 2005 Internal training fees 20 345 31 370 Trust Registration Number IT386/1999 Fundraising events 550 19 182 NPO Number 044-786 Recoveries and fees 34 962 55 790 PBO Number 930014424 Training 18 503 24 792 9 963 068 10 042 879 Physical Address 23 Trill Road, Observatory, 7925 Postal Address PO Box 46, Observatory, 7935

DIRECT PROJECT COST (DETAILED) 12 313 364 8 108 959 Telephone 021 447 1467 Schedule A The Road to Recovery 1 430 821 1 416 959 Facsimile 021 447 5458 Schedule B Making Change: Community Mobilisation Project 994 280 867 859 Director Kathleen Dey Schedule C The Road to Justice: Court Support Project 805 100 966 249 E-mail [email protected] Schedule D The Road to Justice: Thuthuzela Care Centre Project 1 877 095 1 123 856 Website www.rapecrisis.org.za Schedule E Making Change: Peer Education and Advocacy Project 1 256 242 58 565 Facebook Page www.facebook.com/rapecrisiscapetown 745 183 Schedule F Special Projects: Shukumisa Campaign 144 034 Twitter @RapeCrisis Schedule G Organisational Advancement and Development 5 204 643 3 531 437 Instagram rape_crisis_capetown

NET OPERATING (DEFICIT) SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR (2 350 296) 1 933 920

Photography by Alexa Sedgwick

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