Provincial VPF
Western Cape
About
The Western Cape Violence Prevention Forum (WC VPF) is a provincial multistakeholder platform that has been meeting twice a year since 2021 to share knowledge and practice and enable stronger partnerships between violence prevention practitioners across sectors.
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) convenes the Forum. It is guided and governed by a multisectoral steering committee, and the meetings are facilitated by independent and skilled facilitators.
WC VPF meetings are facilitated in an inclusive manner that draws on the diversity of voices and experiences. Shared agreements enable equal and constructive participation. These are: be present, share and be honest, be respectful, accept dissenting voices, be aware of power, be open to collaboration and have fun.
The journey towards developing the Western Cape VPF
Driver Group
A multi-sectoral driver group provides strategic direction for the forum to ensure that it meets the needs of all sectors in the province. It includes representatives from community-based organisations which deliver violence prevention programmes, an academic from a WC university, and representatives from the Departments of Health, Social Development and the Office of the Premier.
Meet the driver group:
1. Blanche Rezant (Department of Health Violence Prevention Unit)
2. Diketso Mufamadi-Mathebula (Department of the Premier)
3. Jackie Saaiman (Lima Rural Development)
4. Jill Ryan (University of Stellenbosch)
5. Judith Kennedy (Insideout)
6. Marycke Sampson (Department of Education)
7. Senzekile Bengu (Institute for Security Studies)
8. Vuyo Koyana (Pan-African Market)
9. Wilmi Dippenaar (South African Parenting Programme Implementers Network)