Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act, 2013 (Act No. 7 of 2013)

Chapter 5 : Accreditation of Organisations to Provide Services to Adult Victims of Trafficking

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(1)	The Minister of Social Development must prescribe norms and minimum standards for accredited organisations.

(2)	The norms and minimum standards referred to in subsection (1) must deal with—

(a)	the safety of victims of trafficking, especially those at risk of harm;

(b)	access to and provision of adequate health care;

(c)	the provision of separate facilities for male and female victims of trafficking;

(d)	hygienic and adequate toilet facilities;

(e)	access to refuse disposal services or other adequate means of disposal of refuse generated at the facility;

(f)	the drawing up of action plans for emergencies; and

(g)	the manner in which information—

(i)	referred to in subsection (4) is to be collected and collated; and

(ii)	relating to a victim of trafficking’s particulars must be kept confidential.

(3)	An accredited organisation that provides services to adult victims of trafficking who have children in their care must, in addition to the norms and minimum standards referred to in subsection (1), provide—

(a)	a safe environment for children;

(b)	proper care for sick children; and

(c)	safe storage of anything that may be harmful to children.

(4)

(a)	An accredited organisation must, in the prescribed manner, collect information on victims of trafficking relating to—

(i)	the number of foreign victims of trafficking who have accessed a programme referred to in section 26;

(ii)	the number of South African citizens or permanent residents who are victims of trafficking and who have accessed a programme referred to in section 26;

(iii)

the number of victims who have accessed a programme referred to in section 26 and who have not been reported to the South African Police Service;

(iv)	the countries from which foreign victims have been trafficked;

(v)	the countries to which South African citizens or permanent residents have been trafficked;

(vi)	the areas in the Republic to and from which victims have been trafficked;

(vii)

the purposes for which the victims have been trafficked;

(viii)

the methods used to recruit and transport the victims;

(ix)	the methods and routes used for trafficking the victims to and from and within the Republic;

(x)	methods used to keep victims of trafficking in exploitative situations; and

(xi)	the types of travel documents that victims have used or attempted to use to cross the borders of the Republic and how these documents were obtained.

(b)	An accredited organisation must provide an annual report on the information referred to in paragraph (a) to the Director-General: Social Development on a date determined by him or her.

(c)	The Director-General: Social Development must provide an annual report on the information referred to in paragraph (b) to the Director-General: Justice and Constitutional Development, as determined by him or her.