Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya

"Our country has taken a number of steps to mainstream gender perspectives in poverty-reduction strategies. These have led to the implementation of various income support programmes including development initiatives for rural women"

"The objectives are to preserve and build on African women's strength and to leverage on global and regional political goodwill for the advancement of African women with a focus on youth and grass-roots women"

"There's also steady progress in the representation of women at senior levels of the public service"

"Nobody should be made to suffer in the way Caster was made to suffer in the past several months"

"We hope she will continue to be an inspiration to those looking to her as an example of a young woman determined to succeed in her chosen field. I am very happy about this"

"Irrespective of our political background, I am sure we will all agree that this situation is unacceptable"

"We will also be working within the existing frameworks such as broad-based black economic empowerment and (the) Employment Equity Act to ensure that current equity targets for women and persons with disabilities are met"