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and Intellectual
Property Commission
– have been set up or
strengthened
following the
promulgation of the
relevant legislation
e.g. Consumer
Protection Act of 2008
and the Companies
Amendment Act of
2008 on 1 May 2011
continued to
strengthen
institutions tasked
with monitoring
regulatory
compliance and
enforcing such
regulations
Objective3: Promote adoption of codes of business ethics in achieving objectives of the corporation
Key institutions
and certain social
groups are
underdeveloped
and need to
become more
effective
Build technical,
analytic and legal
capabilities of
chapter 9
institutions
support
of
Continuous In
advancing
legal
capabilities of other
Chapter 9 institutions,
the Public Protector
investigated
complaints relating to
maladministration,
financial impropriety
and conduct in the
affairs
of
the
Commission
for
Gender Equality. The
Public
Protector’s
remedial action was
that the National
Assembly amends the
Commission
for
Gender Equality Act to
bring it in line with the
Constitution and that
the
current
organisational
requirements of the
Commission
be
improved to ultimately
strengthen
it’s
functioning
as
a
Chapter 9 institution
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The Public Protector
regularly hosts Good
Governance Weeks,
which include a
conference that
brings together
institutions that
support democracy
and other oversight
bodies to forge a
common
understanding of
good governance
and to map out a
platform for good
governance and
oversight work
going forward. This
initiative has
resulted in greater
public awareness
and use of the
Public Protector,
evidenced by a
greater number of
finalised cases,
speedier resolution,
and reduction in
referred cases. The
impact of finalised
cases continues to