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Portfolio Committee On Defence And Military Veterans
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans is one of the portfolio committees of the National Assembly of South Africa. It oversees the operations of the Department of Defence and Military Veterans and the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans (currently Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula) as well as multiple statutory entities, including Armscor, the Castle Control Board, the Defence Force Service Commission, the Military Ombud, and Reserve Force Council. As of July 2019, Cyril Xaba of the African National Congress serves as Chairperson of the Committee. Membership The Rules Committee of the National Assembly met on 5 June 2019 after the general election on May 8, 2019 and resolved that portfolio committees will consist of 11 members for the sixth parliament (2019–2024): six members from the African National Congress, two members from the Democratic Alliance, one member from the Economic Freedom Fighters and two members from other parties. Members of the National A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly Of South Africa
The National Assembly is the directly elected house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape. It consists of four hundred members who are elected every five years using a party-list proportional representation system where half of the members are elected proportionally from nine provincial lists and the remaining half from national lists so as to restore proportionality. The National Assembly is presided over by a Speaker, assisted by a Deputy Speaker. The current Speaker is Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula who previously served as the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans. She was elected on 19 August 2021. The Deputy Speaker is Solomon Lechesa Tsenoli who has served in the post since his election on 21 May 2014. The National Assembly chamber was destroyed in a fire in January 2022. National Assembly sittings will now be held in the old Good Hope Chamber, which is within the precincts of parliament. Allocation The National Assembly seats are allocated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobus Marais
Kobus Marais is a South African politician, Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance, and the current Shadow Minister of Defence and Military Veterans. Education and family life Marais was born on 26 June 1959 as Sarel Jacobus Francois Marais in Worcester, Western Cape, where he lives with his wife and two children. He obtained a Bachelors of Economic and a Master of Business and Administration degree from Stellenbosch University. He also studied at the Cape Wine Academy and completed a Master Mentorship Course with the Department of Agriculture. Early career He started his career in corporate banking and went on to work in the wine industry in 1989 in various capacities including a partnership in a wine exports business. He then formed his own consultancy, BEFCOM, which specialised in business and marketing strategy, international trade and Black Economic Empowerment (charters, codes of good practice, Agri-agreements, BEE charters, industry scorecards, etc.). In 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Committees Of The Parliament Of South Africa
The committees of the Parliament of South Africa are composed of a few Members of Parliament from the National Assembly, or permanent delegates from the National Council of Provinces, or a combination of both appointed to deal with particular areas or issues; mostly consists of members of the National Assembly. The majority of parliamentary committees are Portfolio Committees, which oversee departments and are found in the National Assembly. The area of responsibility of these committees differs depending on whether they are committees of the National Assembly or the National Council of Provinces. National Assembly Portfolio Committees The portfolio Committees of the National Assembly deal with the examining of bills, departmental budget votes, and are responsible for oversight of the work their respective department does. Standing Committees National Council of Provinces Select committees Select Committees are made up of permanent delegates to the National Council of Provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Walters (South African Politician)
Thomas Charles Ravenscroft Walters (born 30 January 1976) is a South African politician of the Democratic Alliance (DA) who has been serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since May 2014. He served as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 2009 to 2014. In 2012, Walters was elected Deputy Federal Council Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance, and has been deputising Federal Council Chairperson Helen Zille since 2019. He deputised James Selfe from 2012 to 2019. Walters was the party's Shadow Minister and Shadow Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform. Early life and career Thomas Walters obtained a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Stellenbosch. He also completed the Management Advancement Programme at the Wits Business School. He later attained a Masters of Business Administration from the Gordon Institute of Business Science and the University of Pretoria's Business School. Political career Walters w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inkatha Freedom Party
The Inkatha Freedom Party ( zu, IQembu leNkatha yeNkululeko, IFP) is a right-wing political party in South Africa. The party has been led by Velenkosini Hlabisa since the party's 2019 National General Conference. Mangosuthu Buthelezi founded the party in 1975 and led it until 2019. The IFP is currently the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of South Africa, in 2014 yielding third place to the Economic Freedom Fighters, formed in 2013. Although registered as a national party, it has had only minor electoral success outside its home province of KwaZulu-Natal. Policies Policy proposals of the IFP include: * Devolution of power to provincial governments * Making the head of state and head of government posts separate, with a ceremonial figurehead as head of state. * Mixed-member proportional representation for the National Assembly. * Liberalisation of trade * Lower income taxes * More flexible labour laws * Autonomy for traditional African communities and their lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russel Cebekhulu
Russel Nsikayezwe Cebekhulu is a South African politician who has been an Inkatha Freedom Party Member of Parliament (MP) since 2015 and previously from 2009 to 2014. Parliamentary career In 2009, Cebekhulu was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa as a member of the Inkatha Freedom Party. During the 2009–2014 parliament, he served on the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Rural Development and Land Reform. Cebekhulu was placed low on the IFP's regional list for the 2014, meaning that he didn't return to parliament immediately after the election. On 4 August 2015, Cebekhulu returned to the National Assembly as a replacement for Alfred Mpontshane. He then became a member of the following committees: tourism, cooperative governance and traditional affairs, Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence, water and sanitation, and defence and military veterans. In 2019, Cebekhulu stood for re-election at second on the IFP's KwaZulu-Natal regional l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maliyakhe Shelembe
Maliyakhe Lymon Shelembe is a South African politician. Shelembe was an Inkatha Freedom Party member until 2011. He was elected to the National Assembly in 2014 as a member of the National Freedom Party. Shelembe became a Democratic Alliance MP after the 2019 elections. Political career He was elected as a ward councillor for the Inkatha Freedom Party in 2001. Later that year, he was elected Deputy Mayor of the Umtshezi Local Municipality. He eventually became mayor of the municipality. The African National Congress won control of the municipality in 2004 and Shelembe became an ordinary council member. In 2007, he returned to the position of mayor. In 2011, he joined the newly created National Freedom Party and was elected as deputy mayor of the Uthukela District Municipality after that year's municipal elections. He was elected the party's national chairperson in December 2011. Shelembe was elected to the National Assembly in 2014. In March 2019, he became a member of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Mthembu
Alice Hlebani Mthembu (10 June 1959 – 26 December 2023) was a South African politician from KwaZulu-Natal. She was a Member of Parliament for the African National Congress. Early life and education Mthembu was born into a Zulu family on 10 June 1959. She had a matric certificate. Political career Mthembu was a member of the provincial executive committee of the African National Congress Women's League in KwaZulu-Natal. Prior to the May 8, 2019 general election, Mthembu was the seventeenth candidate on the ANC's list of KwaZulu-Natal candidates for the National Assembly. The Democratic Alliance, an opposition party, urged the public to object to her candidature because she produced false documents in 2000 to try and prove that she married the late ANC Member of the Provincial Legislature in KwaZulu-Natal Shedrack Bheki Mthembu in January 1983. The court ruled against her. She was elected to the National Assembly and sworn in on 22 May 2019. On 27 June, she became a memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moleboheng Modise
Moleboheng Modise is a South African politician who has served as a Member of the National Assembly since May 2019. She is a member of the African National Congress. Parliamentary career In May 2019, Modise was elected to the National Assembly as a member of the African National Congress. She received her committee assignments on 27 June 2019. Committee assignments *Joint Standing Committee on Defence *Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans is one of the portfolio committees of the National Assembly of South Africa. It oversees the operations of the Department of Defence and Military Veterans and the Minister of Defence and Mi ... References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) African National Congress politicians 21st-century South African politicians 21st-century South African women politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa Women members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thabo Mmutle
Thabo Nelson Mmutle is a South African Member of Parliament for the African National Congress. He first became an MP at the 2019 general election. Mmutle is a former member of the national executive committee (NEC) of the African National Congress Youth League. Parliamentary career At the 2019 election Mmutle stood for the National Assembly for the African National Congress. He was ranked 108th on the ANC's national candidate list, which was high enough for him to enter the National Assembly at the May election. Since becoming an MP, Mmutle has sat on the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans and the Joint Standing Committee on Defence. Mmutle, who serves as whip of the ANC's study group on defence and military veterans, condemned the theft of 19 automatic rifles from the South African National Defence Force's Lyttelton Tek military base in December 2019, saying: "It is horrific to imagine the safety of the public when there are dangerous warfare weapons o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Mafanya
Washington Tseko Isaac Mafanya is a South African politician and a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Economic Freedom Fighters party. Political career Mafanya stood as an EFF parliamentary candidate in the 2019 national elections, and was subsequently elected to the National Assembly and sworn in on 22 May 2019. He became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Police on 27 June 2019. Mafanya served on the committee until 6 May 2020, when he moved to the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans is one of the portfolio committees of the National Assembly of South Africa. It oversees the operations of the Department of Defence and Military Veterans and the Minister of Defence and Mi .... In 2024, he and nine other EFF MPs plead not guilty to charges of disrupting President Cyril Ramaphosa's speech on parliament's budget vote. This came following an investigation launched by the National Assembly's Powers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tidimalo Legwase
Tidimalo Innocentia Legwase is a South African politician for the African National Congress. She has been a member of the National Assembly since 2019. Parliamentary career Legwase stood as an ANC parliamentary candidate from the North West in the 2019 parliamentary election, and was elected to the National Assembly and sworn in on 22 May 2019. In June 2019, Legwase was named to the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans, the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs and the Joint Standing Committee on Defence. In June 2021, she became a member of the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry. The committee will determine Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office. References External links *Profileat Parliament of South Africa The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa is South Africa's legislature; under the present Constitution of South Africa, the bicameral Parliament comprises a National Assembly and a National Council of Provinces. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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