Ashor Sarupen

National Assembly

Formerly: Gauteng Provincial Legislature

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About Ashor Sarupen

2020 committee attendance as mp

67% attendance rate

Attended 36 meetings out of 54

2019 committee attendance as mp

78% attendance rate

Attended 29 meetings out of 37

Attendance Methodology

Recent meetings attended

Standing Committee on Appropriations — 2020 Second Adjustments Appropriation Bill & MTBPS: finalisation & committee reports — 1 Dec 2020
Standing Committee on Appropriations — Second Adjustments Appropriation Bill: SAPS R5.8 billion reduction — 25 Nov 2020
Standing Committee on Appropriations — Second Adjustments Appropriation Bill: Department of Water and Sanitation briefing; with Deputy Minister — 18 Nov 2020
Standing Committee on Appropriations — Division of Revenue Second Amendment Bill: Voting & Committee Report — 17 Nov 2020
Finance Standing Committee — 2020 MTBPS: PBO & FFC Input — 3 Nov 2020

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Currently

Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Finance (Committee) since 27th June 2019
Member at Standing Committee on Appropriations (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

66th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
27th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
8th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture & Rural Development-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Member at Education Portfolio Committee-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Finance Committee-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Member-elect at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
10th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

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Committee appearances

2020 Second Adjustments Appropriation Bill & MTBPS: finalisation & committee reports 1 Dec 2020

Mr A Sarupen (DA) abstained from the vote and said he was sure that the same applied to Mr Joseph.
Second Adjustments Appropriation Bill: SAPS briefing 25 Nov 2020

Mr A Sarupen (DA) noted that due to the economic crunch and reduced revenue to the state, there would be continued reductions in budget over the medium term. How is SAPS ensuring that it copes with the budget reductions? What steps is SAPS taking to ensure that its programmes, more ...
2020 MTBPS: PBO & FFC Input; PBO Director Vacancy: Subcommittee Recommendation 3 Nov 2020

Mr A Sarupen (DA) stated that in slide 37 of the PBO’s presentation, it questions how the wage freezes will affect the performance of the public sector, whereas in slide 23 of the FFC’s presentation it questions the feasibility of the wage freeze. These are contradictory opinions. On what basis ...
Committee work undertaken during 2020 overview; Term 4 Programme 6 Oct 2020

Mr A Sarupen (DA) said that the Committee is still waiting for information on the service delivery impact of the 2020 medium policy statement, particularly on how they plan to fund infrastructure, spending post-Covid-19 and the reductions in the Provincial Roads Maintenance Grant. It is concerning that it appears as ...
National Treasury 2020/21 Quarter 1 performance & Steps taken to mitigate fraud and corruption re Covid-19 funds spending 1 Sep 2020

Mr A Sarupen (DA) asked whether Eskom had requested any further funding from government. He asked what Treasury’s thinking was on the provision of a guarantee to ACSA. He asked where the money would come from for any of the bailouts or cash injections asked for by other SOEs given ...

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Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Police 17 Dec 2019

(1) Whether his department has a (a) budget and (b) plan to build a new police station for the Bedfordview area; if so, on what date will the construction of the police station commence; (2) whether his department has a (a) budget and (b) plan to house the inspectors at ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development 12 Dec 2019

Whether her department has programmes to help small farmers like Mr Mphishi Daniel Gumede from Mboza in KwaMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality, who suffer losses as a result of natural disaster (details furnished); if not, why not; if so, what steps must affected farmers and/or victims follow to access such programmes from ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 2 Dec 2019

(1)With reference to the reply of the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation to question 994 on 4 November 2019, has her department been informed that the rehabilitation project for the Jan Smuts Dam in Brakpan has failed; (2) whether her department will provide a breakdown of the total ...

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Plenary appearances

CONSIDERATION OF 2020 FISCAL FRAMEWORK AND REVENUE PROPOSALS AND REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE THEREON 11 Mar 2020

House Chair, I think this fiscal framework is a very sobering assessment because it demonstrates that the ANC has completely given up on fiscal responsibility and that they happily want to lead South Africa down the fiscal abyss. And I have a lot of sympathy for the Finance Minister because ...
WEDNESDAY, 4 DECEMBER 2019 4 Dec 2019

Chair, the budget in terms of the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement and Adjustments Appropriation Bill is not pro poor. It is pro poverty. Anyone who disagrees with this statement is a denialist of note.
I'm glad that my committee chair, the hon Buthelezi, agrees that government must create an enabling ...

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