Cilliers Brink

National Assembly

@BrinkCilliers

About Cilliers Brink

Mr Cilliers Brink is an MP from the Democratic Alliance. He currently serves in the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs of Parliament. To read more about him, click here.

2020 committee attendance as mp

77% attendance rate

Attended 51 meetings out of 66

2019 committee attendance as mp

72% attendance rate

Attended 13 meetings out of 18

Attendance Methodology

Recent meetings attended

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill: finalisation; Outstanding Petitions — 21 Oct 2020
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — DCoG, DTA & MISA Quarterly Reports — 20 Oct 2020
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Msunduzi Local Municipality: engagement with Municipality, MEC, AGSA, SALGA AND DCOG; with Deputy Minister — 3 Sep 2020
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Polokwane Local Municipality: follow up meeting — 1 Sep 2020
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Kannaland Local Municipality: WCPG, SALGA, AGSA, COGTA interaction — 1 Sep 2020

All meetings attended

DISCLAIMER: This information has been obtained via the Parliamentary Monitoring Group. PMG makes every effort to compile reliable and comprehensive information, but does not claim that the data is 100% accurate and complete.

Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

33rd Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
10th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
67th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

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Committee appearances

State of Kannaland Local Municipality: engagement with Municipality; MEC; AGSA; SALGA & DCOG 1 Sep 2020

Mr C Brink (DA) asked how much do traffic fines and fees compromise the municipality’s revenue base. How would the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) affect the municipality’s revenue.
Status of S100 intervention: North West Provincial Government briefing 26 Aug 2020

Mr C Brink (DA) said that it was good to see the Premier in good health and fully recovered from Covid-19. On the interventions, it was evident that the North West, as far as municipal services and good government is concerned, is a wasteland. There can be very little argument ...
State of Madibeng Local Municipality: engagement with Municipality; MEC; AGSA; SALGA & DCOG 26 Aug 2020

Mr C Brink (DA) directed his first question to the Madibeng administrator, Adv. Monnapula Motlogelwa. He said that there is a contradiction in the information given to the Committee because the presentation that was given by the North West, where they indicated that proper procedure is not being followed for ...
State of OR Tambo District Municipality: engagement with Municipality; MEC; AGSA; SALGA & DCOG 21 Aug 2020

Mr C Brink (DA) reckoned that the presentation implied that the municipality had failed at water and sanitation provision. Only 21% had access to proper sanitation and yet the municipality was a water and sanitation provider in the rural areas. There was no denying that they were failing at service ...
Northern Cape Provincial Government on its COVID-19 response plans; MEC on Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs on status of all municipalities under S139 in the province 20 Aug 2020

Mr C Brink (DA) said that there had been a wave of anger across the country about corruption and flouting of regulations for Covid-19 PPE procurement. Will the Northern Cape consider what the Western Cape has done which is to commit to publishing all of the details of PPE procurement ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 12 Oct 2020

Whether her department is currently developing a (a) Green Paper and/or (b) White Paper on local government; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (i) are the objectives, (ii) is the nature and (iii) is the extent of the policy review being contemplated?
Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 12 Oct 2020

What measures has she taken to intervene in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality under section 139(7) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996, and/or any other empowering provision in respect of the (a) prolonged suspension of the municipal manager since September 2018, (b) failure ...
Questions asked to the Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 9 Sep 2020

.Whether, with reference to the municipalities where the District Development Model (DDM) has been piloted since 2019, a report has been compiled about the successes and failures of the DDM in each specified municipality, if not (a) is a report of this nature in progress and (b) by what date ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

UNGQONGQOSHE KAHULUMENI WOKUBAMBISANA KANYE NEZINDABA 27 Nov 2019

Deputy Speaker, Minister obviously the national spatial development framework depends for its implementation on different spheres of government
reaching crucial agreements. One of the ways, municipalities can redress the injustices of the past is to bring people closer to work and social amenities. The City of Cape Town has identified ...
UNGQONGQOSHE KAHULUMENI WOKUBAMBISANA KANYE NEZINDABA 27 Nov 2019

Deputy Speaker, I understand the Minister's answer that intervention is foremost a provincial competence but if a provincial intervention fails or does not happen obviously the Minister must step in or at least engage with the matter.
The Eastern Cape provincial government has accused the council of the Nelson ...

All Plenary Appearances

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