Ms Cornelia Carol September

Formerly: National Assembly

About Cornelia Carol September

Ms September served as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training in the Fifth Parliament. She previously served as Minister of Human Settlements. She first became a Member of Parliament in 1999 and served in various Portfolio Committees including Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Water Affairs & Forestry. She also served as Chief Whip in the National Assembly in 2004. She obtained a Master's degree in Economics from Warwick University. The former trade unionist worked at the Rex TrueForm factory for longer than 20 years.

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2019 committee attendance as mp

43% attendance rate

Attended 3 meetings out of 7

2018 committee attendance as mp

88% attendance rate

Attended 35 meetings out of 40

2017 committee attendance as mp

89% attendance rate

Attended 31 meetings out of 35

2016 committee attendance as mp

54% attendance rate

Attended 19 meetings out of 35

2015 committee attendance as mp

47% attendance rate

Attended 14 meetings out of 30

Attendance records reflect Committee not Plenary Attendance
Minister/Deputy Minister attendance is not compulsory.
MP attendance is compulsory unless an apology is given
MPs are recorded as absent whether they have, or have not submitted apologies.
This is not the official committee attendance record of Parliament.
Plenary Attendance is not made public by Parliament although it has been requested.

Recent meetings attended

Higher Education, Science and Technology — Higher Education and Training Portfolio Committee Legacy Report — 13 Mar 2019
Higher Education, Science and Technology — Committee Oversight Report — 27 Feb 2019
Higher Education, Science and Technology — Current Impasse at Higher Education Institutions: stakeholder input; Tshwane South College Public Protector Report; with Minister — 13 Feb 2019
Higher Education, Science and Technology — Committee Reports — 5 Dec 2018
Higher Education, Science and Technology — NSFAS 2018 disbursements & 2019 applications progress; PSET Funding Policy Framework — 27 Nov 2018

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 African National Congress (ANC) (Party)

Formerly

Chairperson at Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training (National Assembly Committees) from 5th May 2016 until 7th May 2019
Member at Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament (Joint Committees) from 26th April 2016 until 7th May 2019
Member at Ad Hoc Committee on Police Minister's Report on Nkandla (Ad Hoc Committees) from June 2015 until 7th May 2019
Chairperson at State Security (Committee) from June 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Constituency Contact at ANC Constituency Office (154): Fochville (Constituency Office) until 7th May 2019
Chairperson at Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (Committee) until 5th May 2016
Constituency Contact at ANC Constituency Office (618): Athlone (Constituency Office) from 2015 until 2016
Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
72nd Candidate at African National Congress National Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
Constituency Contact at ANC Constituency Office (618): Athlone (Constituency Office) from 10th May 2014 until 6th May 2014
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 9th July 2010 until 6th May 2014
Member at Rules of the National Assembly (National Assembly Committees) until 6th May 2014
Constituency Contact at ANC Constituency Office (618): Athlone (Constituency Office) until 6th May 2014
Member at Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation (National Assembly Committees) until 6th May 2014
Member at Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises (Committee) until 6th May 2014
Minister of Human Settlements at National Executive (Executive) from 9th July 2013 until 24th April 2014

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

PENSIONS

Public/Private	Source
Private	AIMS

TRAVEL

Sponsor	Description
German Federal Foreign Ministry	Visit to Berlin Education Institutions ( accommodation, Food & Flights)

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Type of Business	Directorship/Partnership
Patron	Cape Town Ballet Company
	South African International Ballet Patron
Trade Union Education	Ditsela
Company Dormant	Newhand Capital

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Value	Description	Source
30X R75.00	T-Shirts	Sactwu
Unknown	Glass set	Food
Unknown	Ballet Tickets	SAIB
unknown	Ballet Tickets	CT Ballet
Unknown	Purse	Surty E
Unknown	Bottle Vodka	D Badenhorst

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Description
Atlasville, Boksburg	House
Pinelands, Cape Town	House

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

PENSIONS

Public/Private	Source
Private	Aims

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Type of Business	Directorship/Partnership
Workers Education Institute [Resigned]	DITSELA
Private Co. [Dormant]	Newland Capital

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Description	Source	Value
Tickets [4]	O Surve
Tickets [2]	Sekunjalo
Book	Jonathan Procter
Crockery	J Badenhorst
Garden clothing		DPSA
Russian Vodka	J Badenhorst

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Pinelands, CPT	3 Bedroomed with flatlet	House
Gauteng	4 Bedroomed	Free standing house

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

PENSIONS

Public/Private	Source
Private	AIMS

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Type of Business	Directorship/Partnership
Workers Education [Resigned]	Dasela Workers Education Institute
Private Co. [Non active]	New Hand Capital [Director]

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Value	Description	Source
Unknown	Paintings	D Badenhorst
Unknown	Tickets x 10	Johannesburg Ballet
Unknown	Book	NA Matlala
R3 000	2 Car mats	Trade Cor
R3 000	CD's and DVD's + 3 Books	Pablo De Greiff

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Atlasville	4 Bedroomed	House
Pinelands	3 Roomed Granny flat	House

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Type of Business	Directorship/Partnership
Trade Union education	Ditsela Workers Institute
Private Co.	New Land Capital

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Value	Description	Source
R3 000	2 x garments	Trade Cor.
	8 x tickets	JHB Ballet
	Bags, office paraphenalia	Transnet/Eskom
	Scarf	H Kaiser
	Mandela book	Presidency
	Book	Ms T Abrahamse
	Book	N Booi
	Picture	D Badenhorst
	Books	Cuban Ambassador
	Books/Frame/paraphenalia	SA Ambassador to Cuba
	Picture frame	Master Builder
	Necklace	N Hoosain
	Hertz Car Hire
	4 x Jazz Festival tickets	Arts & Culture

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Pinelands	3 Roomed flatlet	House
Boksburg	5 Roomed	House

PENSIONS

Public/Private	Source
Private	ABSA

BENEFITS

Description	Source
Silver card	British Airways
Platinum card	SAA Voyager
Gold card	Hertz Car Hire

SPONSORSHIPS

Description	Source
Flight, accommodation per diem [Parliamentary workshop]	United Nations

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2013 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Type of Business	Directorship/Partnership
Educational non-profit business	Dasela Womens Institute
Private Co.	New Hand Capital

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Description	Source
Scarf	Hein Kaiser [Manager]
Fruit/Nut basket	Ms N Pandor
Beaded necklace	Ms N Hoosain
Protective clothing	Transnet/Eskom
Jazz Festival tickets	Ms D Meyeni
Theatre tickets x 4	Mr D Badenhorst
Picture frame	Master Builder
Flowers	Robert Waterwitch ANC Branch
Bags/Office paraphenalia	Various State own entities [Transnet/Eskom]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Pinelands	3 Room Flatlet	House
Atlasville - Boksburg	5 Rooms	House

PENSIONS

Public/Private	Source
Private	ABSA

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nature	Name of Company
Aims Investment - Pension	ABSA

BENEFITS

Description	Source
Silver Card	British Airways
Gold Card	SAA Voyager
Gold Card	Hertz Car Hire

SPONSORSHIPS

Extent	Description	Source
Workshop in Rwanda	Flight, accommodation and per diem	United Nations

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2012 [Source]

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Value	Description	Source
"	Book by Mandela	Parliament
"	Book Kader Asmal	Publishers
"	Scarf	Presidency
"	Scarves	Speaker Gaza Parliament
"	Silver art collection	Gauteng Legislature
"	Scarf, mats, etc	SAFCO
"	Jacket, protective clothing	Transnet
"	Fruit trees	Dept Agriculture
"	Other trees	Sanparks
"	Cellphone	P Maluleke
"	Book on Calan Abdullah
Unknown	Cup/Chocolates	St Raphaels School
Unknown	Book in IT	Dr Ali
Unknown	Tickets - Jazz Festival	SAA & Jeremy
Unknown	Champagne	Engel & Volker

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Pinelands	Normal	House
Atlasville	Normal	House

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nature	Name of Company
Investment	ABSA

TRAVEL

Sponsor	Description
UN	Flight, Accommodation, S
Council for European	Flight; Accommodation

BENEFITS

Description	Source
Lawyers	Discount on occupational rent
	Gold Card - Hertz
	SAA - Gold card
	BA
	Discount on transfer fees of house

SPONSORSHIPS

Extent	Description	Source
Part payment for flight and accommodation and S & T	Payment to workshop in Rwanda	Trip sponsored by UN
Flight	Trip to Gaza	Council for European & Palestine Relations

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2011 [Source]

PENSIONS

Public/Private	Source
Private	Aims [ABSA]

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Value	Description	Source
Unknown	Orchard...	Debbie Bunzak
Unknown	Earrings	Roy Ainslie
Unknown	Trees	Agriculture/Forestry/Fisheries
Unknown	Pen, biscuits, maple syrup	G Schneemann
Unknown	Carrol Boyes Butter block dish	Artscape
Unknown	Pin lapels	Venezuelan Parliament
Unknown	Booklets, Book sleeve	Price Water Cooper House
Unknown	SA Scarf	Presidency
Unknown	School clothes	Pep [Athlone]
Unknown	Books	Marketing Council
Unknown	Champagne	Engel
Unknown	Glasses	Lucille Viljoen
Unknown	Book/dvd	Dept. International Relations
Unknown	Gold Card	SAA

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Pinelands	1 071sq.m.	House
Atlasvilla	5 Bedrooms	House

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2010 [Source]

BENEFITS

Source
Aids Consortium

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Type of Business	Directorship/Partnership
-	Newhand Capital

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Value	Description	Source
"	Tickets for Jazz Festival & World Cup	N Dlamini-Zuma & Rand Water
Unknown	Wheel driven bag	Midrand Water Co.
Unknown	Watch; T-shirt; Cap	Sedibeng Municipality
Unknown	Bag	Bangala
Unknown	Backpack	WISA
Unknown	Wooden framed mirror; Handcrafted ceramic plate; Painting; Deskpad	DWAF
Unknown	Bag, jacket, Red wine, Fruit basket	Rand Water
Unknown	Hot/Cold Water Cooler, H2O	TCTA
Unknown	Tickets	Rand Water
Unknown	Clothing	N Kumst

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Grassy park	3 Bedroom Outbuilding	House
Gauteng	5 Bedroom	House

Committee appearances

Higher Education and Training Portfolio Committee Legacy Report 13 Mar 2019

The Chairperson presented the 72-page document which was structured according to matters such as placing the five-year period of the Committee in context, policy and legislation concerns, current and amended legislation, the Committee’s efforts to strengthen accountability, to deepen engagement and monitoring and intergovernmental relations. It also featured the ...
Consideration of minutes and reports 27 Feb 2019

The Chairperson asked if anyone had any observation to make about the report.
Public Protector’s report on Tshwane South College: DHET briefing; Institutions of Higher Learning: South African Union of Students, USAf, NSFAS & DHET briefing 13 Feb 2019

The Chairperson said the Committee would deal first with the referral from the Speaker of a matter referred to Parliament by the Public Protector. She asked the Minister to talk to all matters including the referral.
Committee Minutes & reports 5 Dec 2018

The Chairperson welcomed everyone and read out the apologies from three absent Members.
NSFAS 2018 disbursements & 2019 applications progress; PSET Funding Policy Framework 27 Nov 2018

The Chairperson said it had been agreed at the previous meeting that the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and the Department of Education and Training (DHET) would return for two reasons. One was arising out of findings in the previous Auditor General’s (AG’s) report, which were not ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Higher Education and Training 10 Sep 2018

In view of the Centres of Specialisation Artisan Programme which was launched at the beginning of 2018 as an initiative that involves the provision of apprenticeships for young people by employers, the provision of training by colleges and the provision of funding by her department to support the initiatives through ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements 15 Sep 2014

MINISTRY OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY QUESTION NO.: 864 DATE OF PUBLICATION: 1 AUGUST 2014 Mr M H Redelinghuys (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements: (1) (a) How many investigations were conducted for (i) overbilling and (ii) overcharging for goods ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements 15 Sep 2014

MINISTRY OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY QUESTION NO.: 1026 DATE OF PUBLICATION: 22 AUGUST 2014 Mr S M Gana (DA) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements: (a) How many subsidy or RDP houses have been sold by original recipients within the ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

Appropriation Bill 15 Jul 2014

The hon member from the DA comes here and says to us we are promising to build 1,5 million houses. What happens to the rest?
I want to know what happens to the rest, here in the Western Cape. This has been a province that has delivered the worst ...
Appropriation Bill 15 Jul 2014

I know. I thank you, Chairperson, and I am certain that the Deputy Minister will continue to indicate what we will be doing in the next five years. Thank you. [Applause.]

All Plenary Appearances

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

PENSIONS

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DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

PENSIONS

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

PENSIONS

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

PENSIONS

BENEFITS

SPONSORSHIPS

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2013 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

PENSIONS

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

BENEFITS

SPONSORSHIPS

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2012 [Source]

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

TRAVEL

BENEFITS

SPONSORSHIPS

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2011 [Source]

PENSIONS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2010 [Source]

BENEFITS

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

Committee appearances

Questions

Plenary appearances