Ms Désirée Van Der Walt

National Assembly

Formerly: Limpopo Provincial Legislature

@DALimpopo

About Désirée Van Der Walt

Born in Polokwane in Limpopo, Ms van der Walt was a Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature for the Democratic Alliance. She was the Democratic Leader for the Limpopo Province until June 2012. She was in the corporate world through a banking institution for nine years. She is also a former National Spokesperson for Arts and Culture in the Democratic Alliance. from 2004 - 2010. Ms Van der Walt was Ward Councillor in the Roodepoort City Council from 1995 - 2000. source: whoswho.co.za. She has been the Shadow Deputy Minister for Basic Education and is currently serving as the DA Shadow Minister on Public Service and Administration since January 2017.

2018 committee attendance as mp

88% attendance rate

Attended 7 meetings out of 8

2017 committee attendance as mp

61% attendance rate

Attended 25 meetings out of 41

2016 committee attendance as mp

84% attendance rate

Attended 21 meetings out of 25

2015 committee attendance as mp

85% attendance rate

Attended 22 meetings out of 26

2014 committee attendance as mp

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

76% attendance rate

Attended 13 meetings out of 17

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

Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — 30-day payment to service providers; National Youth Development Agency Act & Public Administration Management Act amendments — 6 Jun 2018
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — Government mandates & budget allocation; PSC promotion of constitutional values in public service; Election of Chairperson; with Minister — 30 May 2018
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — Integrated Financial Management System: DPSA Deputy Minister, Treasury, SITA — 23 May 2018
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — Disciplinary cases in Public Service; DPSA & Public Service Commission; Free State Progress Report, with Minister — 7 Mar 2018
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — DPSA, National School of Government, Centre for Public Service Innovation + Public Service Commission Quarter 3 performance; with Deputy Minister — 28 Feb 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 Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration, as well as Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (National Assembly Committees) since 8th December 2016
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 21st May 2014
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

Member at Portfolio Committee on Basic Education (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 8th December 2016
Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
11th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
2nd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Limpopo Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: Waterberg (Constituency Area) from 10th May 2014 until 6th May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: Waterberg (Constituency Area) until 6th May 2014
Member of the Provincial Legislature at Limpopo Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) until 6th May 2014
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 6th May 2009 until 10th September 2010

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Langebaan	Holiday Home	House
(The Cove)		Pelican Str

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Langebaan	Normal	Residential house

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Langebaan	Normal	House

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2010 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Langebaan	Normal	House

Committee appearances

DPSA, National School of Government, Centre for Public Service Innovation & Public Service Commission on Quarter 4 performance & 2017/18 Quarter 1 performance 15 Aug 2017

The Chairperson mentioned that Ms D Van der Walt (DA) had written a letter to her outlining her concerns about the widely circulated media reports and allegations in relation to Minister Faith Muthambi. She had then written to Minister Muthambi to request a written submission to respond to Ms Van ...
National School of Government funding model; Prohibition on public servants doing business with State; Financial Disclosure Framework 14 Jun 2017

Ms D van der Walt (DA) welcomed the presentation and said that the discussion between the four departments should happen. There was a feeling or perception that NSG had no formal or legal structures and asked whether the school structure had been approved. If not, why not or when would ...
Employment Opportunities to Youth of different Levels of Education & Skills: NYDA; National Youth Policy: DPME report 7 Jun 2017

Ms D van der Walt (DA) asked the NYDA to state the criteria for applying for entrepreneurship grant funds.
e-Governance; Integrated Financial Management System replacing PERSAL; aging IT government systems: Treasury & SITA 31 May 2017

Ms D Van Der Walt (DA) said one of the biggest challenges as seen in the Department of Basic Education in ICT was the staff component. How did SITA intended to get over that? There were about 1.3 million public servants in government. What was the time frame for ...
Accommodation of Frontline Government Services: DPW briefing; Thusong Centre Funding Model: DPSA briefing 24 May 2017

Ms D Van Der Walt (DA) expressed concern about duplication in the typology used for the Thusong Service Centre Model e.g. physical buildings and mobile service centres. Her other concerns were staff members that were not dedicated and when staff members were dedicated, there was a lack of materials ...

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Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Public Service and Administration 4 Jun 2018

What was the total expenditure incurred by the Government relating to the travel privileges contained in the 2007 Ministerial Handbook of former (a)(i) Ministers and (ii) their spouses, (b)(i) Deputy Ministers and (ii) their spouses, (c) Ministers’ widows or widowers and (d) Deputy Ministers’ widows or widowers (i ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Health 23 Apr 2018

(1)Whether, with regard to the (a) Warmbad (Bela-Bela) Hospital, (b) F H Odendaal Hospital, (c) Thabazimbi Hospital and (d) Ellisras Hospital in Limpopo, the post of chief executive officer (CEO) has been filled at each specified hospital; if not, (i) why not, (ii) since which date is the relevant ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Finance 24 Nov 2017

With reference to the reply of the Minister of Public Service and Administration to question 2809 on 2 October 2017 and the announcement during the Budget Vote Speech on 24 February 2016 by the former Minister of Finance, Mr Pravin Gordhan, in which South Africans were informed that the Government ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

LEARNERS FORCED TO USE HAZARDOUS TOILETS AT LIMPOPO SCHOOLS (Member's Statement) 3 Mar 2015

Hon Deputy Speaker, 13 months ago the department of education in Limpopo undertook to eradicate pit toilets at schools in Limpopo by the end of March 2014. In support of the 2012-13 budget speech of his MEC for education, the then spokesperson, Phuti Seloba, said the following:
Come the end ...
SOCIAL WELFARE TRADED IN FOR OFFICE FURNITURE BY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (Draft Resolution) 26 Feb 2015

Deputy Speaker, I hereby move without notice on behalf of the DA:
That the House -
1) notes that the Department of Social Development has traded in social welfare for office furniture to the value of R27 million;
2) also notes that this department's budget realignment during the annual budget ...

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2010 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

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