Mr Dean William Macpherson

National Assembly

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Party

Democratic Alliance (DA)

Email

dean@eduform.co.za

Phone

Constituency Offices

Not associated with any constituency offices

Province

KwaZulu-Natal

About Dean William Macpherson

Mr Macpherson served as Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry for the DA in the Fifth Parliament (2014-2019). Mr Macpherson is from Durban, KZN, and currently resides in Umhlanga. From 2009–2014, Mr Macpherson was the elected Ward Councillor for Durban North in the eThekwini Municipality where he served as the Chief Whip of the party until 2013. More...

2020 committee attendance as mp

0% attendance rate

Attended 0 meetings out of 8

2019 committee attendance as mp

74% attendance rate

Attended 29 meetings out of 39

2018 committee attendance as mp

84% attendance rate

Attended 64 meetings out of 76

2017 committee attendance as mp

85% attendance rate

Attended 47 meetings out of 55

2016 committee attendance as mp

66% attendance rate

Attended 33 meetings out of 50

2015 committee attendance as mp

82% attendance rate

Attended 51 meetings out of 62

2014 committee attendance as mp

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

93% attendance rate

Attended 27 meetings out of 29

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Recent meetings attended

Trade and Industry — Committee Reports on DTI & EDD Quarter 2 performance; Quarter 1 Programme for 2020 — 3 Dec 2019
Trade and Industry — NRCS &SABS on their turnaround strategies; Committee Programme: discussion — 26 Nov 2019
Trade and Industry — IDC & NEF 2018/19 Annual Reports & 2019/20 Quarterly Performance Reports — 13 Nov 2019
Trade and Industry — Sugar Industry developments; DTI & EDD 2019/20 Quarter 2 performance — 12 Nov 2019
Trade and Industry — B-BBEE & NLC Commission 2018/19 Annual Report & 2019/20 Quarter 2 performance — 5 Nov 2019

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee On Trade and Industry (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

70th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
26th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
7th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee On Trade and Industry (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
80th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
8th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
83rd Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Public Office Bearers	Public

TRUSTS

Details Of Benefits	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts	Registration Number
None	Trustee	MDR Trust	IT 000892/2017

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Sheridan Textiles	Manufacturing
MDR Trust	Property Development
Future Asset Finance	Asset Finance

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Town House	200m2	Mount Edgecombe

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
1000	100	Sheridan Textiles	Manufacturing

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Study Tour to Taiwan	Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs

BENEFITS

Source
SAA

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Type of Business	Directorship/Partnership
Manufacturing	Sheridan Textiles

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	200sq.m	Mount Edgecombe, Durban

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Sheridan Textiles	Textile manufacturing

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
Gold Circle	Vodacom Durban July	R1 000

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	250sq.m.	Durban
Flat	71sq.m.	Durban

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Public Office Bearers Pension Fund	Public

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R600	6 000	Chemspec [Paint	Shares
R100	100	Sheridan Textiles	Shares

BENEFITS

Source	Description
BA	Gold Executive Club
SAA	Silver Voyager

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Public Office Bearers Pension Fund	Public

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
600	6 000	Chem Spec	Chemicals

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Tour of Israel	SAIF

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Sheridan Textiles	Textile Manufacturing

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Apartment	75sq.m.	Musgrave, Durban
House	250sq.m.	Mont Edgecome, Durban

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
13 Cents	6 000	Chem Spec	Shares

BENEFITS

Source
British Airways

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Sheridan Textiles CC	Textile Manufacuring

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
Gold Circle	Durban July tickets	R1 000

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Apartment	110sq.m.	Berea, Durban

Committee appearances

SACUM/UK Trade Agreement: briefing & consideration; Implementation of Competition Amendment Act 29 Oct 2019

Mr D Macpherson (DA) congratulated the Minister and the Department on the agreement. He said the new agreement should be seen as an opportunity to increase the volume and variety of goods traded with the UK, and hoped that the Department was developing a long term plan to take the ...
Export Credit Insurance Corporation 2018/19 Annual Report & 2019/20 Quarter 1 performance 23 Oct 2019

Mr D Macpherson (DA) asked the entity to submit a breakdown of its clientele profile - their market exposure and the industries they were each involved in.
Overview of existing trade relations and agreements, as well as ongoing trade negotiations Brexit negotiations 11 Sep 2019

Mr D Macpherson (DA) welcomed Ambassador Carim back from Geneva. He thought it was important for the Minister to table an executive statement to the House that would allow Members to debate on Brexit and to present their parties’ views on a post-Brexit deal. He hoped that the Ambassador would ...
Minister on response to SONA, DTI & EDD 2019/20 Annual Performance Plans 4 Jul 2019

Mr D Macpherson (DA) congratulated the Minister and Deputy Minister on their appointments. He was pleased to see a colleague from KwaZulu in the Department as Deputy Minister, and he wished Deputy Minister Gina well.
NCC on findings raised by AG in their Annual Reports; DTI Quarter 2 & 3 report; South Africa’s Trade relations with the UK post Brexit 13 Feb 2019

Mr D Macpherson (DA) was pleased to see the DG in the meeting. While the work done by NCC was commendable, he did not think that the NCC was doing enough. It did not advocate strongly enough for consumers. The NCC should be more aggressively on the side of consumers ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Trade and Industry 7 Jan 2020

What amount of funding did his department contribute towards the March to Freedom exhibition in the City of Cape Town on 15 November 2019 and (b) how has he found did this fulfil the mandate of his department?
Questions asked to the Minister of Trade and Industry 2 Dec 2019

What (a) further work has a certain legal firm (name furnished) done for the Competition Commission (i) in the (aa) 2017-18 and (bb) 2018-19 financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2019 and (b) was the nature and value of the work done?
Questions asked to the Minister of Trade and Industry 18 Nov 2019

What (a) has been the basic salary of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Empowerment Fund in each of the past three financial years, (b) benefits has the CEO been entitled to and (c) bonus has been paid to the CEO in each financial year?

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

WEDNESDAY, 4 DECEMBER 2019 4 Dec 2019

Yes, Deputy Speaker.
WEDNESDAY, 4 DECEMBER 2019 4 Dec 2019

Deputy Minister, the budget is facing serious budget cuts but the entities in the departments, in their salaries, are getting major budget increases.
There is one particular CEO, the CEO of the National Empowerment Fund Ms Philisiwe Mthethwa, who earned
R6 million in the last year, with a R2-million bonus ...

All Plenary Appearances

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