Eleanore Rochelle Jacquelene Spies

National Assembly

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Party

Democratic Alliance (DA)

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Phone

0765194485

Constituency Offices

Not associated with any constituency offices

Province

Western Cape

About Eleanore Rochelle Jacquelene Spies

2020 committee attendance as mp

56% attendance rate

Attended 5 meetings out of 9

2019 committee attendance as mp

71% attendance rate

Attended 5 meetings out of 7

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

Standing Committee on Auditor General — First Special Report on financial management of government’s COVID-19 initiatives: AGSA briefing — 4 Sep 2020
Appointment of the Auditor General — Auditor-General appointment: interviews — 20 Aug 2020
Appointment of the Auditor General — Auditor-General appointment: shortlisting for interviews — 4 Aug 2020
Appointment of the Auditor General — Election of Committee Chairperson; Committee Programme — 24 Jun 2020
Standing Committee on Auditor General — Auditor-General role during COVID-19 disaster & audit delays — 22 May 2020

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Ad Hoc Committee on the appointment of the Auditor-General: (Ad Hoc Committees) since 23rd June 2020
Member at Standing Committee on Auditor General (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

1st Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

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Committee appearances

Auditor-General of South Africa Vacancy: Interviews 20 Aug 2020

Ms E Spies (DA) said a huge part of the duties of the AG Office is for auditors to go out and audit at the workplace of the auditees. A new phenomenon is auditors have experienced resistance and threats, placing them at risk which has led the AG to begin ...
AGSA on 2018/19 Local Government Audit Outcomes; Impact of COVID-19 on financial sustainability of AGSA 10 Jul 2020

Ms E Spies (DA) acknowledged COGTA’s assistance in supporting the Committee in their oversight role of the Auditor-General's municipal audit outcomes. Whenever the municipal audit outcomes are presented, a common challenge is the underspending of conditional grants. COGTA needs to enforce stronger oversight over the municipalities on that ...
Auditor-General of South Africa 2018/19 Annual Report 11 Oct 2019

Ms E Spies (DA) wanted to know whether the AGSA’s fees were very high. Hence, the auditees were unable to pay their audit fees.
Auditor-General of South Africa on the work of the institution, Public Audit Act & related matters: workshop 13 Sep 2019

Ms E Spies (DA) asked if the management reports can be used to identify incidents of fraud.
Municipal Audit Outcomes 2016/17: Auditor-General briefing 16 Jul 2019

Ms E Spies (DA) indicated the need to emphasise the role of political office bearers in bringing about changes to problems in municipalities. Whereas meaningful change calls for collective efforts, councils do not take their roles seriously. The intervention by AGSA on a quarterly basis was well-appreciated.

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation 24 Dec 2019

In view of the massive strain on key water and sanitation systems in the Republic, (a) which provinces have been the worst affected in their ability to deliver on their approved human settlement business plans and (b) what plans are in place to ensure provinces deliver on their approved human ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation 2 Dec 2019

What (a) impact has the current drought across various areas of the Republic had on the ability of the provinces to deliver on their approved human settlement business plans and (b) plans are in place to ensure provinces deliver on their approved human settlement business plans?
Questions asked to the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology 27 Nov 2019

(1)(a) Why has the content in textbooks and the course structures for both the National Accredited Technical Diploma and the National Vocational Certificate (NCV) not been reviewed and revised for more than 20 years to address the needs of the current economy and its impact on the Fourth Industrial ...

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Plenary appearances

NOTICES OF MOTION 26 Nov 2019

Hon House Chair, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the House I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the House, debates the high increase in dropouts from the National Certificate Vocational training programme which is a Ministerial funded programme. [Applause.]

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