Faiez Jacobs

National Assembly

fjacobs@parliament.gov.za

@Faiezj

About Faiez Jacobs

2019 committee attendance as mp

94% attendance rate

Attended 15 meetings out of 16

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Recent meetings attended

Small Business Development — Processes and procedures in developing legislation; Summary and analysis of legislation administered by DSBD — 27 Nov 2019
Small Business Development — DSBD 2019/10 Quarter 2 Performance & Action Plan on Auditor-General’s Findings and Recommendations — 20 Nov 2019
Small Business Development — “The Unseen Sector”: Research paper by International Finance Corporation & World Bank — 13 Nov 2019
Small Business Development — Access to Affordable Business Premises and Infrastructure briefing — 6 Nov 2019
Small Business Development — Access to Markets – Major Issues for consideration — 30 Oct 2019

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at African National Congress (ANC) (Party)

Formerly

2nd Candidate at African National Congress Regional Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

Committee appearances

DSBD 2019/10 Quarter 2 Performance & Action Plan on Auditor-General’s Findings and Recommendations 20 Nov 2019

Mr F Jacobs (ANC) said that the Department had done well, but there was more they could do to improve the lives of the poor. He asked what the modalities on the integration between CEDA and CEFA were. Was there some collaboration between these two organization? How much collaboration was ...
“The Unseen Sector”: Research paper by International Finance Corporation & World Bank 13 Nov 2019

Mr F Jacobs (ANC) shared Mr Mbhele’s views on micro-financing and the Grameen Model. It was no longer important just to describe the problem, but rather to decide what had to be done. He was really keen to see how the IFC’s second report would deal with the ...
Access to Affordable Business Premises and Infrastructure briefing 6 Nov 2019

Mr F Jacobs (ANC) commented that it was important for the recommendations given by the current and previous Committees to be implemented by the DSBD. The Committee should invite the Department to respond to the issues raised.
Access to Markets – Major Issues for consideration 30 Oct 2019

Mr F Jacobs (ANC) said a fundamental problem was that SA had an unstructured economic framework. Most of its businesses were monopoly-controlled. In the retail sector, in the wholesale sector – in all the sectors -- monopolies were in control. If one looked at the history, it had been engineered that way ...
Entrepreneurial Finance Imperative for Growth and Employment: briefing by Content Advisor 23 Oct 2019

Mr F Jacobs (ANC) pointed out that South Africa was poor in terms of the distribution of its resources, and the financial sector remained untransformed. What stood out for him was the fact that the country had more personal debt than the finance which accounted for productive use. He supported ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Employment and Labour 30 Sep 2019

What is the employment equity profile of the Western Cape (a) provincial departments and (b) municipal councils?

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE (Member's Statement) 26 Nov 2019

Thank you, House Chair. The ANC notes that in 1997, the United Nations General Assembly called for the annual observance on November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. The ANC further notes that the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian people ...
CLUSTER 2: SOCIAL SERVICES (Subject for Discussion) 20 Nov 2019

Chairperson, Minister, you have already referred to the SIU, and the Health Sector Anti-Corruption Forum, and the arrest of an attorney from the Eastern Cape on charges relating to fraudulent medical legal claims. All forms of corruption and
collusion are a challenge that seeks to undermine the health care in ...

All Plenary Appearances

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