Gizella Opperman

National Assembly

platinum4life@gmail.com gopperman@parliament.org.za

About Gizella Opperman

2020 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 9 meetings out of 9

2019 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 15 meetings out of 15

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Recent meetings attended

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Water crisis: Ugu District Municpality; State of municipality: Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality briefing — 13 Mar 2020
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Indaba on harmful religious practices: Day 2 — 11 Mar 2020
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill: stakeholder engagement; Indaba on harmful religious practices — 10 Mar 2020
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill: deliberations — 4 Mar 2020
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Outcomes of forensic investigations in local government by: input from SIU, NPA, Hawks & DCoG; with Deputy Minister — 3 Mar 2020

All meetings attended

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Currently

Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (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 Northern Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
192nd Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
3rd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Northern Cape Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

Committee appearances

Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill: Stakeholder Engagement 26 Feb 2020

Ms G Opperman (DA) said on Section 106 investigations in the Amendment Bill, more attention needed to be given to the empowerment and capacitation of the MEC. This would allow for investigations to follow suit and go more quickly. To prevent job hopping, systems needed to be put in place ...
Department of Cooperative Governance 2018/19 Annual Report 25 Feb 2020

Ms G Opperman (DA) enquired how much of R104 million from the Sekhukhune district municipality had been recouped. She asked what the process was being implemented on recouping the R6.3 million incurred through dishonest conduct in the CWP programme, by paying to non-qualified government employees.
Meeting with FORSA; First Term Programme 18 Feb 2020

Ms G Opperman (DA) asked for Karoo Hoogland, Joe Morolong, Phokwane, Nama Khoi and Sol Plaatje municipalities to be prioritised in the Northern Cape.
Municipal Systems Amendment Bill; CRL Rights Commission on commercialisation of religion; Vietnamese Parliament delegation 5 Dec 2019

Ms G Opperman (DA) said that Vietnam had much to teach South Africa due to the low crime rate and the booming economy. She asked how they dealt with their agricultural sector, which almost collapsed after the war
Traditional Indaba day 2 27 Nov 2019

Ms G Opperman (DA) asked about the Land Restitution Act of 1994 which does not make provision for land which communities lost before 1913 and therefore was of little benefit to the Khoi-San community who were dispossessed prior to 1913 as they were not included in the Native Land Act ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development 19 Dec 2019

Whether she will furnish Mrs G Opperman with a list of claimants of the Community Property Association (CPA) of Loeriesfontein in the Hantam Local Municipality who have been struggling for 25 years to receive their communal land; (2) (a) what number of claimants of the Loeriesfontein CPA have deceased and ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Home Affairs 9 Dec 2019

(1)Since the Republic is in dire need of skills, why does his department not capture the qualifications of scarce skills of migrants and asylum seekers, to prevent skilled foreign nationals being lost to the informal sector; (2) Since the last xenophobic attacks in Bellville this year, what total number ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation 6 Dec 2019

By what date does her department envisage that the White Paper on Human Settlements will be finalised?

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

UNGQONGQOSHE KAHULUMENI WOKUBAMBISANA KANYE NEZINDABA 27 Nov 2019

Hon House Chairperson and hon Minister, in the Northern Cape, there are municipalities where the relevant provincial MECs already intervened and written letters to the councils for Members of the Mayoral Committees, MMCs, to vacate their positions because they did not meet the minimum competency requirements. Yet after two years ...
UNGQONGQOSHE KAHULUMENI WOKUBAMBISANA KANYE NEZINDABA 27 Nov 2019

Hon Deputy Speaker, hon Minister, growing the economy, job creation and service delivery are of highest priority for the people of our country. Can you tell us how the new District Development Model will resolve and address the Auditor-General's root causes within municipalities and create the environment for decent ...

All Plenary Appearances

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