Gizella Opperman

National Assembly

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About Gizella Opperman

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 — Meeting with Mogalakwena; Collins Chabane & Tzaneen Local Municipalities — 6 Dec 2019
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Municipal Systems Amendment Bill; CRL Rights Commission on commercialisation of religion; Vietnamese Parliament delegation — 5 Dec 2019
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Meeting with City of Ekuruhleni Metro & Lekwa Local Municipality — 3 Dec 2019
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Traditional Indaba day 2 — 27 Nov 2019
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Traditional Indaba day 1, with Deputy Minister — 26 Nov 2019

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

Impact of illegal migration on cities: input from Mayors of Johannesburg & Ekurhuleni, SALGA & DHA; with Minister 22 Oct 2019

Ms G Opperman (DA) asked why the DHA was not capturing the qualifications of refugees and asylum-seekers so that they could fill the skills shortage gaps in the country. She asked what mechanisms were in place to prevent future xenophobic violence.
Mogalakweng; Mopani District; Thabazimbi; Vhembe District; Joe Morolong and Phokwane audit outcomes: hearing 10 Sep 2019

Ms G Opperman (DA, Northern Cape) said that, according to the AG, they were billing non-existent customers and were paying staff more than their contractual salaries. How did this happen? What had they done to address this matter?
South African Cities Network, National Disaster Management Centre & DCOG briefings 4 Sep 2019

Ms G Opperman (DA) said it is alarming the Northern Cape does not have a disaster management or framework. The Northern Cape is currently facing the biggest drought in 50 years. How can the Northern Cape executive be forced to comply with legislative requirements for a functioning centre? How can ...
Interventions in local government: DCOG & National Treasury briefings; Comparison of interventions strategies in municipalities; MISA induction 3 Sep 2019

Ms M Tlou (ANC) remarked that when municipalities fail to do their duties, they were failing section 139 of the Constitution because section 139 was there to help municipalities not to fail in their duties. This was necessitating the evaluation of the monitoring system in order to monitor performance of ...
Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Quarterly performance & Post Audit Action Plans 21 Aug 2019

On the poor revenue collection by municipalities, Ms G Opperman (DA) asked if the 35 municipalities that received assistance with revenue collection showed improvement in their credit management and financial performance as a result of the programme. Was there an exit management strategy in place for the Community Work Programme ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

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

Has her department been informed of any Reconstruction and Development Programme houses that have illegally been sold by beneficiaries to foreign nationals in (a) Brandvlei, (b) the Hantam Local Municipality and (c) the Karoo Highlands Local Municipality in the Northern Cape (i) in each of the past five financial years ...
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?

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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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