Mr Hlanganani Siphelele Gumbi

National Assembly

Formerly: KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature

siphelelegumbi@gmail.com

@HlangananiGumbi

About Hlanganani Siphelele Gumbi

Mr Hlanganani Siphelele Gumbi is the Human Settlements, Sports & Recreation Member of the Provincial Legislature representing the Democratic Alliance in KwaZulu Natal.

He joined politics back in 2008 when he was at Rhodes University. He founded the DA Students Organisation at the time to be a hub representing student interests on the campus. From there he was elected as a City Councillor in eThekwini (Durban) for three years, before serving a term in the KZN Provincial Legislature.

2020 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 6 meetings out of 6

2019 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 21 meetings out of 21

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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

Tourism — SAT Quarter 2 & 3 performance; Reputational risks to tourism industry posed by captive breeding: Expert briefing — 17 Mar 2020
Tourism — Brand SA on mandate, activities and programmes in relation to tourism development; Second Term Committee Programme — 10 Mar 2020
Tourism — Meeting with NHTL to discuss state of tourism in rural areas; Second Term Committee Programme — 3 Mar 2020
Tourism — Coronavirus & implications for tourism sector: Chinese Consul-General briefing; National Registrar of Tourist Guides on compliance with legislation & other programmes — 25 Feb 2020
Tourism — Impact of SONA on Tourism sector; Term 1 Programme — 18 Feb 2020

All meetings attended

DISCLAIMER: This information has been obtained via the Parliamentary Monitoring Group. PMG makes every effort to compile reliable and comprehensive information, but does not claim that the data is 100% accurate and complete.

Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee on Tourism (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

6th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
55th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
27th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member-elect at KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
7th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

Committee appearances

Corona Virus & Implications for tourism sector: Chinese Consulate General briefing; National Registrar of Tourist Guides on Compliance with legislation and other programmes 25 Feb 2020

Mr H Gumbi (DA) observed that the response and measures taken by China must have cost a great deal. The presentation had touched on work that had been done with Africa and SA. What specific work was done? He pointed out that there were countries that had taken measures to ...
Impact of SONA on Tourism sector; Term 1 Programme 18 Feb 2020

Mr H Gumbi (DA) emphasised that the biggest threat to tourism was the collapse of South Africa as a state and the collapse of its economy. There were problems everywhere. Crime was out of control and load shedding was a daily occurrence. Service delivery of basic services was also lacking ...
Bids and geographic spread of business events: South African National Convention Bureau briefing 26 Nov 2019

Mr H Gumbi (DA) asked whether there was no convention bureau in the Eastern Cape. He asked how big SANCB was. What was the cost of the SANCB? He also asked how many employees the SANCB had. He noted that previously there had been concerns around the SANCB over achieving ...
Marketing Investment Framework: SAT briefing 19 Nov 2019

Mr H Gumbi (DA) asked what the status of the Joint Marketing Agreements (JMAs) was. SAT was asked whether it worked with Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries/agencies on having joint marketing packages. Marketing could be done together where SA was the gateway to the rest of the SADC ...
Tourism Grading System in South Africa & Tabling of proposed Dashboard for tracking of Committee resolutions: TGCSA briefing 5 Nov 2019

Ms H Gumbi (DA) asked what the extent of the influence of Community Tourism Organisations (CTOs) on grading was. He also asked about the advantages and disadvantages of hiring graders on a commission basis. On the cost of grading, a survey showed that 54% of people believed grading to be ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Tourism 18 Nov 2019

What (a) steps is her department taking to eliminate delays in the implementation of the Working for Tourism projects and (b) are the deadlines, milestones and timelines of each specified project?
Questions asked to the Minister of Police 5 Nov 2019

What number of (a) police stations operate between lnanda, KwaMashu and Ntuzuma in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, (b) police officers are allocated to each of the specified police stations, (c) vehicles are operational at each police station and (d)(i) firearms are allocated to each police station and (ii) the ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation 29 Oct 2019

(1)With reference to the Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu areas in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, what total number of (a) government-sponsored houses have been built and (b) title deeds for houses have been given to residents in each of the above areas since 2014; (2) what total number of (a) houses were ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

WEDNESDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2019 3 Dec 2019

Hon Minister, you can't get around the fact that persons with low incomes ultimately need credit to
APPROPRIATION BILL 10 Jul 2019

Hon Minister and guests, we know the tourism sector is a big job creator. It's where chefs, waiters, cleaners, barmen, tour guide operators and many taxi cab drivers get their jobs. I think that my colleague, the hon Manny De Freitas has explained succinctly. This is why the DA ...

All Plenary Appearances

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