Mr James Selfe

National Assembly

fedexchair@da.org.za jselfe@parliament.gov.za

@JAMESSELFE3

About James Selfe

James was born in Pretoria and attended Bishops boarding School in Cape Town. Upon completing his secondary education he was called up for military training in the South African National Defence Force anti-aircraft division and progressed to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. James started his political career in late 1978 by working in the research department of the Progressive Federal Party (PFP). He became the party’s Director of Communication in 1988. He joined the Democratic Party in 1992 in the capacity of Executive Director. After his election to Parliament in 1999 he became the party’s spokesperson on Provincial and Local Government. In 2004 he was re-elected to Parliament and became responsible for the Correctional Services Portfolio. He assumed his current post of Shadow Minister of Correctional Services upon his re-election to Parliament in 2009. (http://www.da.org.za).

Mr Selfe remains as one of the DA's shadow Minister for Justice and Correctional Services, as of June 2014

2017 attendance as mp

72% attendance rate

Attended 13 meetings out of 18

2016 attendance as mp

63% attendance rate

Attended 10 meetings out of 16

2015 attendance as mp

28% attendance rate

Attended 13 meetings out of 47

2014 attendance as mp

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

47% attendance rate

Attended 17 meetings out of 36

Minister/Deputy Minister attendance is not compulsory.
MP attendance is compulsory unless an apology is given.

Recent meetings attended

Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties — Review of Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Act: public hearings — 18 Aug 2017
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties — Review of Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Act: public hearings — 17 Aug 2017
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties — Review of Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Act: public hearings — 16 Aug 2017
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties — Review of Public Funding of Represented Political parties Act, No 103 of 1997: public hearings — 15 Aug 2017
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties — Summary of Submissions; Committee Bill drafting; Programme — 3 Aug 2017

All meetings attended

DISCLAIMER: This is not the official attendance record of Parliament. 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 Ad Hoc Committee on Funding of Political Parties (Ad Hoc Committees) since 21st June 2017
Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Communications (National Assembly Committees) since 4th October 2016
Alternate Member at Ad Hoc Committee to nominate a person for appointment of Public Protector (Ad Hoc Committees) since 26th May 2016
Member at Ad Hoc Committee on Police Minister's Report on Nkandla (Ad Hoc Committees) since June 2015
Member at Constitutional Review Committee (Joint Committees) since 25th March 2015
Member at Portfolio Committee On Justice and Constitutional Development (Committee) since June 2014
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 21st May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: South Peninsula 2 (Constituency Area) since 10th May 2014
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
1st Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Western Cape Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 6th May 2009 until 6th May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: South Peninsula 2 (Constituency Area) until 6th May 2014
Member at Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services (National Assembly Committees) until 6th May 2014
Member at Portfolio Committee On Correctional Services (Committee) until 6th May 2014

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nature	Name of Company	Nominal Value	No
Units	Allan Gray	R87 937.76
Units	Allan Gray Equity Fund Class A	R24 843.99	66.199
Units	Coronation Balanced Plus Fund B4 Class	R45 929.62	458.434
Units	Investec Opportunity Fund E Class	R42 816.68	3 935.465
Units	Old Mutual Balanced Fund B1 Class	R67 945.88	4 591.310
Units	Old Mutual Edge 28 Fund	R165 415.93	86 613.440
Units	Old Mutual Money Market Fund B1 Class	R14 573.84	11 555.904
Units	Old Mutual Growth Fund A	R33 507.19
Units	Old Mutual Money Market Fund A	R6 342.31	6 342.31
Units	Old Mutual Balanced Fund A	R22 127.42	1 491.03

TRUSTS

Registration Number	Name Of Trusts	Trustee/Beneficiary	Details Of Benefits
IT 7191/02	Millennium Prosperity Trust	Trustee	None

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Employer	Approved	Type of Business	Name of Whip
Democratic Alliance	Yes	Politics	J Steenhuisen

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Muizenberg	396sq.m.	Erf 86445
Wynberg	118sq.m.	Property
Langebaan	674sq.m.	Erf 286

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nature	Name of Company	No	Nominal Value
Units	Allan Gray	84 117.00	R84 534.06
Units	Coronation Balanced Plus Fund B-Class	485.862	R46 854.44
Units	Investec Opportunity Fund B3	4 254.925	R40 414.98
Units	Marriott Core Income B- Class	22 268.829	R24 974.49
Units	Old Mutual SA Quoted Property Fund C	4 792.040	R45 932.18
Units	Allan Gray Equity Fund Class A	139.836	R46 555.70
Units	Cash Management Acc [ULA]	75.763	R208.12

TRUSTS

Registration Number	Name Of Trusts	Trustee/Beneficiary	Details Of Benefits
IT 7191/02	Millennium Prospeity Trust	Trustee	None

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Employer	Approved	Type of Business	Name of Whip
Democratic Alliance	Yes	Politics	A Lotriet

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Langebaan	674sq.m.	Erf 286
Muizenberg	396sq.m.	Erf 86445
Wynberg	118sq.m.	Property

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nature	Name of Company	No	Nominal Value
Units	Allan Gray Money Market Fund	79 532.56	R80 649.24 [Market value]
Units	Coronation Balanced Plus Fund B Class	485.862	R43 962.11
Units	Investec Opportunity Fund B3	4 254.925	R38 421.97
Units	Marriot Core Income B Class	22 268.829	R25 497.81
Units	Old Mutual SA Quoted Property Fund C Class	4 792.040	R38 320.99
Units	Allan Gray Equity Fund Class A	139.836	R45 665.59
Units	Cash Management ACC [ULA]	936.210	RR2 446.17

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Employer	Approved	Type of Business	Name of Whip
Democratic Alliance	Yes	Politics	DT George

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Langebaan	674sq.m.	Erf 286
Muizenberg	396sq.m.	Erf 86445
Wynberg	118sq.m.	Property

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2013 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nature	Name of Company	No	Nominal Value
Units	Coronation Balanced Plus Fund B	485.862	R35 988.67
Units	Investec Opportunity Fund B3	4 254.9225	R33 536.04
Units	Marriott Core Income B Class	22 268.829	R26 410.83
Units	Old Mutual SA Quoted Property Fund C Class	4 792.040	R34 478.73
Units	Allan Gray Equity Fund	139.836	R34 100.39
Units	Cash Management Acc [ULA]	1 263.848	R3 114.12
Units	Allan Gray	75 076.02	R75 076.02

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Employer	Approved	Type of Business	Name of Whip
Democratic Alliance	Yes	Politics	A Watson

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Langebaan	674sq.m.	Erf 286
Muizenberg	396sq.m.	Erf 86445
Wynberg	118sq.m.	Property

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2012 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

No	Name of Company	Nominal Value
485.862 Units	Coronation Balanced Plus Fund B Class	R29 797.58
4 254.925 Units	Investec Opportunity Fund B3	R29 892.12
4 792.040 Units	Old Mutual SA Quoted Property Fund C Class	R33 084.24
69 336.88 Units	Allan Gray Money Market Fund	R73 113.57 [Market value]

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Employer	Approved	Type of Business	Name of Whip
Democratic Alliance	Yes	Politics	A Watson

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Langebaan	674sq.m.	Erf 286
Muizenberg	396sq.m.	Erf 86445
Wynberg	118sq.m.	Property

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2011 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nature	Name of Company	No	Nominal Value
UNits	Allan Gray	67 552.66	R68 461.14

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Employer	Approved	Type of Business	Name of Whip
emocratic Alliance	Yes	Politics	I Davidson

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Value	Description	Source
+-R800	Festival	Cape Town City Council

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Muizenberg	396sq.m.	Erf 86445
Wynberg	118sq.m.	Longwood Gardens
Langebaan	674sq.m.	Erf 286

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2010 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nature	Name of Company	No	Nominal Value
Units	Allan Gray Money Market Fund	64,629.50 Units	R64,768.40

TRAVEL

Sponsor	Description
Friedrich Naumann and Konrad Audenaeur Foundations	Study tour of Germany

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Employer	Approved	Type of Business	Name of Whip
Democratic Alliance	Yes	Politics	D Kohler-Barnard

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Value	Description	Source
-R700	2 Tickets to CPT Inernational Jazz Festival	Cape Town City Council
-R2000	Helicopter ride - Visit to soccer stadium and dinner x 2	First National Bank

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Langebaan	674sq.m.	Erf 286
Muizenberg	396sq.m.	Erf 86445
Wynberg	118sq.m.	Longwood Gardens

Committee appearances

Committee Bills: legal advisor briefing; Selection of written submissions for public hearings 3 Aug 2017

Mr J Selfe (DA) supported inviting, although not summonsing, those who had submitted input, but he was concerned about the amount of time available for the Committee to interrogate the submissions. He noted that generally many questions arose from oral submissions. He suggested that the Committee be more flexible on ...
Committee Report on Department of Justice, Correctional Services & Office of Chief Justice Budgets 16 May 2017

Mr J Selfe (DA) called for changes on point 2.9 of the report to the acronym APP, as it should read “Annual Performance Plan”
Department of Correctional Services & JICS on their Annual Performance Plan 3 May 2017

Mr J Selfe (DA) applauded the DCS’s reported shift in emphasis from incarceration to rehabilitation, stating that there was “much to celebrate” from the budget presentation. In response to the Deputy-Minister’s point on the inter-state transfer of foreign national inmates, Mr Selfe stated that around 30 000 of ...
2015 public submissions: deliberations 17 Feb 2017

Mr J Selfe (DA) agreed with the recommendation from Mr Bongo.
Status of Sepedi, Sesotho sa Leboa, Khelovhedu & Sign Language of South Africa & Khoi, Nama & San Languages: Pansalb, DAC & CRL Rights Commission 3 Feb 2017

Mr J Selfe (DA) appreciated the truncated introduction that was made by the Department on the presentation as it helped in broadly explaining the main theme. The previous questions that were raised related to a “roadmap” to be taken going forward to guide the Committee showed that the Commission and ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services 27 Jul 2017

(1) What is the date of the last medical assessment (a) undertaken by and (b) available to his department with regard to the health of the parolee Mr Shabir Shaik? (2) whether the specified person’s condition is still considered to be terminal; if not, what steps has his department ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services 24 Apr 2017

(1) Was the position of Director: Policy and Research: Remand Detention Systems at the Head Office of his department advertised; if so, (a) on what date was the specified position advertised and (b) where; (2) how many applications were received for the relevant position; (3) (a) how many persons were ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services 14 Mar 2017

(1)What (a) facilities are available for prisoners at the St Albans prison in Port Elizabeth to receive contact visits and (b) are the relevant prison policies in this regard; (2) (a) what facilities are available in the specified prison for medical treatment of inmates and (b) how many (i ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

Election Of President Of The Republic 21 May 2014

Not quite, honourable Chief Justice. Honourable Chief Justice, I rise on the question of procedure in terms of Rule 8 of the Rules of the first sitting of the National Assembly, on which I would like your ruling.
Election Of President Of The Republic 21 May 2014

Hon Chief Justice ...

All Plenary Appearances

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

TRUSTS

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

TRUSTS

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2013 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2012 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2011 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2010 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

TRAVEL

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

Committee appearances

Questions

Plenary appearances