Ms Karen Jooste

National Assembly

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About Karen Jooste

2018 committee attendance as mp

86% attendance rate

Attended 6 meetings out of 7

2017 committee attendance as mp

81% attendance rate

Attended 17 meetings out of 21

2016 committee attendance as mp

61% attendance rate

Attended 11 meetings out of 18

2015 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 18 meetings out of 18

2014 committee attendance as mp

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

100% attendance rate

Attended 13 meetings out of 13

Attendance records reflect Committee not Plenary Attendance
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

Social Development — Meeting with Indonesian Parliament delegation — 16 May 2018
Social Development — Department of Social Development & NDA & SASSA 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy — 2 May 2018
Social Development — Department of Social Development & NDA & SASSA 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan (postponed) — 25 Apr 2018
Social Development — SASSA progress report on implementation of Constitutional Court order; Vacant posts in SASSA — 28 Mar 2018
Social Development — SASSA progress report on Constitutional Court judgment and provincial state of readiness — 14 Mar 2018

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee on Social Development (National Assembly Committees) since 9th March 2018
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 21st May 2014
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Social Development (National Assembly Committees) from June 2014 until 9th March 2018
Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
22nd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Northern Cape Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
59th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
2nd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Northern Cape Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

TRUSTS

Name Of Trusts
Nothing to disclose

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Description
Cape Town	Residential

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Description
Kimberley	Residential

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Kimberley	Normal	Residential

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Kimberley	Normal	House

Committee appearances

SASSA progress report on implementation of Constitutional Court order; Vacant posts in SASSA 28 Mar 2018

Ms K Jooste (DA) asked a question of clarity. Did all the beneficiaries know whether they were registered for cash payments or not? The Northern Cape consisted of small towns and very small towns and sometimes people moved around and sometimes, there was not even an ATM so people might ...
SASSA progress report on Constitutional Court judgment and provincial state of readiness 14 Mar 2018

Ms K Jooste (DA) asked if the total deductions on page 8 were for March as the total was very high which worried her because the majority of grants are child grants which meant these deductions were on child grants. She asked that a meeting be held on deductions from ...
Foster Care System: Progress Report by Department of Social Development, with Minister 22 Nov 2017

Ms K Jooste (DA) said there was a need to be clear about the cause of the backlog. The backlog was a continuous problem and was caused by the large gap between the foster care and child care grants. The solution would be to align the foster and child care ...
East Rand chronic underfunding of Child Welfare organisations: Social Development Department response to petition 1 Nov 2017

Ms K Jooste (DA) asked if the funding for the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) was separate from the ECD funding.
South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) 2016/17 Annual Report 5 Oct 2017

Ms K Jooste (DA) asked about the foster care grant reviews and lapsing. How many had lapsed, and what was their financial value? She also asked how may would lapse at the end of the year, as it was a crisis.

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Social Development 26 Jul 2018

(a) What are the relevant details regarding shortages of vehicles for conducting home visits by social workers in each province and (b) in each case, (i) at which offices are the shortages experienced and (ii) what are the details of the backlog in home visits at each specified office?
Questions asked to the Minister of Energy 7 May 2018

Has the second phase of the Bokpoort Concentrated Solar Power Project near Groblershoop in the Northern Cape commenced yet; if not (a) why not and (b) by what date is the second phase expected to commence; if so: (i) what is the current status of the project, (ii) on what ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Social Development 3 May 2018

What steps will she take to address the (a) shortage of social workers in the country and (b) absorption of qualified social workers trained by her department into the Public Service?

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Plenary appearances

Appropriation Bill 15 Jul 2014

Hon Chair, will the hon Minister take a question?
Appropriation Bill 15 Jul 2014

Chair, I just want to know if the hon Minister is aware of a settlement called Silvertown in the Eastern Cape, where the portable toilets were left uncollected for four months. The people had to live with that and dig their own pit latrines.

All Plenary Appearances

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