Mr Kavilan Brandon Pillay

National Assembly

About Kavilan Brandon Pillay

Mr Pillay’s activism started during his teenage years, having been influenced by his late dad. He cut his political teeth with the Bayview Flat Residents Association as an activist and later the ANC. He served as ANC ward councillor for ward 69 in the eThekwini municipality before taking up a role in the city as grant in aid manager.

Mr Pillay was sworn in as a member of the National Assembly on the 27th of January 2021.

Source: IOL

2021 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 19 meetings out of 19

Attendance Methodology

Recent meetings attended

Home Affairs — Joint meeting: IEC on readiness for LGEs & implications of recent Constitutional Court Court ruling — 10 Sep 2021
Home Affairs — DHA Counter-Corruption and Security Services branch on its work and high profile cases — 7 Sep 2021
Home Affairs — Election of Chairperson; DHA & SITA on war on queues and chronic network downtimes at DHA offices — 31 Aug 2021
Home Affairs — Department of Home Affairs 2020/21 Quarter 4 performance; with Minister and Deputy Minister — 24 Aug 2021
Home Affairs — Committee Reports: Government Printing Works; Looted Home Affairs offices; Strategic Plan — 17 Aug 2021

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs (National Assembly Committees) since 2nd February 2021
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 6th January 2021
Member at African National Congress (ANC) (Party)

Formerly

127th Candidate at African National Congress National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

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Committee appearances

Department of Home Affairs 2020/21 Quarter 4 performance 24 Aug 2021

Mr K Pillay (ANC) said Covid-19 posed a huge risk for the country and it was difficult to mitigate risks. However, a year later all had to find ways to accommodate and work around it. It was important to commend and congratulate the Department and the leadership on targets achieved. ...
Committee Strategic / Annual Performance Plan; Report on oversight visit to Government Printing Works 17 Aug 2021

Mr K Pillay (ANC) stated that it was outlined that the report was a strategic framework over a three-to-five-year period. This could be the reason that there is no report on the progress made. He recommended that the DHA should submit a report to reflect the progress made in addition ...
Moseneke Inquiry Report on free and fair local government elections during Covid-19: IEC briefing 30 Jul 2021

Mr K Pillay (ANC) nominated Mr M Chabane (ANC).
Department of Home Affairs Quarter 2 & 3 2020/21 performance 1 Jun 2021

Mr K Pillay (ANC) said that the Department must be commended because it had to adapt to a new normal due to Covid-19. A lot of what was done would be by trial and error; trying to implement new initiatives, trying to implement alternative approaches to many things so that ...
Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) Forensic Investigation Report: DHA, DCDT & SITA Input 25 May 2021

Mr K Pillay (ANC) appreciated the work done to investigate the matter which led to the final report with concise recommendations in the forensic investigation. He welcomed the recommendations made.

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