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.

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2021 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 4 meetings out of 4

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Recent meetings attended

Home Affairs — Refugee bodies on their work & challenges concerning Refugees & Asylum Seekers; Legality of corporate visas issued to Boleng & Phenyo Africa Mining Services — 2 Mar 2021
Home Affairs — Refugee situation in Cape Town: stakeholder engagement; Public Protector Report on naturalisation; Permit/visa review; with Ministry — 26 Feb 2021
Home Affairs — Allegations about corporate permits issued to foreign national in North West; Impact of SONA on portfolio; with Minister & Deputy Minister — 23 Feb 2021
Home Affairs — Readiness to open ports of entry; Electoral Act amendment; Electoral Laws Second Amendment Bill; with Minister — 9 Feb 2021

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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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Refugee bodies on their work & challenges concerning Refugees & Asylum Seekers; Legality of corporate visas issued to Boleng & Phenyo Africa Mining Services 2 Mar 2021

Mr K Pillay (ANC) said that the backlog of applications relating to refugees had been an ongoing concern for the Committee. It was uncertain whether the target of clearing up the backlog would be achieved on time. He appreciated the move towards the digitalisation of case files, because it would ...
Readiness to open Ports of Entry & development of electoral legislation: Minister & Department briefing; Electoral Laws Second Amendment Bill: briefing 9 Feb 2021

Mr K Pillay (ANC) stated that the Committee should be more encouraging towards the DHA implementation plan. On Covid-19 testing, he agreed with the DHA timeline that an antigen test takes 15 minutes to ensure that proper records are kept. However, it is paramount that the testing process is streamlined ...

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