Dr Kenneth Leonard Jacobs

National Assembly

kjacobs@parliament.gov.za

About Kenneth Leonard Jacobs

2020 committee attendance as mp

88% attendance rate

Attended 7 meetings out of 8

2019 committee attendance as mp

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

Health — NHLS COVID-19 test backlogs; Life Healthcare & Netcare COVID-19 state of readiness — 10 Jun 2020
Health — COVID-19 Response update by Health Ministry/Department; Committee Report on Health Budget — 28 May 2020
Health — Department of Health Strategic Plan & Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister — 20 May 2020
Health — Department of Health Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan and Budget: AGSA analysis and assessment — 13 May 2020
Health — COVID-19 Update & Government Response: Minister & Department briefing — 27 Apr 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 Joint Committee on South African chapter of Global TC Caucus (Joint Committees) since 17th March 2020
Member at Portfolio Committee on Health (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at African National Congress (ANC) (Party)

Formerly

5th Candidate at African National Congress Regional Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

Committee appearances

NHLS strategy to deal with Covid-19 test results and backlogs; Life Healthcare Group & Netcare on state of readiness for Covid-19 10 Jun 2020

Dr K Jacobs (ANC) stated that 114 381 tests were done in the Western Cape, whereas 150 954 tests were done in Gauteng. The positivity rates between the provinces are quite dissimilar. How will the NHLS correct this type of testing considering that there are not enough test reagents and ...
Health Budget: Committee Report; Ministry/Department of Health on Covid-19 update 28 May 2020

Dr K Jacobs (ANC) provided feedback on the Western Cape oversight site visit. The delegation of Members who attended had the opportunity to engage with the management of the CTICC and Tygerberg Hospital which has been turned into an emergency hospital. The management was particularly open about the challenges they ...
Department of Health 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan 20 May 2020

Dr K Jacobs (ANC) referenced the recent Auditor General presentation to the Committee. Urgent intervention is needed in IT management, financial management and compliance management for all the departments of health, and not just the National Department (NDoH), then eight of the key focus areas need addressing. He asked how ...
Department of Health Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan and Budget: AGSA analysis and assessment 13 May 2020

Dr K Jacobs (ANC) urged that the Committee set aside some time to go through all the concerns which were highlighted in slides 19 and 20; he thought that the report required immediate action. He thanked the audit team for their presentation and for highlighting the recurring issues, their recommendation ...
COVID-19 Update: Minister of Health briefing 10 Apr 2020

Dr K Jacobs (ANC), after thanking the Minister and his team, asked Prof Karim about the probability of the epidemic curve in South Africa flattening further. He asked if additional measures are in place if the flattening of the curve did not occur. His second question related to food parcels ...

All Committee Appearances

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Plenary appearances

GOVERNANCE - CLUSTER 3 27 May 2020

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Thank you, Minister. There are many institutions which develop models about epidemics in South Africa. South Africans can get a better understanding of the epidemic's trajectory through those models. The models also assist government to be able to prepare interventions to reduce the number of ...
DEBATE ON TUBERCULOSIS (TB): UNITED IN THE FIGHT TO END TB - A CHALLENGE TO ALL SOUTH AFRICANS 13 Mar 2020

Hon Chairperson, we have heard here today that Tuberculosis, TB, is a leading reported cause of death which is 88.4% of all deaths in South Africa and the leading cause of death by a single infectious agent globally.
The ANC led government has been at the forefront of working ...

All Plenary Appearances

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