Mathew John Cuthbert

National Assembly

@TheMatCuthbert

About Mathew John Cuthbert

Mr Cuthbert serves as the DA’s Shadow Deputy Minister for Trade, Industry and Economic Development. Some of his achievements include being the youngest councillor in Ekhurhuleni. He holds a Bachelor of Political Science, a Post-graduate diploma in Business Administration at the Wits Business School, and is currently pursuing his Master of Management with a focus on economic policy at the Wits School of Governance. Read more here.

2021 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 12 meetings out of 12

2020 committee attendance as mp

96% attendance rate

Attended 46 meetings out of 48

2019 committee attendance as mp

81% attendance rate

Attended 22 meetings out of 27

Attendance Methodology

Recent meetings attended

Trade and Industry — Minister on position of Acting NLC Chairperson; Update on NLC process, with Minister and Deputy Ministers — 31 Mar 2021
Trade and Industry — Update on SEZ implementation & SABS turnaround strategy; Committee Report on DTI performance — 17 Mar 2021
Trade and Industry — Minister on implementation of African Continental Free Trade Agreement; Committee Report on DTI performance — 16 Mar 2021
Trade and Industry — National Lotteries Commission Chairperson Vacancy: Committee Recommendation — 12 Mar 2021
Trade and Industry — National Lotteries Commission Chairperson Vacancy: deliberations — 10 Mar 2021

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee On Trade and Industry (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

15th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
60th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

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Committee appearances

Minister on position of Acting NLC Chairperson; Update on NLC process 31 Mar 2021

Mr M Cuthbert (DA) did not see an issue with discussing the permanent appointment of a board chairperson (
Update on SEZ implementation; Implementation of SABS turnaround strategy; Committee Report on DTI performance 17 Mar 2021

Mr M Cuthbert (DA) requested that the DA’s reservations about Dr M Madzivhandila be clearly articulated. The objections had also been based on its view that the Committee had not adequately considered the outer recommendations from the public comment process as they should have been.
Implementation of African Continental Free Trade Agreement; Continental Covid response & economic interventions; Committee Report on DTI performance 16 Mar 2021

Mr M Cuthbert (DA) stated that it was a useful presentation. He complimented the AfCFTA secretariat on the considerable work done. It bodes well for SA. The country should take every opportunity to liberalise trade and that was a great step forward in terms of liberalising trade.
Engagement with entities on their contribution towards the economic recovery plan 3 Mar 2021

Mr M Cuthbert (DA) asked the IDC about the work it was doing in the cannabis and medical marijuana industry and whether it was supporting any companies. He asked about the talks and the potential pipeline with Lesotho. What was the strategy for tapping into that market? Countries like Uruguay ...
National Lotteries Commission Vacancy: shortlisitling of candidates finalised 26 Feb 2021

Mr M Cuthbert (DA) requested time for a caucus amongst opposition parties.

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Public Service and Administration 9 Apr 2021

Whether a certain person (name and details furnished) is an employee of (a) his department, (b) a departmental agency and/or (c) any state-owned entity reporting to him in any capacity whatsoever; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the further relevant details?
Questions asked to the Minister of Employment and Labour 8 Apr 2021

(1)In light of confirmation on Wednesday, 10 March 2021, by the Director-General of the Department of Public Service and Administration of endemic post vacancies within various government departments, (a) what (i) total number of posts in his department are currently vacant and not occupied and (ii) are the relevant details ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition 6 Apr 2021

What was the marketing budget of the National Lotteries Commission in each of the past 10 financial years?

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

WEDNESDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2019 3 Dec 2019

House Chairperson, Minister you have just spoken about the steps being taken to broaden black-owned businesses in the panel beating business, but can you tell us what you have done with respect to the neo monopoly of Nzabanzaba Attorneys which continues to receive 70% of the Competition Commissions legal work ...
ADVANCING THE AFRICAN UNION AGENDA 2063 WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE TWIN PILLARS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY (Subject for Discussion) 7 Nov 2019

Hon Speaker, never did I think I will see the nationalist socialist party of Wakanda over there arguing in favour of free markets, but it seems that things happen everyday. The ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, AfCFTA agreement, by 27 member states is a victory for ...

All Plenary Appearances

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