Mr 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 29 meetings out of 29

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 — National Consumer Tribunal & National Consumer Regulator 2020/21 Quarter 4 Performance — 7 Sep 2021
Trade and Industry — National Gambling Board 2020/21 Quarter 4 performance — 1 Sep 2021
Trade and Industry — Progress report on implementation of SABS & NRCS turnaround strategies — 25 Aug 2021
Trade and Industry — Recent Unrest: DTIC, IDC NEF & SASRIA on economic recovery support interventions, with Minister & Deputy — 24 Aug 2021
Trade and Industry — Report on Oversight visit to KZN & Gauteng prompted by recent unrest — 20 Aug 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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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2019 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nature	Name of Company	Number of Shares	Nominal Value
RA	PPS Retirement Annuity	Monthly contribution R2 300.00
TFSA	PPS Tax free Investment Account	Monthly contribution R500.00

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description of Property	Location – Area	Extent of the Property
Apartment (50%)	Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni	65m²

Committee appearances

National Gambling Board 2020/21 Quarter 4 performance 1 Sep 2021

Mr M Cuthbert (DA) asked about monitoring the compliance of internet cafes. He understood that many were actually venues for online gambling but they were not necessarily licensed and did not fall within the legal prescripts. What was the NGB doing to find out where those illegal environments were and ...
Report on Oversight Visit to Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal 20 Aug 2021

Mr M Cuthbert (DA) – against
Copyright & Performers’ Protection Amendment remitted Bills: public hearings 12 Aug 2021

Mr M Cuthbert (DA) requested that South African Special Risk Insurance Association (SASRIA) be requested to present to the Committee on addressing compensation to businesses that had been suffered damage.
Copyright & Performers’ Protection Amendment remitted Bills: public hearings 11 Aug 2021

Mr M Cuthbert (DA) noted Mr Hollis’ contention of what the academics had presented in the workshop the previous day which suggested that Committee Members had been directed in a particular way to achieve a particular outcome and so he asked how presenters at the workshop had been chosen. What ...
Competition Commission 2021/22 Annual Performance Plan 2 Jun 2021

Mr M Cuthbert (DA) understood that the founding of the Competition Commission had been to ensure a level playing field for all and that it had not been set up to ensure racial bean counting within the market itself. Unfortunately, the B-BBEE Commission had been set up to monitor those ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition 4 Oct 2021

(1)To what extent will the intended localisation policies affect (a) goods and services to be traded under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), both directly and indirectly, (b) domestic, regional, and continental supply chains, (c) non-localised demarcated sectors and (d) trade relations with other member states of the AfCFTA, ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 27 Sep 2021

Whether she will furnish Mr M J Cuthbert with a (a) list of all capital projects that a certain company (name furnished) has been contracted by her department to complete in the City of Ekurhuleni and (b)(i) detailed scope of work and (ii) bill of quantities for each of the ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 27 Sep 2021

Whether her department has any other projects in the pipeline for Lindelani Informal Settlement in terms of the provision of (a) electricity, (b) water and (c) sanitation; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

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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