Mervyn Alexander Dirks

National Assembly

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Party

African National Congress (ANC)

Email

mdirks@parliament.gov.za

Phone

Constituency Offices

Not associated with any constituency offices

Province

KwaZulu-Natal

About Mervyn Alexander Dirks

Mr Dirk is the Chief Whip of Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA). His involvement in politics dates back to the 1970s when he spearheaded the Happy Valley rent boycotts against the racist apartheid local councils and its hated race-based local authorities.Read more

2020 committee attendance as mp

36% attendance rate

Attended 4 meetings out of 11

2019 committee attendance as mp

74% attendance rate

Attended 17 meetings out of 23

2018 committee attendance as mp

65% attendance rate

Attended 11 meetings out of 17

2017 committee attendance as mp

49% attendance rate

Attended 22 meetings out of 45

2016 committee attendance as mp

45% attendance rate

Attended 18 meetings out of 40

2015 committee attendance as mp

27% attendance rate

Attended 12 meetings out of 45

2014 committee attendance as mp

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

73% attendance rate

Attended 8 meetings out of 11

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

Public Accounts (SCOPA) — Minister of Water and Sanitation on investigations into DWS & Water Boards — 26 May 2020
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — Business rescue plans for SAA: Engagement with Public Enterprises Ministry & Business Rescue Practitioners — 15 May 2020
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — Non-Tabling of Annual Report: Department of Water and Sanitation — 11 Mar 2020
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — PRASA financial management and regression: follow-up meeting; with Minister & Administrator — 5 Feb 2020
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — COGTA plans to resolve municipal debt to Eskom; with Deputy Ministers — 3 Dec 2019

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Standing Committee on Public Accounts (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at African National Congress (ANC) (Party)

Formerly

15th Candidate at African National Congress Regional KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development (National Assembly Committees) from 30th October 2017 until 7th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Women in The Presidency (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Basic Education (National Assembly Committees) from 30th October 2017 until 17th May 2018
Member at Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development (National Assembly Committees) from 4th September 2017 until 6th October 2017
Member at Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 4th September 2017
Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
11th Candidate at African National Congress Regional KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
No Regrets Trading	Final Deregistration
Redlands Suite 5	Final Deregistration
INVESTRAC 21	Final Deregistration
Commshelf 24	Final Deregistration
Cliesta Investment	Close Corporation
Facilitator Trading	Final Deregistration
Pacific Breeze Trading 5	Final Deregistration
Bradbury Trading 30	Final Deregistration
Mish Lake trade and investment 73	Private Company
Leicester Football Club	Final Deregistration

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	1000m2	Pietermaritzburg, Kwa Zulu Natal
Vacant Land	1000m2	Pietermaritzburg, Kwa Zulu Natal

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Investrac 21	Final Deregistration
Commshelf 24	Final Deregistration
Cliesta Investment	Close Corporation
Facilitator Trading	Final Deregistration
No Regrets Trading	Final Deregistration
Redlands Suite 5	Final Deregistration
Pacific Breeze Trading 5	Final Deregistration
Bradbury Trading 30	Final Deregistration
Mish Lake Trade and Investment 73	Private Company
Leicester Football Club	Final Deregistration

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	1000sq.m	41 Magnolia Road, Woodlands, Pietermaritzburg
Vacant Land	1000sq.m	Melsetter Road

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Investrac 21
Leicester FG	Soccer
Pacific Breeze 517
Guesta
Misty Lake
Bradburr
Redlands Suite 5
Commshelf 24
Facilator Trading

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Residential	1 000sq.m.	Pietermaritzburg

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Name of Company	No
Cozitime	40

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	Normal	Woodlands, Pietermaritzburg
Vacant land	1 000sq.m.	Woodlands, Pietermaritzburg

Committee appearances

Minister of Water and Sanitation on investigations on irregular expenditure for Department and Water Boards 26 May 2020

Mr M Dirks (ANC) agreed that the report does not give the solid details required by SCOPA. However, he acknowledged that it identifies culprits and the areas where irregular expenditure is taking place; mostly at the level of implementing agents. The Committee cannot interrogate DWS on maladministration occurring within the ...
Business rescue plans for SAA & SA Express Airways: Minister of Public Enterprises & Business Rescue Practitioners 15 May 2020

Mr M Dirks (ANC) said that the practitioners did not answer whether they themselves had any aviation experience. He raised the issue of cost cutting measures. One of the tasks of the BRPs was to implement cost cutting measures. The BRPs must outline all the cost cutting measures they have ...
PRASA financial management and regression: follow-up meeting with Minister & Department of Transport 5 Feb 2020

Mr M Dirks (ANC) requested permission to make a general comment. The Administrator had spoken about the windows being broken so that the people could steal the aluminium embedded in the windows. That spoke directly to the moral degeneration in SA society. That needed to be addressed by politicians. It ...
Plans to resolve the impasse between ESKOM and defaulting municipalities: input by COGTA, SALGA & National Treasury 3 Dec 2019

Mr M Dirks (ANC) asked if Eskom would take the same measures to recover debts from areas where it was responsible for reticulation, such as Soweto, as it would where municipalities were responsible for reticulation.
SCOPA Review of 2018-2019 Financial Statements, Deviations, Expansions, Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure 26 Nov 2019

The Chairperson accepted apologies from Mr M Dirks (ANC) and Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour, Ms Boitumelo Moloi. He sharply criticised the delegation from the Compensation Fund (CF) for sending a revised version of its report to the Committee late the day before, not giving the Committee enough time ...

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