Mr Mervyn Alexander Dirks

Committee appearances

• Abuse of women and children by religious leaders/sector: CRL Commission briefing 30 Oct 2018

  Mr M Dirks (ANC) thanked Ms Mkhwanazi-Xaluva for the presentation. He supported self-regulation that was previously tabled by the Commission, but matters have since changed. The government must step in and regulate the religious sector as it cannot do so on its own. Religious leaders have failed to protest about ...

• Gender Transformation in Tertiary institutions; Sex workers wellbeing: CGE briefing; BRRR 23 Oct 2018

  Mr M Dirks (ANC) was concerned that supporters of Pastor Omotoso, during the rape trial, were mostly women.

• Department of Women & Commission for Gender Equality 2017/18 Annual Reports, with AGSA input 9 Oct 2018

  Mr M Dirks (ANC) asked if it would be possible in future to have the Department present when the AGSA presented, as most of the questions asked needed to be answered by the DoW. He wanted more clarity on how it was possible for governance to be assessed as good ...

• Chapter 9 Institutions amalgamation: OISD progress report; with the Minister 5 Jun 2018

  Mr M Dirks (ANC) asked if the absent Members were aware of the very important item on the agenda. The agenda item was extremely crucial. One could not do constituency work when they should be dealing with government work.

• Department of Women & Commission for Gender Equality Budget: Committee Report 8 May 2018

  Mr M Dirks (ANC) said that he was happy with the recommendations, but they were not very strong and lacked detail. The Committee should tell the CGE to involve both the private and public sector.

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