Michéle Clarke

National Assembly

Formerly: Gauteng Provincial Legislature

michelec@da.org.za

About Michéle Clarke

Prior to 2000, she worked for Local Government for 15 years as an Official. She then got involved with the DA, and was the Chairperson for the Bedfordview Branch in Gauteng from 1997 until 2000. She was then elected as a Councillor for three terms to the Bedfordview Ward. During that period she served as a Whip, a Deputy Chief Whip, and she was also the spokesperson of the Shadow Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Safety at the time. Read more

2020 committee attendance as mp

85% attendance rate

Attended 11 meetings out of 13

2019 committee attendance as mp

70% attendance rate

Attended 16 meetings out of 23

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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 Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — DPSA, NSG, PSC & CPSI 2019/20 Quarter 4 Report — 26 Jun 2020
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — DPME, Brand SA & Stats SA 2019/20 Quarter 4 Performance; with Deputy Minister — 19 Jun 2020
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — DPSA on appointment of youth into learnership, internship and artisan programmes; NSG on unemployed graduates and internships undergoing Public Service orientation; with Minister and Deputy — 11 Jun 2020
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — DPSA, DPME, PSC, NSG & Stats SA Budget: Committee Reports — 27 May 2020
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — Public Service and Administration Budget: Committee Report — 21 May 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 Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

12nd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
65th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
45th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at Social Transformation Cluster Community Safety Portfolio Committee-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Education Portfolio Committee-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Member-elect at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
21st Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

Committee appearances

DPSA, NSG, PSC & CPSI 2019/20 Quarter 4 Report 26 Jun 2020

Ms M Clarke (DA) said that she heard on the news that medical negligence claims were costing the state over R104 billion, and asked whether or not a report would be made available from the PSC in terms of these claims. The report should clearly indicate how long these claims ...
DPME, Brand SA & Stats SA 2019/20 Quarter 4 Performance 19 Jun 2020

Ms M Clarke (DA) asked Statistics SA to elaborate on the causes of the high staff turnover in this financial year. What measures has the entities put in place to ensure that it achieves high staff retention in the future? Noting that the entity had reported that it needed to ...
DPSA on appointment of youth into learnership, internship and artisan programmes; NSG on unemployed graduates and internships undergoing Public Service orientation 11 Jun 2020

Ms M Clark (DA) asked as to how the Department was intending to acquire funding for its programmes, given the global financial crisis that was being observed. Many of the learners needed to be absorbed and put into incentivised programmes so as to ensure that they appeared attractive to employers ...
Public Service and Administration Budget: Committee Report 21 May 2020

Ms M Clarke (DA) requested to add that “the Committee urges the Director-General to submit progress reports on the disciplinary proceedings” so that the Committee can better exercise oversight over the matter.
DPSA & CPSI 2020/21 Annual Performance Plans 13 May 2020

Ms M Clarke (DA) said the following:

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Public Service and Administration 23 Jun 2020

What number of government officials have not submitted their financial disclosures for the current financial year; (2) what number of government officials have been found in breach with regard to (a)(i) doing business outside the prescripts of the State and (ii) conflict of interest and (b) potential conflict of ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Public Service and Administration 19 Jun 2020

(1)What is the name of each official in each (a) national and (b) provincial department who has been suspended for more than 60 days; (2) What are the reasons for each disciplinary action being instituted against each official; (3) What is the (a) period of each suspension and (b ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Transport 9 Jun 2020

Whether his department will offer any form of Covid-19 financial or other relief to small businesses; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether the Covid-19 financial or other relief will only be allocated to qualifying small businesses according to the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

SHACK FIRES AN INCREASINGLY COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THE INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS OF THE CITY OF EKURHULENI (Draft Resolution) 26 Nov 2019

House Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the House-
1) notes that shack fires are an increasingly common occurrence in the informal settlements of the City of Ekurhuleni;
2) acknowledges that the vulnerable community members residing in these informal settlements suffer huge trauma every time these fires occur, leaving them ...

All Plenary Appearances

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