Mxolisa Simon Sokatsha

National Assembly

Formerly: Northern Cape Provincial Legislature

msokatsha@parliament.gov.za

About Mxolisa Simon Sokatsha

2020 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 7 meetings out of 7

2019 committee attendance as mp

92% attendance rate

Attended 12 meetings out of 13

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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

Health — NHLS COVID-19 test backlogs; Life Healthcare & Netcare COVID-19 state of readiness — 10 Jun 2020
Health — COVID-19 Response update by Health Ministry/Department; Committee Report on Health Budget — 28 May 2020
Health — Department of Health Strategic Plan & Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister — 20 May 2020
Health — COVID-19 Update & Government Response: Minister & Department briefing — 27 Apr 2020
Health — COVID-19 Update: Minister of Health briefing — 10 Apr 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 Joint Committee on South African chapter of Global TC Caucus (Joint Committees) since 17th March 2020
Member at Portfolio Committee on Health (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at African National Congress (ANC) (Party)

Formerly

106th Candidate at African National Congress National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Northern Cape Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member-elect at Northern Cape Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
9th Candidate at African National Congress Provincial Northern Cape Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

Committee appearances

NHLS strategy to deal with Covid-19 test results and backlogs; Life Healthcare Group & Netcare on state of readiness for Covid-19 10 Jun 2020

Mr M Sokatsha (ANC) noted inconsistencies on the provincial information provided. He asked for clarity on why the NHLS have excluded the Northern Cape in the distribution of PCR equipment. There are four provinces who have not been included under the breakdown of unprocessed specimens. Why are there such inconsistencies ...
Department of Health 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan 20 May 2020

Mr M Sokatsha (ANC) asked what Dr Andrews meant by the DoH programmes are not aligned with the organogram. To him, this could mean a number of things: that it is appointing people randomly; that it is appointing for roles that do not exist on the organogram, or that DoH ...
COVID-19 Update: Minister of Health briefing 10 Apr 2020

Mr M Sokatsha (ANC) thanked the Minister as well as the Chairperson. He expressed his appreciation of the Department's use of science during the pandemic and expressed his gratitude for giving South Africans confidence in science. He referred to the recoveries. He wanted to know how many persons have ...
DoH, NHLS & SAHPRA 2018/19 Annual Reports; with Minister & Deputy Minister 15 Oct 2019

Mr M Sokatsha (ANC) expressed his grave concern on SAHPRA’s poor performance in achieving its targets across all programmes. He questioned the R30 million saving on employees. The funds clearly should have been used in capacitating units in the entity. He criticised SAHPRA for asking for additional funds from ...
Health Sector 2018/19 Annual Reports, with AGSA, SAMRC, and FFC input 10 Oct 2019

Mr M Sokatsha (ANC) asked where the OHO get involved in instances of mistreatment of patients -- for example, when mental health patients were kept in jail. Should the OHO be called in to come and investigate, or not?

All Committee Appearances

Questions

No questions found

Plenary appearances

UNGQONGQOSHE WEZINDAWO ZOKUHLALISWA KWABANTU, AMANZI 11 Mar 2020

Hon Deputy Minister, how has the Minister ensured that the appointment of employees in his office and the department are commensurate with the department's vision of ensuring and healthy life for all South Africans? Thank you.
UNGQONGQOSHE WEZINDAWO ZOKUHLALISWA KWABANTU, AMANZI 11 Mar 2020

Thank you very much, hon Deputy Minister for the progress that the department has made in terms of making sure that the issue is addressed. Deputy Minister, you have indicated that there is no policy on sterilisation, with or without consent of the patient and two provinces have been mentioned ...

All Plenary Appearances

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