Nazley Khan Sharif

National Assembly

nsharif@parliament.gov.za

@NazleySharif

About Nazley Khan Sharif

Ms Sharif joined the Democratic Alliance Student Organisation in her first year at Wits and has been part of politics ever since. She was elected as a PR Councillor in the City of Joburg in 2014 and re-elected in 2016. She was elected as the Section 79 Committee Chairperson in the Gender, Youth and People with Disabilities in 2016 up until her election as an MP in 2019.Read more here.

2020 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 5 meetings out of 5

2019 committee attendance as mp

76% attendance rate

Attended 19 meetings out of 25

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

Multi-Party Women’s Caucus — Introductory Workshop on Gender-Responsive Planning & Budgeting & role of Multi-Party Women’s Caucus, with Minister — 12 Mar 2020
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities — Coerced sterilisation: CGE briefing; CGE 2019/20 Quarter 2 & 3 Performance — 3 Mar 2020
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus — First Term Committee Programme — 26 Feb 2020
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities — NYDA 2019/20 Quarter 1, 2 & 3 performance; with Deputy Minister — 25 Feb 2020
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities — DWPD 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance & Quarter 2 performance outstanding matters; Minister and Deputy Minister in attendance — 18 Feb 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 Women, Youth, Children and People with Disability (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

62nd Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
16th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

Committee appearances

First Term Committee Programme 26 Feb 2020

Ms N Sharif (DA) proposed that the Committee should find another day for the workshop because on 12 March there is an important briefing by the Interim Steering Committee on the GBVF National Strategic Plan, the establishment of the permanent structure and the Emergence Response Action Plan. The Interim Steering ...
DWPD 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance & Quarter 2 performance outstanding matters 18 Feb 2020

Ms N Sharif (DA) said members had performed an unannounced oversight visit to the Gender Based Violence Command Centre and were impressed with the work being carried out. The energy in the Centre is positive and shows that the fight against GBV is being taken seriously. Can the National Strategic ...
6th Parliament Multi-Party Women’s Caucus five-year focus areas 28 Nov 2019

Ms N Sharif (DA) agreed about pornography and the link it has with GBV. It will be a good idea for the MPWC to explore that debate and come up with a clear position and have stakeholder engagement.
Interim Steering Committee structure, representation and mandate; National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence, cost of the plan and approval process progress; Gender Based Violence and Femicide: Emergency Response Action Plan 19 Nov 2019

Ms N Sharif (DA) said that this meeting had been postponed once before, and that the longer the meeting was delayed, the longer it would take for implementation to happen. In light of this, she proposed that the Chairperson allow for a short break in the meeting in order for ...
Progress in implementing AGSA recommendations: Audit and Risk Committee briefing; Department 2018/19 Quarter 2 performance 12 Nov 2019

Ms N Sharif (DA) wanted clarity the Deputy Minister’s unfunded post. She also asked for an example of an irregular expenditure contract, and requested to see the report from the DWYPD after they presented it on 22 November.

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Health 18 Dec 2019

(1)With reference to access to health care by the transgender community, what is the (a) current process for and (b) budget allocated to hormone replacement and gender re-assignment surgery in Government hospitals; (2) whether there is a backlog in respect of hormone replacement and gender re-assignment surgery in Government ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Home Affairs 13 Dec 2019

What measures is his department taking to assist the transgender community by speeding up the process of changing their sex designation legally?
Questions asked to the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities 6 Dec 2019

With reference to her department’s mandate to champion the advancement of women’s socio-economic empowerment and the promotion of gender equality, what steps and/or programmes has her department undertaken in collaboration with other government departments, such as the Departments of Justice and Health the SA Police Service, to ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

WEDNESDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2019 3 Dec 2019

Government's role is to come here and tell us what the implementation plan is. Where is the money coming from and what are the timelines? Nothing else! We are tired of hearing rhetoric and words that mean nothing. The President said ... [Interjections.]
THE DEPUTY SPEAKER: Hon members, hon members ...
WEDNESDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2019 3 Dec 2019

The President said R1,6 billion will be allocated to the emergency response action plan but what he didn't tell us is that this is not new money. This is money that need to come from good graces of departmental heads and is not deliberately rig fenced for gender-based ...

All Plenary Appearances

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