Ms Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente

National Assembly

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Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)

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Eastern Cape

About Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente

Ms Mente began her professional career as a bodyguard to the then mayor of Cape Town. She was a "barefoot lawyer" in the township of Khayelitsha and assists workers who have had their rights abused in different ways in the work place. Ms Mente was one of 15 volunteers who worked with the advisory office LAMEC (Labour Community Advice Media and Education Centre) in Khayelitsha. The organisation is a part of World Workers Media Production and has educated union activists in media production since 1997.

Currently

Member at Disciplinary Committee (National Assembly) (National Assembly Committees) since 11th September 2019
Alternate Member at Standing Committee on Auditor General (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at Standing Committee on Public Accounts (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Party Whip at National Assembly (Parliament) since 13th June 2019
Alternate Member at Rules of the National Assembly (National Assembly Committees) since 6th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) (Party)

Formerly

12nd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Eastern Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
12nd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
12nd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional North West Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
12nd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Mpumalanga Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
12nd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Limpopo Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
12nd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
12nd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
12nd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Committee On Auditor-General (Committee) from 1st June 2017 until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration (National Assembly Committees) from 16th November 2016 until 7th May 2019
Member at Standing Committee on Public Accounts (National Assembly Committees) from 5th May 2016 until 7th May 2019
Member at Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament (Joint Committees) from 26th April 2016 until 7th May 2019
Party Whip at National Assembly (Parliament) from 1st March 2015 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 16th November 2016
19th Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters National Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
2nd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Provincial Western Cape Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
2nd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Western Cape Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Residential	3 Bedroomed House	Parklands, Cape Town

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location
Residential	Cape Town

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
South African Police Service	Public

Committee appearances

SCOPA Review of 2018-2019 Financial Statements, Deviations, Expansions, Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure 26 Nov 2019

Ms V Mente (EFF) said the owner of the document, that is, the Accounting Authority, should indicate which document he would take responsibility for.
DCS 2018-2019 financial statements, deviations, expansions, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure: SCOPA review 19 Nov 2019

Ms V Mente (EFF) asked if Mr Govender, and other officials implicated in irregular expenditure, were vetted. One official rented an office without a lease, quotations were not obtained, and contracts expanded in excess of 20%. These were serious breaches. If the officials involved were vetted, what had the results ...
Deviation and expansion for national departments and entities for 4th quarter 2018/19 & 1st quarter 2019/2020: National Treasury briefing 29 Oct 2019

Ms N Mente (EFF) asked whether content advisors could in future filter the overwhelming amount of information provided in these presentations, as it was currently difficult to make sense of the amount of information provide at such short notice.
Inter-Ministerial Task Team on the defaulting municipalities that are owing ESKOM (postponed) 22 Oct 2019

Ms V Mente (EFF) reminded the gathering that Parliament was attending to the Special Appropriation Bill to Eskom simply because Eskom’s problems were far bigger than any other alternative could fix. Parliament had had to intervene and appropriate special funds to ensure that Eskom was working. What had caused ...
State Security Agency on vetting of officials; Research Unit on Audit outcomes, with Minister 15 Oct 2019

Ms V Mente (EFF) asked, in terms of the shortage of capacity in human resources at SSA, whether that has been communicated to the Portfolio Committee where the Agency and the Minister account to because they are Members of Parliament and they cannot have a simple thing like HR to ...

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Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Finance 11 Nov 2019

Whether the National Treasury allocated additional funding to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate in order to pay investigators in terms of the SA Police Services Act, Act 68 of 1995; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Questions asked to the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities 10 Oct 2019

What number of (a) safe homes for abused women and children does her department have in the Republic, (b) the specified safe homes are operational and (c) referrals has her Office done in collaboration with the departments of police, health and social development?
Questions asked to the Minister in the Presidency 16 Apr 2019

What number of (a) tender briefings were held in 2018 by (i) her Office and (ii) each of the entities reporting to her and (b) the specified briefings were compulsory?

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Plenary appearances

JOINT SITTING TUESDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2019 12 Feb 2019

Hayi ndifuna ukuxelela uMbhexeshi oyiNtloko ukuba...
USOMLOMO: Hayi xa ufuna ukuxelela umntu...
English:
...you do not raise a point of order.
Ndp. 21 Jul 2014

Centralising procurement is not a solution, because it will just increase the red tape and centralise corruption. The Presidential Hotline management is in such a poor state that no area can vouch for the assistance granted to it due to this hotline.
Turnaround times have to be as quick as ...

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