Ms Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente

National Assembly

About Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente

Veronica Mente, 38, 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.

2018 committee attendance as mp

81% attendance rate

Attended 22 meetings out of 27

2017 committee attendance as mp

54% attendance rate

Attended 34 meetings out of 63

2016 committee attendance as mp

44% attendance rate

Attended 18 meetings out of 41

2015 committee attendance as mp

33% attendance rate

Attended 7 meetings out of 21

2014 committee attendance as mp

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

100% attendance rate

Attended 9 meetings out of 9

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Recent meetings attended

Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament — Parliament’s Draft 2019/20 Budget & APP: Acting Secretary to Parliament & Treasury briefing — 12 Sep 2018
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — Eskom debt: hearing with municipalities — 13 Jun 2018
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — Municipal Debt owed to Eskom: inputs by Eskom, COGTA, SALGA, National Treasury — 16 May 2018
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament — Parliament 2017/18 Quarter 4 performance — 16 May 2018
Standing Committee on Auditor General — Public Audit Amendment Draft Bill: consideration — 11 May 2018

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Committee On Auditor-General (Committee) since 1st June 2017
Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration (National Assembly Committees) since 16th November 2016
Member at Standing Committee on Public Accounts (National Assembly Committees) since 5th May 2016
Member at Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament (Joint Committees) since 26th April 2016
Party Whip at National Assembly (Parliament) since 1st March 2015
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 21st May 2014
Member at Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) (Party)

Formerly

Member at Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 16th November 2016
2nd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Western Cape Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
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

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Description
Cape Town	Residential

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

PENSIONS

Public/Private	Source
Public	South African Police Service

Committee appearances

Eskom debt: hearing with municipalities 13 Jun 2018

Ms V Mente (EFF) said Eskom was not a service provider, but a state-owned entity (SOE) that had to generate revenue to assist the state and its sustainability. It contributed to the economy of SA, so for Eskom and the municipalities to be bickering about who gets what was quite ...
Parliament 2017/18 Quarter 4 performance 16 May 2018

Ms V Mente (EFF) remarked that the Minister of Public Service and Administration recently stated that spending on capital expenditure was not in line with the planned move of Parliament to Pretoria. She asked for an update on in-sourcing of cleaning and catering as there was underspending in Compensation of ...
Municipal Debt owed to Eskom: inputs by Eskom, COGTA, SALGA, National Treasury 16 May 2018

Ms N Mente (EFF) expressed her shock about cutting off electricity. She raised the Constitution and said despite the Bill of Rights, SALGA and Eskom bragged about cutting off electricity. That was a serious violation of human rights. How do you cut off lights for a student who must study ...
SAA 2016/17 financial statements & irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure: hearing 24 Apr 2018

Ms N Mente (EFF) asked why SAA could not have its own aircraft.
Department of Water and Sanitation challenges: SIU, AGSA & National Treasury input 27 Mar 2018

Ms V Mente (EFF) asked if the AGSA was aware of irregular payments in other key infrastructure projects because those that were listed in the 2015/16 audit report were not captured in the AGSA’s presentation. What specific project did the irregular expenditure in Lepelle Northern Water relate to?

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the President of the Republic 5 Sep 2018

(a) What number of international trips has he undertaken since taking office and (b) who has accompanied him on each trip that is not a member of the Government?
Questions asked to the Minister of Trade and Industry 24 Aug 2018

What are the top five products in each category and Rand value that South Africa (a) imported and (b) exported in each of the past five years?
Questions asked to the Minister of Energy 22 Aug 2018

With reference to his reply to question 1363 on 23 May 2018, what percentage of shares in Main Street (RF) (Pty) Ltd, Ramizone (RF) (Pty) Ltd, Amstilinx (RF) (Pty) Ltd, Amstilite (RF) (Pty) Ltd are owned by BTSA Netherlands Cooperatie U.A, Ramizest and Friedshelf 1294 respectively?

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

Ndp. 21 Jul 2014

Sihlalo, ndiyabulisa eNdlwini. [Hon Chairperson, I greet you all in the House.]
The EFF rejects this budget proposal based on the following observations. From the beginning of this Parliament, both the hon Minister in the Presidency ... [Interjections.]
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 ...

All Plenary Appearances

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