Mr Robert Alfred Lees

National Assembly

Formerly: National Council of Provinces

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@SquireLees

Party

Democratic Alliance (DA)

Email

alf@leeskzn.co.za

Phone

Constituency Offices

Not associated with any constituency offices

Province

KwaZulu-Natal

About Robert Alfred Lees

Mr Robert Alfred Lees went to school in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) and matriculated in 1969. He obtained a certificate in electronics from the Natal Technicon and then went on to read for a BCom degree at the University of Natal (Now KZN) in 1998. He worked for Dunlop Tyres as a trainee manager and then Management Accountant. Mr Lees then moved to Consol as General Manager of the Bags & Sacks Division. In 1990 he established an accounting practise in Ladysmith, KZN. Over some 36 years he has worked in the Emnambithi/Ladysmith area amongst all communities - this area forms his constituency for the DA. Mr Lees is heavily involved with commercial farming and land reform. His first five years in Parliament were as a permanent delegate in the NCOP and as a Member of the Select Committees of Finance and Appropriations.

2019 committee attendance as mp

95% attendance rate

Attended 35 meetings out of 37

2018 committee attendance as mp

98% attendance rate

Attended 57 meetings out of 58

2017 committee attendance as mp

89% attendance rate

Attended 73 meetings out of 82

2016 committee attendance as mp

90% attendance rate

Attended 56 meetings out of 62

2015 committee attendance as mp

95% attendance rate

Attended 41 meetings out of 43

2014 committee attendance as mp

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

93% attendance rate

Attended 13 meetings out of 14

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

Public Accounts (SCOPA) — COGTA plans to resolve municipal debt to Eskom; with Deputy Ministers — 3 Dec 2019
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — Department of Correctional Services 2018/2019 financial statements, deviations, expansions, irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure: Follow-up hearing — 27 Nov 2019
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — UIF & Compensation Fund: deviations, expansions, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, with Minister — 26 Nov 2019
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — PRASA 2018/19 financial statements, deviations, expansions, irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure, with Minister & Deputy Minister — 20 Nov 2019
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — Department of Correctional Services 2018/2019 financial statements, deviations, expansions, irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure — 19 Nov 2019

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 Standing Committee on Public Accounts (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

10th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
88th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Ad Hoc Committee on Funding of Political Parties (Ad Hoc Committees) from 21st June 2017 until 7th May 2019
Member at Standing Committee on Finance (National Assembly Committees) from 25th June 2015 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: uThukela (Constituency Area) from 10th May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at Standing Committee on Public Accounts (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 25th June 2015
Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
4th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
34th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: uThukela (Constituency Area) until 6th May 2014
Member at Ad Hoc Committee on Protection of State Information Bill (NCOP) (Ad Hoc Committees) until 6th May 2014
Delegate at National Council of Provinces (Parliament) from 11th June 2009 until 21st April 2014
Alternate Member at Select Committee on Economic Development (Ncop Committees) until 21st April 2014
Member at Select Committee on Appropriations (Ncop Committees) until 21st April 2014
Member at Select Committee on Finance (Ncop Committees) until 21st April 2014

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R50	50%	Ladysmith Industrial Brushware CC	Member
R100	100%	Nambithi Trading Enterprises CC	Member
R100	100%	RNS Agencies CC	Member

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Ladysmith Farmers Security	Farm Security (Dormant)

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
Chinese Consulate	Book	Unknown

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Portion 9 of 8 of farm eendvogel Vley 1264	/- 3 hectares	Ladysmith

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R100	100%	RNS Agencies CC	Member
R50	50%	Ladysmith Industrial Brushware CC	Member
R100	100%	Nambithi Trading Enterprises CC	Member

TRUSTS

Trustee/Beneficiary	Details Of Benefits	Name Of Trusts
Trustee	None	Mermaranch Trust
Trustee	None	Kingwall Family Trust

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Ladysmith Farmers Security	Farm Security

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Por 9 of 8 Farm Eendvogel Vlei 1264	/-3 Hectares	Ladysmith

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R50	50%	Ladysmith Industrial Brushware CC	Member
R100	100%	Nambithi Trading Enterprises CC	Member
R100	100%	RMS Agencies CC	Member

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Ladismith Farmers Security	Farm Security

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Por 9 of 8 of Farm Enedvoge Vlei 1264	+-3ha	ladysmith

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	Name of Company	No
R50	Ladysmith Industrial Brushware CC	50%
R100	Nambithi Trading Enterprises CC	100%
R100	RMS Agencies CC	100%

TRUSTS

Details Of Benefits	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts	Registration Number
None	Trustee	Kingwall Family Trust	1003/96

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
ladysmith Farmers Security	Security [Dormant]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Por. 59 of 18 of Farm	1,1565ha	Ladysmith

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R50	50%	Ladysmith Industrial Brushware CC	Member
R100	100%	RMS Agencies CC	Member
R33,34	33,345	Roseleigh Farms CC	Member
R100	100%	Nambiti Trading Enterprises CC	Member

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Ladysmith Farmers Security	Farm Security Services

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Portion 9 of 8 of Farm Eendvogel	+-3ha	Ladysmith

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2013 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R50	05%	Ladysmith Industrial Brushware CC	Member
R100	100%	RNS Agencies CC	Member
R33,34	33.34%	Roseleigh Farms CC	Member
R100	100%	Nambiti Trading Enterprises CC	Member

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Ladysmith Farmers Security	Farm Security Services

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Portion 9 of 8 of Farm Eendvogel Vley 1264	+-3ha	Ladysmith

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2012 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R50	50%	Ladysmith Industrial Brushware CC	Member
R100	100%	RNS Agencies CC	Member
R33,34	33,34%	Roseleigh Farms CC	Member
R100	100%	Nambiti Trading Enterprises CC	Member

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Ladysmith Farmers Security	Farm Security Services

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

Name	Value	Activity
Alf Lees & Associates CC	Nil	Accounting/Bookkeeping

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Port 9 of 8 of Farm	+-3ha	Ladysmith

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2011 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R100	100%	CC	"
R33,34	33.34%	Roseleigh Farms CC	"
R50	50%	Brushware CC	Membership Share
R100	100%	RNS Agencies CC	Membership Share

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Ladysmith Farmers' Security	Farm Security Services

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

Name	Value	Activity
Alf Lees Associates CC	Nil	Accounting/Bookkeeping

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Por. 9 of 8 of Farm	+-3ha	Ladysmith

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2010 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R50	50%	Ladysmith Industrial Brushware CC	Shares
R100	100%	Nambithi Trading Enterprises CC	Shares
R100	100%	RNS Agencies CC	Shares
R33.34	33.34%	Roseleigh Farms CC	Shares

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Ladismith Farmers' Secuirty	Farm Security Services

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

Name	Value	Activity
Alf Lees	Nil	Accounting/Bookkeeping

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Por. 9 of 8 of Farm	+-3ha	Ladysmith

Committee appearances

Plans to resolve the impasse between ESKOM and defaulting municipalities: input by COGTA, SALGA & National Treasury 3 Dec 2019

Mr A Lees (DA) observed that a very large delegation was present, but the issue was political. The presentation was long and full of important information, but he wanted answers about the culture of non-payment for electricity. There seemed to be no presentation from Eskom.
Department of Correctional Services 2018/2019 financial statements, deviations, expansions, irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure: Follow-up hearing 27 Nov 2019

Mr A Lees (DA) said there was a general point arising from this case. Many cases were subject to endless delays with no finalisation. There was no dispute about the need for certain internal processes but they could not take years. This was simply not a good enough reason. Such ...
SCOPA Review of 2018-2019 Financial Statements, Deviations, Expansions, Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure 26 Nov 2019

Mr A Lees (DA) agreed. He was concerned about wasting time, however. People trying to do business with the CF had faced its unavailable website for years. This was a real crisis.
Review of PRASA 2018/2019 financial statements, deviations, expansions, irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure 20 Nov 2019

Mr R Lees (DA) pointed out that the Chairperson of the PRASA Board attended 22 meetings during the year and was paid an average of R57 682 for each meeting. It was beyond comprehension that the Board was deflecting the blame to the company secretary for its inaccurate meeting minutes.
DCS 2018-2019 financial statements, deviations, expansions, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure: SCOPA review 19 Nov 2019

Mr A Lees (DA) observed that the delegation was one of the biggest he had seen, and yet it could not even answer simple questions.

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Public Enterprises 7 Jan 2020

(1) With reference to the Eskom, Kusile and Medupi Power Station contracts with a certain company (name furnished), what are the details of (a) the contract bonds of any sort that were provided by the company to Eskom and (b) all expired contract bonds that were provided by the specified ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Public Enterprises 7 Jan 2020

(1) What are the details of the process currently used to remove ash from unit one at the Medupi power station in terms of the (a) daily operational hours of vacuum trucks, (b) number of operational days per week of each vacuum truck, (c) process followed to award the contract ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Public Enterprises 7 Jan 2020

(1) With regard to the completion of the dust handling and conditioning plant using the dense phase pneumatic conveying technology for unit one at the Medupi power station, what are the details of (a) the funding that was required by a certain company (name furnished) in order for the specified ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

DEBATE IN TERMS OF RULE 130: THE STRIKE ACTION AT SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS AND THE IMPLICATIONS THEREOF ON THE ECONOMY 26 Nov 2019

Madam House Chairperson, since 1994, the South African taxpayer has paid bailouts that amounts to R57 billion to the SA Airways. The SA Airways is bankrupt. The organisation is riddled with cadre deployment, corruption and entitlement amongst the unions representing the 11 000 employees.
Who in their right mind demands ...
FAILURE AT SAA TECHNICAL (Member's Statement) 24 Oct 2019

This week the South African economy was dealt yet another blow by the ANC's dogmatic adherence to socialist and statist ideology that has long been abandoned even by the ANC's blessers in Russia. Tens of passenger aircraft were grounded because of a failure at SA Airways, SAA, Technical ...

All Plenary Appearances

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