Mr Sarel Jacobus Francois Marais

National Assembly

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Democratic Alliance (DA)

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Province

Western Cape

About Sarel Jacobus Francois Marais

Mr Marais holds both a B.Econ and MBA degrees from the University of Stellenbosch. Mr Marais originally worked in the corporate banking and finance sector then moved into marketing for SA wines. He was also part of the Wine Industry Steering Committee re development of the Industry BEE Charter and Scorecard.

Mr Marais's political experience includes service with the Disability Sport Sector in SA initially as President of DISSA (Disability Sport South Africa) which, during his tenure, was the National Paralympic Committee of South Africa. Since 2006 he has served as Vice President of the SASAPD (South African Sport Association for Physically Disabled), as an elected Board Member of the National Paralympic Committee of South Africa as well as elected Board member of the SA Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee. He also served for one term as Vice President of the African Paralympic Committee.

In 1995 Mr Marais became Mayor of Rawsonville and Goudini. He later became the Breede River District Council (Vice Chairperson) and eventually Breede Valley Municipality from 2000 before his election to the National Assembly as an MP for the DA in 2006.

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2019 committee attendance as mp

96% attendance rate

Attended 24 meetings out of 25

2018 committee attendance as mp

90% attendance rate

Attended 27 meetings out of 30

2017 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 23 meetings out of 23

2016 committee attendance as mp

71% attendance rate

Attended 17 meetings out of 24

2015 committee attendance as mp

91% attendance rate

Attended 21 meetings out of 23

2014 committee attendance as mp

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

88% attendance rate

Attended 14 meetings out of 16

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

Defence — Mandate, challenges and achievements, as well as the outcome of the Reserve Force Indaba: briefing by Defence Reserves & Reserve Force Council — 28 Nov 2019
Defence and Military Veterans — Denel, NDIC and DCAC on state of the Defence Industry as well as update on DOD projects; with Minister — 27 Nov 2019
Defence and Military Veterans — Defence Amendment Bill & Military Discipline Bill: briefings — 20 Nov 2019
Defence and Military Veterans — Independence of Office of the Military Ombud: input from Parliamentary Legal Adviser & Office of the Military Ombud — 13 Nov 2019
Defence and Military Veterans — Defence Industry in South Africa status and challenges: DOD, Armscor & South African Defence Industry briefing — 6 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 Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at Joint Standing Committee on Defence (Joint Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

12nd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
57th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of Parmed (Ad Hoc Committees) from 3rd October 2018 until 7th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (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: Breede Valley (Constituency Area) from 10th May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Economic Development (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
15th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Western Cape Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
67th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: Witzenberg (Constituency Area) from 10th May 2014 until 6th May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: Langeberg (Constituency Area) from 10th May 2014 until 6th May 2014
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 6th May 2009 until 6th May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: Witzenberg (Constituency Area) until 6th May 2014
Member at Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration (National Assembly Committees) until 6th May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: Langeberg (Constituency Area) until 6th May 2014

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Marlynko Enterprises CC	Deregistered
Befex CC	Deregistered
Befco CC	Deregistered
DISSA	Sport Body for Disabled Athletes. Deregistered
SASCOC	Elected Board Member of Sport Body
SASCOC (Pty)Ltd	Changed from NPC to NPO
2022 Commonwealth Games - Durban	LOC/Host for 2022 CWG. Deregistered

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
SASCOC	Sport Attire	R500

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Private Home	Family Residence	Worcester, Cape Town

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Attend Board, Committee and other related meetings	SASCOC
Attend NEC, Council and other related meetings	SASAPD

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Name of Whip	Type of Business	Approved	Employer
Mr John Steenhuisen	SA Sport Confederation; NOC	Yes	SASCOC (Elected Board Member)
Mr John Steenhuisen	SA Sport Association for the Physically Disabled	Yes	SASAPD (Elected NEC Member)

TRUSTS

Details Of Benefits	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts	Registration Number
None (Intended to provide for disabled daughter after my wife and my deaths)	SJF Marais (self) L Marais (Wife) T Marais (Disabled daughter)	Marais Family Trust	IT 1055/98

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Marlynko Event CC	Deregistered
DISSA	Deregistered
Befcom Traders CC	Deregistered
SASCOC	Non-Executive Board Member of Sporting Admin Body

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
SASCOC (Received over 12 Months period)	Sport Attire	R10 000 (non Commercial Value)

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location
Primary Residence	Worcester, Cape Town

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	Name of Company	Nature
R1=	Marais Family Trust	Family Trust for Disabled Daughter

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Attend Board Obligations	SASCOC
Attend 2016 Rio Paralympics Games	SASCOC
Attend NEC Obligations	SASAPD

BENEFITS

Source	Description
SASCOC	Flights and accommodation / Sports Attire

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Name of Whip	Type of Business	Approved	Employer
DA Chief Whip Mr J Steenhuisen	Sports Administration	Yes	SASCOC
DA Chief Whip Mr J Steenhuisen	Sport Federation	Yes	SASAPD

TRUSTS

Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts	Registration Number
T Marais (Disabled Daughter)	Marais Family trust	IT 1055/98

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

TRUSTS

Details Of Benefits	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts
None [Trust for Disabled child]	SJF marais, L Marais, T Marais, CJF Marais	Marais Family Trust

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Family Home	Normal	Worcester

SPONSORSHIPS

Source	Description	Extent
SASCOC	For official purposes representing members and athletes	Accommodation, Clothign/Apparel; Flights
SASAPO	Flights and acocmmodation	In line with Elected Member representing the NF

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Name of Whip	Type of Business	Approved	Employer
J Steenhuisen	Sport Administration [Association]	Yes	SASCOC
SASAPD	Sport Administration [Sport Federation]	Yes	SASAPD

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Marlynco Ent.	[Dissolved]
Befcom/Befex	[Deregistered]
Marais Family Trust	Family Trust
DISSA	[Deregistered]
SASCOC	Board Member [Non Executive]
SASAPD	NEC Member

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
SASCOC [Elected Board Member]	National Olympic and paralympic Committees
Befcom Traders	[Final deregistration]
DISSA	[Deregistration process]
Marlyn Traders	[Final deregistration]
Marlynko Enterprises	[Dissolved]
SASHOF Management	Sports Hall of Fame [Resigned]
SASAPD	SA Sport Association for Physically Disabled

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Primary home	Normal	Worcester

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Name of Company	Nature
Marais Family Trust	Family Trust for disabled child
Befcom Traders [Final deregistration]
DISSA [Deregistration process]
Marlyn Traders [Final deregistration]
Marlynko Enterprises [Dissolved]
Sashof Management [Deregistration process]

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Attending Board	SASCOC
Attending NED and Council meetings in Johannesburg	SASAPD

BENEFITS

Source	Description
SASCOC	Clothes and accessories [Sport]

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Name of Whip	Type of Business	Approved	Employer
J Steenhuisen	Sport Administration [Elected Member]	Yes	SASCOC

TRUSTS

Details Of Benefits	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts
Family Trust for disabled child	SJF Marais	Marais Family Trust

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Name of Company	Nature
Marais Family Trust	Trust
SASCOC - Elected Director [Section 21 Co.]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
SASCOC	Section 21 Co - Elected Director of Sport Admin Body
SASAPD [Dep. President]	Sport - Board Member

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Dwelling	Primary residence	Worcester

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2013 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Directorship	SASCOC [National Olympic Comm]
[Non-Exec]	NPCSA [National Parlympic Comm]

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
SASCOC	Sport related clothes and bags [Travel]	R10 000

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	Normal	Worcester

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Attending meetings	SASAPD
Attending Board, Council	SASCOC

SPONSORSHIPS

Source	Description	Extent
SASCOC	Travel	As offical Sport Administrator and Elected Representative

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Name of Whip	Type of Business	Approved	Employer
A. Watson	SASAPD	Yes	SASAPD[Vice President]
A. Watson	SASCOC [Board Member]	Yes	SASCOC

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2012 [Source]

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Attending SASCOC functions	SASCOC

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	Normal	Worcester

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Name of Whip	Type of Business	Approved	Employer
Not Supplied	Board fees	No	SASCOC

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
Judo SA	Clothes	R3 000
SASCOC	Clothes	R1 000

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
SASCOC	Sport Administration
Marais Family Trust	Family Trust for disabled daughter

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2011 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Name of Company
SASCOC
NPCSA
APC [Anglo]
Marlynko Ent. CC

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Travel & Accommodation	SASCOC- Board Member

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
SASCOC	Sport Administration
NPCSA	Sport Administration
APC {anglo]	Sport Administration
Maarlynko ent. CC	Dormant

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
SASCOC	Clothes	R300
IOC Sponsor [Samsung]	Cellphone	R3 000
IOC Sponsor [Samsung]	Cellphone [July 2011]	R4 000

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	Residential	Worcester

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2010 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
SASCOC	Sport Confederation
Marlynko Ent. CC	Dormant
Befcom Consultancy	Dormant Consultancy

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
SASCOC	Clothes	R5 000
Various sport body organisations	Clothes	R1 000

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	Normal	Worcester

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Attending sport functions and SASCOC Board meetings	SASCOC
Attend Exco Meetings	APC

BENEFITS

Source
SASAPD - NFC Member

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Name of Whip	Type of Business	Approved	Employer
Not Supplied	Sport Confederation [Board member]	No	SASCOC

Committee appearances

Skills Audit & Data Base challenges: Department briefing; Analysis of Military Veterans Act & Legal Opinion on Committee’s status: Parliamentary Legal Services briefing 31 Oct 2019

Mr S Marais (DA) said that the presenter referred to section 75 legislation that could be used to repeal or amend the duplication. He asked what section 75 is and if it referred to legislation that had its impact on a national basis as opposed to section 76 where it ...
2015 Defence Review: Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefing 17 Oct 2019

Mr S Marais (DA) asked what the minus sign on the page dealing with defence capability meant.
DOD and DMV 2019 Quarter1 perfomance; Report back on Committee recommendations in 2019 budget Report 18 Sep 2019

Mr S Marais (DA) said he recognised the challenges the Department was facing, but it seemed that there would be no solutions to them. The Department had been facing the same challenges for a long time. He sought clarity on where money overspent came from; why the Armaments Corporation of ...
SA Navy on its sea hours and capacity; SA Air Force on its flying-hours and capacity constraints 12 Sep 2019

Mr S Marais (DA) argued that the South African Parliament is a People’s Parliament and there is allowance for closed meetings, but closed meetings are exceptional. On this day, the focus of the Joint Standing Committee was a budgeting question and, in those circumstances, the presence of the media ...
Defence Joint Committee Legacy Report; Sector analysis 23 Aug 2019

Mr S Marais (DA) said he had previously been a Member of the Committee in the 5th Parliament. There had been a lot of overlap between the committees in the previous term, and issues had been repeated. He felt there was a need to ensure that there was a clear ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans 28 Nov 2019

With reference to the unserviceability of SA Air Force (SAAF) aircraft, which is a problem made worse by the backlog of maintenance on the specified aircraft coupled with the challenges experienced by Denel, what (a) is her department doing to mitigate the challenges which, if not addressed urgently, might reduce ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans 27 Nov 2019

(1)In view of the absence of funding to provide for replacement, maintenance and upgrading of strategic defence assets and the soon-to-be-depleted Special Defence Account, (a) what does the (i) SA Army, (ii) SA Air Force and (iii) SA National Defence Force plan to do to stay relevant and be ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans 27 Nov 2019

With reference to her answer to oral question 44 on 4 September 2019 in the National Assembly, what serious challenges does the SA Air Force have with (a) airlift capabilities and (b) the serviceability of our aged aircraft fleet, which is threatening the sovereignty of South Africa, in view of ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

APPROPRIATION BILL 17 Jul 2019

House Chairperson, the constitutional mandate and obligation of the Department of Defence is given by section 200(2), and I quote:
The primary object of the defence force is to defend and the Republic, its territorial integrity and its people in accordance with the Constitution and the principles of international ...
NOTICES OF MOTION 26 Feb 2015

Deputy Speaker, on the next sitting day of the House I shall move: That the House debates how the increase in the minimum wage of farm workers has contributed to these households being disqualified from the housing subsidy scheme and what can be done to remove the unfair, discriminatory consequences.

All Plenary Appearances

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