Siviwe Gwarube

National Assembly

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@Siviwe_G

About Siviwe Gwarube

Siviwe began her career in politics as a professional staff member working in communications back in 2012. She then moved on to work for the Western Cape government as a spokesperson and the Head of Ministry for the Department of Health in the province. In the lead up to and during the 2019 elections, She was the Executive Director of Communications for the DA before seeking public office and being elected. Read more here

2020 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 8 meetings out of 8

2019 committee attendance as mp

92% attendance rate

Attended 12 meetings out of 13

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

Health — NHLS COVID-19 test backlogs; Life Healthcare & Netcare COVID-19 state of readiness — 10 Jun 2020
Health — COVID-19 Response update by Health Ministry/Department; Committee Report on Health Budget — 28 May 2020
Health — Department of Health Strategic Plan & Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister — 20 May 2020
Health — Department of Health Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan and Budget: AGSA analysis and assessment — 13 May 2020
Health — COVID-19 Update & Government Response: Minister & Department briefing — 27 Apr 2020

All meetings attended

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Currently

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

Formerly

32nd Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

Committee appearances

NHLS strategy to deal with Covid-19 test results and backlogs; Life Healthcare Group & Netcare on state of readiness for Covid-19 10 Jun 2020

Ms S Gwarube (DA) reminded the NHLS that at the beginning of the pandemic the Committees advised the entity that its testing capacity needs to be ramped up significantly. The Department of Health (DoH) set a target of testing between 15 000 and 30 000 tests per day. The backlog ...
Health Budget: Committee Report; Ministry/Department of Health on Covid-19 update 28 May 2020

Ms S Gwarube (DA) the Committees had engaged with the content of the allocated budget. However, the Minister of Finance is scheduled to table a revised budget at the end of June 2020. Many of the targets will have to be revised. The duty of the Committee is to assist ...
Department of Health 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan 20 May 2020

Ms S Gwarube (DA) said that if organisations do not adapt to the current environment, they will not survive and this cannot be truer for the Department of Health which is the lead department in this pandemic. The Committee is considering a plan which does not consider what has happened ...
Department of Health Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan and Budget: AGSA analysis and assessment 13 May 2020

Ms S Gwarube (DA) said that there seemed to be a regression in the overall targets which were set. “If we look at this report, it actually paints quite a dire picture, I mean if you look particularly at slides 19 and 20 where we look at the National Department ...
COVID-19 Update: Minister of Health briefing 10 Apr 2020

Ms S Gwarube (DA) asked if it was possible to have consistent reporting of the pandemic statistics, for example each day at 12pm. This helps with consistency and quelling panic. She asked what health interventions were going to be pursued since lockdown was not a sustainable strategy for the pandemic.

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Health 8 Jun 2020

In view of the need to protect our frontline health personnel from COVID-19 infection, what (a) total amount has his department spent to procure Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), (b) is the breakdown in costs of the procured PPE equipment, including, but not limited to (i) face masks, (ii) face shields ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Health 8 Jun 2020

What (a) number of (i) serviceable and (ii) fully equipped ambulances are being used in each (aa) district municipality and (bb) local municipality in the public health sector in Mpumalanga and (b) area in square kilometres does each ambulance service?
Questions asked to the Minister of Health 8 Jun 2020

What (a) number of (i) serviceable and (ii) fully equipped ambulances are being used in each (aa) district municipality and (bb) local municipality in the public health sector in Limpopo and (b) area in square kilometres does each ambulance service?

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

GOVERNANCE - CLUSTER 3 27 May 2020

Madam Speaker, I am glad Minister that we are exploring alternative means to be able to ramp up our tests over and above what we have targeted. And I agree with you that we have seen a steady increase but experts in the field, Minister, including the World Health Organization ...
GOVERNANCE - CLUSTER 3 27 May 2020

On what basis have we made the decision to resume with religious gatherings, considering what we know about cluster outbreaks in provinces when it comes to Covid- 19?

All Plenary Appearances

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