Siviwe Gwarube

National Assembly

@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

92% attendance rate

Attended 12 meetings out of 13

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 — NHI public hearings: planning session — 2 Sep 2020
Health — KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health response to Covid-19 (postponed) — 19 Aug 2020
Health — Eastern Cape COVID-19 Interventions; Alcohol Impact on Health Services; with Ministry — 22 Jul 2020
Health — Department of Health COVID-19 Special Adjustments Budget; with Deputy Minister — 8 Jul 2020
Health — NHLS COVID-19 test backlogs; Life Healthcare & Netcare COVID-19 state of readiness — 10 Jun 2020

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 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

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Committee appearances

NHI public hearings: planning session 2 Sep 2020

Ms S Gwarube (DA) thanked and appreciated the parliamentary staff for the work that they had done and for the guidance that they had given. She had three elements that needed to raised: the process element, content element, and the substantive things that needed to be considered about the NHI ...
KZN Provincial Department of Health on the Province’s response to Covid-19 19 Aug 2020

Ms S Gwarube (DA) said that the Rules of Parliament are very clear on the powers of the Committee. This needs to be reported to the House Chair and the Speaker. The Committee cannot work around her schedule and the programme was sent to the MEC well in advance. Parliament ...
Eastern Cape COVID-19 Challenges & Interventions; Impact of alcohol on Health Services 22 Jul 2020

Ms S Gwarube (DA) said her colleagues had highlighted the disappointments from the presentation. She appreciated the work done by the team. There were still things to be done.
Department of Health on Adjusted Budget & Revised Annual Performance Plan 8 Jul 2020

Ms S Gwarube (DA) said that the President announced a relief fund of R20bn for the provinces to fund their health response to COVID-19. The Minister of Finance came to Parliament and stated that a substantial portion of the relief fund refers to funds already allocated and not “new funds ...
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 ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Health 17 Sep 2020

(1)What are the details of the (a) number of contracts that (i) his department and (ii) each entity reporting to him awarded for the provision of goods and services in each province since 1 March 2020, (b) name of each company that received a contract in each case, (c ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Health 7 Jul 2020

(1)Whether the Scooter Project that was launched by the Eastern Cape Department of Health meets the basic criteria of patient transport; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether his department was consulted before the specified scooters were procured ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Health 7 Jul 2020

What total number of field hospitals have been built in each province since 1 March 2020?

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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