Siviwe Gwarube

National Assembly

siviweg@da.org.za

@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 2 meetings out of 2

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 — Healthcare Market Inquiry Report: briefing by Competition Commissioner — 11 Mar 2020
Health — National Health Insurance (NHI) Pilot Evaluation; Coronavirus response; with Minister — 4 Mar 2020
Health — Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan — 16 Oct 2019
Health — DoH, NHLS & SAHPRA 2018/19 Annual Reports; with Minister & Deputy Minister — 15 Oct 2019
Health — Health Sector 2018/19 Annual Reports, with AGSA, SAMRC, and FFC input — 10 Oct 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 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

Health Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report 22 Oct 2019

The Chairperson reported that Ms S Gwarube (DA), who could not attend the meeting, indicated to she would like to make some substantive additions to the report in writing. In the main the aforementioned Member adopts the report
Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan 16 Oct 2019

Ms S Gwarube (DA) explained that her question was two-fold. She would enquire about governance issues that were highlighted as well as on the AG and finance process.
DoH, NHLS & SAHPRA 2018/19 Annual Reports; with Minister & Deputy Minister 15 Oct 2019

Ms S Gwarube (DA) referred to the challenges with recovering funds in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and Gauteng. Besides motivating the provincial treasuries, what other avenues were available for the NHLS to urge provinces to make payments? She asked about the regression in supplier chain management (SCM) indicated in the AG’s ...
Health Sector 2018/19 Annual Reports, with AGSA, SAMRC, and FFC input 10 Oct 2019

Ms S Gwarube (DA) asked how the CMS had fulfilled the regulatory part of its mandate by regulating the private sector when it came to the high costs of co-payments, as well as over servicing. What measures did it have in place to look into issues such as over servicing ...
Department of Health audit outcomes: AGSA, DPME & FCC input 9 Oct 2019

Ms S Gwarube (DA), referred to the challenge of decentralisation of funding to hospitals and asked how this was proposed to be addressed in the Bill. On the slow implementation of NHI, she asked about underlying issues of impasse between the Department and the National Treasury. Was there a discussion ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Health 29 Nov 2019

What number of deaths have been recorded as a result of medical negligence across the Republic in the past five years?
Questions asked to the Minister of Health 29 Nov 2019

What number of government health care facilities in each province offer reproductive healthcare, including termination of pregnancies, pap smears and mammograms?
Questions asked to the Minister of Health 29 Nov 2019

What is the current waiting period for treatment for patients who have been diagnosed with cancer from time of diagnosis to first phase of treatment?

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

WEDNESDAY, 4 DECEMBER 2019 4 Dec 2019

Chairperson, same place you looked the last time. Minister Mkhize, the South African health system is currently in a critical and unstable condition. As South Africa considers how to achieve universal health care coverage, where all citizens are afforded the dignity of quality health care, we are being dragged down ...
CLUSTER 2: SOCIAL SERVICES (Subject for Discussion) 20 Nov 2019

Chairperson, Minister, during the launch of the Health Sector Anti-Corruption Forum, the Council for Medical Schemes revealed that at least R22 billion a year is lost to corruption in the health sector. Further to that, the SIU confirmed that fraud, waste, abuse in the sector amount to R39 billion a ...

All Plenary Appearances

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