Thamsanqa Bhekokwakhe Mabhena

National Assembly

@SoMathamsanqa

About Thamsanqa Bhekokwakhe Mabhena

Mr Mabhena is a member of the Democratoc Alliance. He is a member of the National Assembly and serves in the Portfolio Committee of Transport.

He served in the DA in two provinces (Mpumalanga and Gauteng) occupying various roles in the DA in the two provinces as follows:

Mpumalanga: - Transport coordinator: Dr JS Moroka Constituency 2009 General Elections - Constituency Secretary: DJ Moroka Constituency - 2010
- Deputy Constituency Chairperson DA Youth: Dr JS Moroka Constituency – 2012 - Member of the DA Youth Provincial Council: 2009 – 2013

Gauteng: - DA Youth Constituency Youth Rep: Hlanganani Constituency – 2014
- Constituency Officer: JHB Central Constituency – 2015 (Professional staffer)
- Johannesburg Regional Coordinator: Telecanvassing – 2015 (Professional Staffer) • Events coordinator: Logistics Mashaba Mayoral campaign – 2015 & 2016 (Professional staffer). - PR Councillor City Of Johannesburg Metro municipality – 2016 - Constituency Chairperson: Hlanganani constituency – 2017 - Member of Parliament – 2019

Read more about Mr Mabhena in our blog feature here:

2020 committee attendance as mp

86% attendance rate

Attended 37 meetings out of 43

2019 committee attendance as mp

95% attendance rate

Attended 19 meetings out of 20

Attendance Methodology

Recent meetings attended

Transport — Transport Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report — 25 Nov 2020
Transport — Economic Regulation of Transport Bill: deliberations; Transport BRRR; National Road Traffic Amendment Bill: consideration of submissions; COSATU memorandum — 24 Nov 2020
Transport — Economic Regulation of Transport Bill: Department response to public submissions; PRASA 2019/20 audit outcomes — 17 Nov 2020
Transport — Department of Transport 2019/20 Audit outcomes: AGSA briefing; with Deputy Minister — 10 Nov 2020
Transport — Economic Regulation of Transport Bill: public hearings day 6 — 30 Oct 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 Transport (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

36th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
11th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

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Committee appearances

Transport Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report 25 Nov 2020

Mr T Mabhena (DA) asked for the outstanding oversight report briefings from the Department to be entered into the Committee’s decision register. He suggested that there was a deliberate and coordinated attempt to maintain a skills deficiency in SCM compliance. This was done in order to enable officials to plead ...
Economic Regulation of Transport Bill: deliberations; Transport BRRR; National Road Traffic Amendment Bill: consideration of submissions; COSATU memorandum 24 Nov 2020

Mr T Mabhena (DA) said that the opening statement on rail policy in the BRRR was a bit misleading. The statement on the GFIP was a bit simplistic and should be stronger and more specific. The Department consistently delayed reporting to the committee on the GFIP. He noted the high ...
Economic Regulation of Transport Bill: Department response to public submissions; PRASA on its 2019/20 audit outcomes 17 Nov 2020

Mr T Mabhena (DA) recalled that most of the public submissions had raised concerns about price controls. Many agreed that the state should not be intimately involved in setting prices. The fact that it was possible to appeal to the Transport Economic Council was neither here nor there. The transport ...
Department of Transport 2019/20 Audit outcomes: AGSA briefing 10 Nov 2020

Mr T Mabhena (DA) said that the details of Prasa’s audit outcome painted a bleak picture of passenger rail in the country. The level of underspending indicated a complete collapse of governance. The fact that there was a culture of impunity was even more concerning. The failure to follow procurement ...
Economic Regulation of Transport Bill: public hearings day 6 30 Oct 2020

Mr T Mabhena (DA) added that it was not fair to pass on the cost of non-compliance with safety regulation to the consumer. He noted Transnet’s view on the independence of the Regulator. He agreed on the need to ring-fence funds for rehabilitation and maintenance. There should be financial consequences ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Transport 1 Dec 2020

(1)Whether, in light of a feasibility report of October 2014, with a directive that the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) should submit a Treasury Approval 1 (TA 1) application to the National Treasury for funding considerations which Prasa subsequently submitted to the National Treasury on 30 October 2014, ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Transport 1 Dec 2020

(1)What are the processes and procedures of the SA Civil Aviation Authority that are in place to ensure that (a) all licensing and (b) operating conditions are met; (2) whether the specified processes and procedures were followed in the case of a certain company (name furnished); if not, why not; ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Transport 20 Nov 2020

(1)Whether, with reference to the (a) recent unrest in Mpumalanga, particularly in the Thembisile Hani Local Municipality, Dr J S Moroka Local Municipality and Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality and (b) weeks-long protest at the Union Buildings by the specified communities demanding the implementation of the Moloto Rail Corridor, his department ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

NDEBELE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION HOSTED ITS FIRST EVER NDEBELE SPELLING BEE (Draft Resolution) 12 Nov 2019

House Chair, I move without notice:
That the House-
1) notes that the Ndebele Students Association, NSA, hosted its first ever Ndebele Spelling Bee and debate competition at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg a few weeks ago;
2) further notes that both events saw over 12 severely under- ...
APPROPRIATION BILL 9 Jul 2019

No, I will not take the question.

All Plenary Appearances

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