Violet Sizani Siwela

National Assembly

Formerly: Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature

vsiwela@parliament.gov.za nzixesha@parliament.gov.za

About Violet Sizani Siwela

Ms Siwela previously served as the Human Settlements MEC in Mpumalanga between 2015 and 2018.

2019 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 18 meetings out of 18

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Recent meetings attended

Small Business Development — Processes and procedures in developing legislation; Summary and analysis of legislation administered by DSBD — 27 Nov 2019
Small Business Development — DSBD 2019/10 Quarter 2 Performance & Action Plan on Auditor-General’s Findings and Recommendations — 20 Nov 2019
Small Business Development — “The Unseen Sector”: Research paper by International Finance Corporation & World Bank — 13 Nov 2019
Small Business Development — Access to Affordable Business Premises and Infrastructure briefing — 6 Nov 2019
Small Business Development — Access to Markets – Major Issues for consideration — 30 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

Alternate Member at Powers and Privileges of Parliament (Ad Hoc Committees) since 17th September 2019
Member at Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests (Committee) since 1st August 2019
Chairperson at Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development (National Assembly Committees) since 2nd July 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at African National Congress (ANC) (Party)

Formerly

51st Candidate at African National Congress National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Speaker at Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) until 7th May 2019
Member of the Executive Committee: Human Settlement, Public Safety and Liason at Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 22nd April 2014 until 2016
Member-elect at Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
6th Candidate at African National Congress Provincial Mpumalanga Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

Committee appearances

Processes and procedures in developing legislation; Summary and analysis of legislation administered by DSBD 27 Nov 2019

The Chairperson advised Members to empower themselves by looking at the Legacy Report which featured past presentations by this research team, and other relevant material. She referred to the time it took to process legislation, with red tape delaying serious issues affecting society. What could the Committee do in the ...
DSBD 2019/10 Quarter 2 Performance & Action Plan on Auditor-General’s Findings and Recommendations 20 Nov 2019

Ms V Siwela (ANC) chaired the meeting
“The Unseen Sector”: Research paper by International Finance Corporation & World Bank 13 Nov 2019

The Chairperson said that reports were clearly indicating that small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) were dying. The triple challenges which the country was faced with were poverty, unemployment and inequality. The numbers of the unemployed were growing daily, especially among the youth. This was a huge crisis. If there ...
Access to Affordable Business Premises and Infrastructure briefing 6 Nov 2019

The Chairperson thanked the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) for the induction and training on small businesses which had equipped the Members with in-depth knowledge on the sector. The induction would enable them to fulfil the resolution in the manifesto, the budget speech by the Minister of Finance and ...
Access to Markets – Major Issues for consideration 30 Oct 2019

The Chairperson referred to the alarming unemployment statistics released by Stats SA, and said the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) could assist in stimulating economic growth. However, there were stumbling blocks that were faced by entrepreneurs and small businesses, as they did not have access to funding. The meeting ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

No questions found

Plenary appearances

QUESTIONS TO THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT: 25 Jul 2019

Thank you hon Deputy President. Your response gives us hope. [Interjections.] However, hon Speaker, I have a follow-up question in this regard. Hon Deputy President, as we were criss-crossing the country during the election campaign, part of the challenges raised by the small business in the townships and rural communities ...

All Plenary Appearances

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