Ms Violet Sizani Siwela

Member of the National Assembly

Formerly: Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature

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Violet Sizani Siwela

About Violet Sizani Siwela

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

Current positions:

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Former positions:

Member at Committee for Section 194 Enquiry (Ad Hoc Committees)

from 21st June 2021 until 13th September 2023

Member at Powers and Privileges of Parliament (Ad Hoc Committees)

from 27th August 2021 until 18th November 2022

Alternate Member at Powers and Privileges of Parliament (Ad Hoc Committees)

from 17th September 2019 until 27th August 2021

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

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Politician Activity

Attendance of committee meetings:

2023 committee attendance as mp

91% attendance rate (67 of 74 )

2022 committee attendance as mp

87% attendance rate (76 of 87 )

2021 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate (26 of 26 )

2020 committee attendance as mp

90% attendance rate (27 of 30 )

2019 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate (18 of 18 )

Attendance Methodology

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Recent meetings attended:

Powers and Privileges of Parliament

Consideration of request to subpoena NA Speaker as a witness

5 Dec 2023

Small Business Development

National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill: adoption

5 Dec 2023

Powers and Privileges of Parliament

2023 SONA Incident: Committee Report

1 Dec 2023

Small Business Development

National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill: Legal Services Input & Public Participation Report

30 Nov 2023

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What they said in committee meetings:

What are committee meetings?

Committee meetings are planned events where real-world impactful work happens such as law-making, oversight and public participation - which are all cornerstones of the work our MPs do. Although often citizens focus on the public debate taking place in main chambers, the majority of MPs' time is spent working within committees. Here is a place to see what your committee is saying.

Small Enterprise Amendment Bill: deliberations

30 Nov 2023

The Chairperson agreed to Mr Gumede's suggestion that the Committee do one clause at a time. If there are changes ...

National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill: DSBD response to public submissions

29 Nov 2023

The Chairperson responded that Ms Mathulelwa would need to have her concern crafted the way she wanted it, and the ...

National Small Enterprise Bill: public hearings

28 Nov 2023

The Chairperson expressed gratitude for the invaluable input from the presenters, emphasising that their contributions were essential in providing the ...

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Questions asked to ministers:

What are questions asked to ministers?

Written questions and feedback are essential tools used by MPs for oversight and hold the executive accountable. This oversight mechanism allows MPs’ to extract detailed information that would normally be difficult to comprehend through oral engagement. You can see the questions that your MPs are asking here.

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Plenary appearances:

What are plenary appearances?

Plenary sessions are forums that have been created for the purpose of public debate and decision-making. This mechanism is used to convey the messages of our MPs within main chambers on important decisions, like how they vote.

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 ...

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Declaration of interests

What are declaration of interests?

Annually, MPs are required by parliament to register their financial interests and gifts received in their official capacity. Due to the significant influence of the role that MPs take on, there may be times when their personal or business interests become in conflict with the duty prescribed to them as elected officials representing the public interest. You can see what interests your MPs declared here.
Name of State Entity Details of Contract and Management thereof Value of Contract Period of Contract

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Value Description Source

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Description of Property Location – Area Extent of the Property

-Plot -Plot -House

- Dwarsloop - Nelspruit - Johannesburg

-Five in Hectors -1500 meter square -8 Rooms

Public/Private Source

Public

Parliament pension

Nature Name of Company Number of Shares Nominal Value

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Description of Journey Sponsor

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Description of Benefit Source

Money and Food

Businesses, Butchery , Restaurant , Bottle store, Transport , Filling station

Extent Source of Sponsorship Description of Assistance/Sponsorship

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Type of Business Name of Employer

Butchery , Restaurant , bottle store, transport , filling station

Family Business

Value of any Benefits derived Name of Organisation Type of Business Activity

None, not yet operating

Ntsungulo

Pty(Ltd),Filling station

Details of all benefits derived Name of Trust Trustee/Beneficiary Registration Number

None

Siwela Trust

11

Value of Contract Period of Contract Details of Contract and Management thereof Name of State Entity

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Type of Business Activity Directorship/Partnership in any Corporate Body

- Agricultural activities - Devlopment

-Plot of five hecters -plot in Nelspruit

Value Description Source

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Description of Property Location – Area Extent of the Property

-Plot -plot -House

- Dwarsloop - Nelspruit - Johannesburg

five in Hectors 1500 meter square 8 Rooms

Public/Private Source

public

Parliament pension

Nature Name of Company Number of Shares Nominal Value

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Description of Journey Sponsor

None

Description of Benefit Source

Money and food

Businesses, Butchery , Restaurant , bottle store, transport , filling station

Extent Description of Assistance/Sponsorship Source of Sponsorship

N/A

Type of Business Name of Employer

Butchery , Restaurant , bottle store, transport , filling station

Family business

Value of any Benefits derived Name of Organisation Type of Business Activity

None, not yet operating

Ntsungulo

Pty(Ltd),Filling station

Name of Trust Trustee/Beneficiary Registration Number Details of all benefits derived

Siwela Trust

11

none

Description of Property Location – Area Extent of the Property

Stand-alone house

Dwarsloop

1 200m²

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Nelspruit

700 m²