Violet Sizani Siwela

National Assembly

Formerly: Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature

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About Violet Sizani Siwela

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

2020 committee attendance as mp

94% attendance rate

Attended 16 meetings out of 17

2019 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 18 meetings out of 18

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Plenary Attendance is not made public by Parliament although it has been requested.

Recent meetings attended

Powers and Privileges of Parliament — SONA incident: Legal Opinion; Public Enterprises Budget Vote 2019 incident: External Initiator Appointment — 15 Sep 2020
Small Business Development — Department of Small Business Development & entities 2020/21 Quarter 1 performance; with Deputy Minister — 2 Sep 2020
Small Business Development — COVID-19 Loan Guarantee Scheme: Treasury, BASA & SARB Input — 26 Aug 2020
Small Business Development — Covid-19 Loan Guarantee Scheme: COSATU & Co-operatives Banks Development Agency Input; Integration of Co-operatives Banks Development Agency Programmes with DSBD — 19 Aug 2020
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus — Discussion on matters relating to Women’s Month; Third Term Programme — 30 Jul 2020

All meetings attended

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Currently

Alternate Member at Powers and Privileges of Parliament (Ad Hoc Committees) since 17th September 2019
Member at Ethics and Members' Interests (Joint Committees) 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

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Committee appearances

Legal Opinion on SONA 2020 incident; Public Enterprises Budget Vote 2019 incident 15 Sep 2020

Ms V Siwela (ANC) agreed that the Committee was there to hear the legal opinion. She accepted the legal opinion. It was the responsibility of the Committee to protect the decorum of the House. She did not want to discuss what Dr Ndlozi had said. The Committee would not be ...
Department of Small Business Development & entities 2020/21 Quarter 1 performance 2 Sep 2020

The Chairperson opened the virtual meeting, welcoming Members, the Committee support staff as well as the delegations from the Department of Small Business Development and its entities. She made special mention of Mr D Mthenjane (EFF) as a new Committee Member and said he should feel free to engage in ...
COVID-19 Loan Guarantee Scheme: Treasury, BASA & SARB Input 26 Aug 2020

The Chairperson asked the BASA to unpack the proposals it had mentioned in the presentation and highlight when it would happen.
Covid-19 Loan Guarantee Scheme: Engagement with BASA, SARB & NT; DSBD on National Funding Policy; Co-operatives Banks Development Agency on Integration of its Programmes with DSBD 19 Aug 2020

The Chairperson made closing remarks and noted that there is a need for Parliament and the two groups to join hands and advocate to make sure job losses are averted. She said she was happy they are all speaking with one voice that the banks need to be invited as ...
Small Business Development: Committee Report 16 Jul 2020

The Chairperson welcomed Members to the meeting the purpose of which was to consider the adjustment budget for vote 36: Department of Small Business Development (DSD). She invited the officials to adopt the agenda in terms of the rules.

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Questions

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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 ...

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