Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako

National Assembly

@YolzYako

About Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako

Ms Yako first became a Member of Parliament in 2018, and then remained for the 6th parliament after the 2019 National Elections. Prior to that she was a PR Councillor, representing the EFF in Nelson Mandela Bay. Find out more about her here

Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee On Trade and Industry (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Basic Education (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) (Party)

Formerly

16th Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Limpopo Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
16th Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
16th Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
16th Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
16th Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
16th Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Eastern Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources (National Assembly Committees) from 2nd October 2018 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 3rd September 2018 until 7th May 2019

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Committee appearances

Workshop on African Trade and Regional Integration 18 Sep 2019

Ms Y Yako (EFF) asked how amenable South Africa was to trade. She was of the view that SA had a lax regime for imports and favoured imports over its exports. She wanted to know about the comparative strictness of SA tariffs, and how its customs operated in regard to ...
Induction briefing on consumer protection & consumer and corporate regulation, Legacy report 21 Aug 2019

Ms Y Yako (EFF) asked which five posts on the organogram were vacant. What informed the policy decisions of the chief directorate? How did that chief directorate function?
Training by Office of the Auditor-General 20 Aug 2019

Ms Y Yako (EFF) puts forward a scenario where a municipality or entity received qualified audits for three consecutive years without improvement, or following recommendations. What would be the steps the AGSA would take to handle such a situation and assist the entity?
Second Term Committee Programme 23 Jul 2019

The Chairperson announced two apologies on behalf of Mr M Cuthbert (DA) and Ms Y Yako (EFF).
Induction on Broadening Participation including the role of the NEF, IDC & B-BBEE Commission 17 Jul 2019

Ms Y Yako (EFF) said the designated and proposed SEZs are not centered on building capacity, creating jobs, building the industry and making sure communities can boost themselves. A lot of people are migrating from the Eastern Cape to the Western Cape. There is an inequality in the provinces. Why ...

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Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Trade and Industry 16 Sep 2019

What (a) total amount has (i) his department and (ii) each of the entities reporting to him spent on (aa) cleaning, (bb) security and (cc) gardening services in the (aaa) 2017-18 and (bbb) 2018-19 financial years, (b) amount was paid to each service provider to provide each specified service and ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Trade and Industry 16 Sep 2019

(a) What is the status of the B-BBEE Commission investigation into the case number: 3/7/2017 between certain entities (details furnished), (b) on what date was the case first brought forward to the commission and (c) when will the (i) investigation be completed and (ii) findings released?
Questions asked to the Minister of Environmental Affairs 18 Apr 2019

What number of (a) tender briefings were held in 2018 by (i) her Department and (ii) each of the entities reporting to her; and (b) specified briefings were compulsory?

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, EPA, BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN CUSTOMS UNION AND MOZAMBIQUE, SACUM, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, UK (Consideration of request for approval by Parliament) 6 Nov 2019

Hon Chairperson, in September the Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Patel paraded a so-called Sacum, UK economic partnership deal. We said it then and we will say it again, there is no fundamental shift that is going to happen in the trade relations between Southern Africa and the colonial ...
CONSIDERATION OF BUDGETARY REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION REPORT OF PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND INDUSTRY 6 Nov 2019

Chairperson, what people want is jobs. They want them now. People want access to business opportunities. People want an economic system that works for them. The biggest mistake was to combine an already failing department under an incompetent Minister with an even bigger department with the same Minister.
The EFF ...

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