Mr Yunus Ismail Carrim

National Council of Provinces

Formerly: National Assembly

Party

African National Congress (ANC)

Email

Phone

Constituency Offices

Not associated with any constituency offices

Province

KwaZulu-Natal

About Yunus Ismail Carrim

Mr Carrim holds a Master's in Sociology from the University of Warwick in England and an International Diploma in Journalism from Darlington College of Technology in England.

He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Natal Indian Congress, a member of the Executive Council of the United Democratic Front in Pietermaritzburg, and a Secretary of the Pietermaritzburg Combined Ratepayers and Residents Association from 1986 to 1990. He was a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal.

Mr Carrim also served as Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (2009 to 2013) and Minister of Communications (2013 to 2014) (Source: www.anc.org.za)

Mr Carrim was Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance during the Fifth Parliament (2014-2019).

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2020 committee attendance as mp

92% attendance rate

Attended 47 meetings out of 51

2019 committee attendance as mp

87% attendance rate

Attended 41 meetings out of 47

2018 committee attendance as mp

84% attendance rate

Attended 53 meetings out of 63

2017 committee attendance as mp

93% attendance rate

Attended 67 meetings out of 72

2016 committee attendance as mp

88% attendance rate

Attended 66 meetings out of 75

2015 committee attendance as mp

92% attendance rate

Attended 58 meetings out of 63

2014 committee attendance as minister/deputy

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

Attended 0 meetings

2014 committee attendance as mp

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

100% attendance rate

Attended 27 meetings out of 27

Attendance records reflect Committee not Plenary Attendance
Minister/Deputy Minister attendance is not compulsory.
MP attendance is compulsory unless an apology is given
MPs are recorded as absent whether they have, or have not submitted apologies.
This is not the official committee attendance record of Parliament.
Plenary Attendance is not made public by Parliament although it has been requested.

Recent meetings attended

Standing Committee on Appropriations — PBO Director Vacancy: Report back by Subcommittee on shortlisting — 11 Sep 2020
NCOP Finance — Disaster Management Tax Bills: Committee Reports — 10 Sep 2020
NCOP Finance — Disaster Management Bills: consideration of public submission — 9 Sep 2020
NCOP Appropriations — SA food security & recommended interventions; Disaster Management & Drought Relief programmes, with COGTA Minister — 2 Sep 2020
NCOP Finance — Disaster Management Tax Relief and Administration Bills: briefing — 1 Sep 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

Chairperson at Select Committee on Finance (NCOP Committees) since 26th June 2019
Chairperson at Select Committee on Finance (NCOP Committees) since 26th June 2019
Member at Select Committee on Appropriations (NCOP Committees) since 24th June 2019
Alternate Member at Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements (NCOP Committees) since 24th June 2019
Alternate Member at Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings (NCOP Committees) since 24th June 2019
Member at Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament (Joint Committees) since 24th June 2019
Alternate Member at Select Committee on Security and Justice (NCOP Committees) since 24th June 2019
Chairperson at Select Committee on Finance (NCOP Committees) since 24th June 2019
Delegate at National Council of Provinces (Parliament) since 23rd May 2019
Member at African National Congress (ANC) (Party)

Formerly

Member at Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament (Joint Committees) from 24th June 2019 until 25th June 2019
148th Candidate at African National Congress National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Chairperson at Standing Committee on Finance (National Assembly Committees) from 24th June 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Constituency Contact at ANC Constituency Office (806): Ladysmith (Constituency Office) from 10th May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
40th Candidate at African National Congress National Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 6th May 2009 until 6th May 2014
Constituency Contact at ANC Constituency Office (806): Ladysmith (Constituency Office) until 6th May 2014
Minister of Communications at National Executive (Executive) from 9th July 2013 until 24th April 2014
Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs at National Executive (Executive) until 9th July 2013

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Parliament	Public

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Name of Company
Old Mutual
Sasol
Sanlam
Vodacom
MTN

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	Residential	Msunduzi

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
POBPF	PUBLIC

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	Name of Company
/- R5000.00	Old Mutual
/- R5000.00	MTN
/- R5000.0	SASOL
/- R5000.00	SANLAM
/- R5000.00	VODACOM

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location
House	Msunduzi, Kwa-Zulu Natal

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Name of Company	Nature	Nominal Value
Old Mutual	Shares
MTN	Shares
Sasol	Shares	R5 000
Sanlam	Shares
Vodacom	Shares

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
Department of Arts	Cape Town Jazz Festival - 1 night	Above R500

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	Normal	Msunduzi

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Name of Company	Nominal Value
Old Mutual
MTN
Sasol	R5 000
Sanlam

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	Normal	Msunduzi

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R2 500	100	Yebo Yethu	Shares
		Old Mutual	Shares
		Sasol	Shares
R5 000		MTN	Shares
		Sanlam	Shares

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
South African Cities Network	NPO

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
Nokia in Finland	Nokia phone	+-R8 000

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	Normal	Msunduzi

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2013 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Name of Company	Nominal Value	Nature	No
Old Mutual
MTN	R5 000	Shares
Naspers	+-R11 802.42	Ordinary	42
Sasol
Sanlam

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership
Ordinary Board Member

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location
House	Msunduzi

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2012 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Name of Company	Nature	Nominal Value	No
Old Mutual	Shares
MTN	Shares	R5 000
Naspers	Ordinary	+-R11 802.42	42
Sasol	Shares
Sanlam	Shares

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
South African Cities Network [Chairman]	Section 21 Company operating within Local Government

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	Normal	Msunduzi

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2011 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

No	Name of Company	Nature	Nominal Value
Free shares	Old Mutual	Ordinary
42	Naspers	Ordinary	- R11 802.42
Shares	Sanlam		As at May 2011
Shares	Sanlam		As at May 2011
Shares	MTN		R5 000

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Network	Section 21 Co. operating within Local Government

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	Normal	Pietermaritzburg

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2010 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
-	Free Shares	Old Mutual	Ordinary
R5 000	Shares	MTN	-
- R11 802.42	42	Naspers	Ordinary
-	-	Sasol	Shares
-	-	Sanlam	-

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Chairman of SA Cities Network	Section 21 Co. operating within local government

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
LOC	World Cup tickets for - 4 matches	VIP ticket - Unknown
Price Waterhouse	World Cup tickets [1 match]	Unknown
Deloite	World Cup tickets - 1 match	Unknown

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Description	Extent
Pietermaritzburg	House	Normal

Committee appearances

OR Tambo District Municipality progress on water and sanitation projects 16 Sep 2020

The Committee Secretary welcomed everyone to the meeting. He said he was assisting Members and stakeholders to log into the virtual meeting platform. He extended an apology from Mr Y Carrim (ANC, KZN) for not attending the meeting and on behalf of the relevant Ministers who could not attend because ...
Disaster Management Tax Bills: Committee Reports 10 Sep 2020

The Chairperson agreed and said a correction would be made.
Disaster Management Bills: consideration of public submission 9 Sep 2020

The Chairperson said the Committee would be considering the Disaster Management Tax Relief Bills and the National Assembly (NA) Reports. He reminded Members that they were not obliged to accept the view of the NA. He proposed that the Committee first look at the policy issues associated with the Bills ...
South African food security and recommended interventions: HSRC briefing; Disaster Management & Drought Relief programmes: stakeholder engagement 2 Sep 2020

Mr Y Carrim (ANC, KZN) said that the bodies dealing with the interrelated issues of food and nutrition security, climate change and disaster management, were in “an unenviable position.” These bodies included CoGTA and the National Disaster Management Centre. Part of this undesirable position was because SA had received less ...
Disaster Management Tax Relief Bill & Disaster Management Tax Administration Bill: National Treasury briefing 1 Sep 2020

The Chairperson made reference to what happened to the two Bills during the National Assembly process. A concern was raised in the Programming Committee [about Bills being dealt with in joint meetings of the NA and NCOP during the emergency]. He said that there were very different interpretations at the ...

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Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Communications 16 Sep 2014

[pic] | | |MINISTRY:COMMUNICATIONS | |REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA | |Private Bag X 745, Pretoria, 0001, Tel: +27 12Â 473 0164 Fax: +27 | |12Â 473 0585 | |URL: http://www.gov.za | | | | | |NATIONAL ASSEMBLY : | |QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN REPLY | |QUESTION NUMBER 979 | |DATE: 22 August 2014 | | | | | |Ms V van Vyk (Da) to ask the Minister ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Communications 16 Sep 2014

| [pic] | |MINISTRY:COMMUNICATIONS | |REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA | |Private Bag X 745, Pretoria, 0001, Tel: +27 12Â 473 0164 Fax: +27 | |12Â 473 0585 | |URL: http://www.gov.za | | | | | |NATIONAL ASSEMBLY | | | |QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN REPLY | | | |QUESTION NUMBER 1201 | | | |DATE OF PUBLICATION: 29 AUGUST 2014 | | | | | |Mrs Shinn to ask the Minister of ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Communications 15 Sep 2014

[pic] | | |MINISTRY:COMMUNICATIONS | |REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA | |Private Bag X 745, Pretoria, 0001, Tel: +27 12Â 473 0164 Fax: +27 | |12Â 473 0585 | |URL: http://www.gov.za | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY QUESTION 413 DATE OF PUBLICATION: 04 JULY 2014 Mrs M R Shinn (DA) to ask the ...

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Plenary appearances

CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEE ON FINANCE - 2020 FISCAL FRAMEWORK AND REVENUE PROPOSALS 11 Mar 2020

Chairperson, Minister, comrades and colleagues, I don't know whether I have asked you to do this but I will be very grateful if you would protect me against my provincial whip. She is not supposed to hackle her own comrade but there she is. Alright!
Budget 2020 as we ...
FRIDAY, 6 DECEMBER 2019 6 Dec 2019

Chairperson, the Jobs Fund does belong to National Treasury. It does fall under Vote No 7. He was right to raise the point he did, except it was in the extreme. I think it is bizarre to say: how can the Minister sleep at night and so on. I mean ...

All Plenary Appearances

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