Mr Ashor Sarupen

Member of the National Assembly

Formerly: Gauteng Provincial Legislature

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About Ashor Sarupen

Ashor Sarupen joined the DA in 2006 at the age of 17 in his hometown of Springs, Gauteng, where he served as the constituency chairperson and local campaign manager.

He was elected to the Ekurhuleni Metropolitian Council in 2011 as the DA’s second ranked candidate and served as the Chief Whip of the Official Opposition in the Council at the age of 22. He served on the councils. Rules, Ethics and Public Accounts committees. In 2014 he was appointed as an election strategist for the DA’s Gauteng election campaign, which saw the DA get its best ever result in the election, and get within 3% of unseating the ANC.

He then served as a Member of the Gauteng Legislature between 2014 and 2019, representing the DA on the Finance, Economic Development, Social Development and Education committees.

Since 2019, he has served as a Member of Parliament and the DA’s Shadow Minister on the Appropriations Committee (which deals with the national budget). In October 2019, Helen Zille appointed him Chief of Staff and subsequently as her Parliamentary Counsel. In 2020, he was elected into the DA’s national leadership as the Deputy Chairperson of the Federal Council.

Source: Democratic Alliance

Political party:

Democratic Alliance (DA)

Constituency Offices

DA Constituency Area: Springs - Nigel - Brakpan

Contact Details:

067 729 2412

ashors@da.org.za

Current positions:

Member at Standing Committee on Finance (National Assembly Committees)

since 22nd February 2022

Member at Standing Committee on Appropriations (National Assembly Committees)

since 27th June 2019

Member at National Assembly (Parliament)

since 22nd May 2019

Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

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Former positions:

Alternate Member at Standing Committee on Finance (National Assembly Committees)

until 22nd February 2022

27th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List)

from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

8th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List)

from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

66th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List)

from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

Member at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature)

from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019

Member at Education Portfolio Committee-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee)

until 7th May 2019

Alternate Member at Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture & Rural Development-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee)

until 7th May 2019

Alternate Member at Finance Committee-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee)

until 7th May 2019

Member-elect at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature)

from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014

10th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2014 (Election List)

from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

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Politician Activity

Attendance of committee meetings:

2024 committee attendance as mp

69% attendance rate (18 of 26 )

2023 committee attendance as mp

43% attendance rate (39 of 90 )

2022 committee attendance as mp

70% attendance rate (64 of 92 )

2021 committee attendance as mp

74% attendance rate (28 of 38 )

2020 committee attendance as mp

67% attendance rate (36 of 54 )

2019 committee attendance as mp

78% attendance rate (29 of 37 )

Attendance Methodology

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.

Recent meetings attended:

Standing Committee on Appropriations

Committee Legacy Report

27 Mar 2024

Finance Standing Committee

Pension Funds Amendment Bill: adoption

22 Mar 2024

Standing Committee on Appropriations

Division of Revenue Bill; Second Adjustments Appropriation (2023/24 FY) Bill & GFECRA A/B: consideration

20 Mar 2024

Finance Standing Committee

Responsible Spending Bill: Treasury & Private Member response to public submissions

20 Mar 2024

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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.

Committee Legacy Report

27 Mar 2024

Mr A Sarupen (DA) said the Chairperson was a true democrat, despite all the disagreements, he still respected his differing ...

Responsible Spending Bill: Dr George & National Treasury response to public submissions

20 Mar 2024

The Chairperson said the purpose of the meeting was to get a response from Dr D George (DA) on the ...

Responsible Spending Bill: public hearings

13 Mar 2024

Mr A Sarupen (DA) said the use of ‘excessive hyperbolic’ language was not very useful. He did not understand 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.

Questions asked to the Minister of Finance

16 Apr 2024

Whether he has found that section 72 of the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, Act 56 of 2003, only ...

Questions asked to the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies

15 Mar 2024

(1)Whether, considering the participation of the delegation of the Republic in the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2024 that took place ...

Questions asked to the Minister of Health

7 Mar 2024

(1)Whether, considering the participation of the delegation of the Republic in the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2024 that took place ...

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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.

CONSIDERATION OF 2020 FISCAL FRAMEWORK AND REVENUE PROPOSALS AND REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE THEREON

11 Mar 2020

House Chair, I think this fiscal framework is a very sobering assessment because it demonstrates that the ANC has completely given up on fiscal responsibility and that they happily want ...

WEDNESDAY, 4 DECEMBER 2019

4 Dec 2019

Chair, the budget in terms of the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement and Adjustments Appropriation Bill is not pro poor. It is pro poverty. Anyone who disagrees with this statement is ...

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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.

2022

12 categories Source

CONTRACTS

1 items

Details of Contract and Management thereof	Period of Contract	Value of Contract	Name of State Entity
none	none	none	none

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

2 items

Directorship/Partnership in any Corporate Body	Type of Business Activity
AM Zeus	Dormant Company - Not Trading
Heliosphere	Dormant Company - Not Trading

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

1 items

Source	Description	Value
University of Pennsylvania	Notebook, Pen, Keychain	R200

LAND AND PROPERTY

1 items

Extent of the Property	Location-Area	Description of Property
83 square meters	Germiston	Apartment

PENSIONS

1 items

Source	Public/Private
none	none

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

5 items

Nominal Value	Number of Shares	Name of Company	Nature
R100	100	Heliosphere	Dormant Company. Not Trading
R50	50	AM Zeus	Dormant Company. Not Trading
R30 000	Retirement Fund	Old Mutual	Retirement Annuity
R2500 per month	Retirement Fund	Liberty Life	Retirement Annuity
R1300 per month	Retirement Fund	Sanlam	Retirement Annuity

TRAVEL

1 items

Sponsor	Description of Journey
None	none

BENEFITS

1 items

Source	Description of Benefit
None	none

SPONSORSHIPS

1 items

Source of Sponsorship	Extent	Description of Assistance/Sponsorship
Nothing to disclose

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

1 items

Name of Employer	Type of Business
None	none

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

1 items

Type of Business Activity	Value of any Benefits derived	Name of Organisation
None	None	None

TRUSTS

1 items

Trustee/Beneficiary	Details of benefits derived	Registration Number	Name of Trust
			Nothing to disclose

2021

11 categories Source

CONTRACTS

1 items

Period of Contract	Value of Contract	Details of Contract and Management thereof	Name of State Entity
NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

2 items

Type of Business Activity	Directorship/Partnership in any Corporate Body
DORMANT	HELIOSPHERE
DORMANT	AM ZEUS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

3 items

Source	Description	Value
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	CAPS, BAGS, AND STATIONERY	R500
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	ACCOMODATION FOR PARTY WORK – STELLENBOSCH - JULY 2021	R10 000
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	ACCOMODATION FOR PARTY WORK – DURBAN – AUGUST 2021	R1 000

LAND AND PROPERTY

1 items

Extent of the Property	Location – Area	Description of Property
89 SQUARE METERS	GERMISTON	APARTMENT

PENSIONS

1 items

Source	Public/Private
NONE	NONE

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

2 items

Nominal Value	Number of Shares	Name of Company	Nature
R1400,00	CORESHARES PREFTEX EFT	UNIT TRUST - VARIOUS	EXCHANGE TRADED FUND
R2000.00	CARTESIAN AGGRESSIVE GROWTH UNIT TRUST	UNIT TRUST - VARIOUS	UNIT TRUST

TRAVEL

1 items

Sponsor	Description of Journey
NONE	NONE

BENEFITS

1 items

Source	Description of Benefit
BRITISH AIRWAYS SILVER CARD	FREE AIRPORT LOUNGE ACCESS

SPONSORSHIPS

1 items

Description of Assistance/Sponsorship	Source of Sponsorship	Extent
NONE	NONE	NONE

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

1 items

Type of Business Activity	Name of Organisation	Value of any Benefits derived
NONE	NONE	NONE

TRUSTS

1 items

Registration Number	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name of Trust	Details of all benefits derived
NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE

2020

12 categories Source

CONTRACTS

1 items

Name of State Entity	Details of Contract and Management thereof	Period of Contract	Value of Contract
NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

2 items

Directorship/Partnership in any Corporate Body	Type of Business Activity
HELIOSPHERE (DORMANT)	NONE
AM ZEUS (DORMANT)	NONE

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

9 items

Source	Description	Value
MAX MATSCHKE	BOTTLE OF WINE	R100
MAX MATSCHKE	BMW TRACK DAY	R5000
CITY OF BETHLEHEM	SCARF	R100
REHINA SARUPEN	COLOGNE	R500
ENRICO MOYA	BOTTLE OF WINE	R100
OTTA MAREE	DINNER	R250
MICHAEL BAGRIAM	BOOK	R100
MICHAEL BAGRIAM	LAPEL PIN	R25
ERIN MOYA	SKIN CARE PRODUCTS	R250

LAND AND PROPERTY

1 items

Extent of the Property	Location – Area	Description of Property
88m2	SOLHEIM	APARTMENT

PENSIONS

1 items

Source	Public/Private
NONE	NONE

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

3 items

Nominal Value	Number of Shares	Name of Company	Nature
R30 000	OLD MUTUAL RETIREMENT ANNUNITY FUND	AS PER FUND ASSET MANAGER	RETIRMENT ANNUNITY
R90 000	LIBERTY LIFE RETIREMENT ANNUNITY FUND	AS PER FUND ASSET MANAGER	RETIREMENT ANNUITY
R62 000	SANLAM RETIREMENT ANNUNITY FUND	AS PER FUND ASSET MANAGER	RETIREMENT ANNUNITY

TRAVEL

1 items

Sponsor	Description of Journey
SOUTH AFRICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL FOUNDATION	STUDY TOUR OF ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

BENEFITS

1 items

Source	Description of Benefit
NONE	NONE

SPONSORSHIPS

1 items

Source of Sponsorship	Description of Assistance/Sponsorship	Extent
NONE	NONE	NONE

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

1 items

Name of Employer	Type of Business
NONE	NONE

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

1 items

Type of Business Activity	Name of Organisation	Value of any Benefits derived
NONE	NONE	NONE

TRUSTS

1 items

Details of all benefits derived	Registration Number	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name of Trust
NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE

2019

3 categories Source

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

2 items

Nominal Value	Number of Shares	Name of Company	Nature
N/A	R2 500.00 p.m	Liberty Life RA	Retirement Annuity
N/A	R1 100.00 p.m	Sanlam RA	Retirement Annuity

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

2 items

Directorship/Partnership in any Corporate Body	Type of Business Activity
Heliosphere Pty Ltd	Corporate Communications (Dormant)
AM Zeus Pty Ltd	Dormant

LAND AND PROPERTY

1 items

Extent of the Property	Location – Area	Description of Property
82m²	Germiston	Apartment

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