Alexandra Lilian Amelia Abrahams

National Assembly

alexandra.abrahams@gmail.com alabrahams@parliament.gov.za

About Alexandra Lilian Amelia Abrahams

2020 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 12 meetings out of 12

2019 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 14 meetings out of 14

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Recent meetings attended

Social Development — Implementation of food distribution programmes: MECs and HODs briefing; Update on progress made to respond to Covid19 pandemic issues; with Ministers — 25 Jun 2020
Social Development — DSD 2019/20 Quarter 4 performance; Progress made to respond to Covid19 pandemic issues; with Minister — 11 Jun 2020
Social Development — Progress made in implementing GBV response action plan & SASSA COVID-19 intervention; with Minister — 4 Jun 2020
Social Development — COVID-19 NGO food distribution; SRD R350 grant; with Ministry — 29 May 2020
Social Development — DSD report on COVID19 responses and progress report to address backlog in the Foster Care System & meet North Gauteng High Court deadline with Minister — 21 May 2020

All meetings attended

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Currently

Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Social Development (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

3rd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

Committee appearances

Implementation of food distribution programmes: MECs and HODs briefing; Update on progress made to respond to Covid19 pandemic issues 25 Jun 2020

Ms A Abrahams (DA) asked whether the use of food vouchers to which the Acting DDG had referred, was in use and if it was, on what date it had been implemented. She proposed that food vouchers should be referred to as “dignity vouchers,” since they would also allow recipients ...
DSD 2019/20 Quarter 4 performance; Progress made to respond to Covid19 pandemic issues 11 Jun 2020

Ms A Abrahams (DA) said the summary slides which the Department had presented had not been given to the Committee, which made it difficult for the Members to engage. She asked the Department to forward the concept documents when linking the child support grant to the beneficiaries with the government ...
DSD on progress made in implementing Gender Based Violence Fermicide emergency response action plan 4 Jun 2020

Ms A Abrahams (DA) seconded the proposal.
NGOs on the Covid19 related food security programmes; DSD on its programmes (food distribution, psychosocial support and GBV) responding to the Covid 19 pandemic 29 May 2020

Ms A Abrahams (DA) thanked the presenters and congratulated Gift of the Givers for acknowledging the local CBOs playing a life-saving role on the ground. She asked all the NGOs why they did not list the extended lockdown as a challenge. The continued lockdown puts a strain on people not ...
DSD progress report to address backlog in Foster Care System & meet North Gauteng High Court deadline 21 May 2020

Ms A Abrahams (DA) gave her condolences to SASSA for the passing of one of its employees and asked a number of questions:

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Social Development 26 Jun 2020

What is the total number of (a) old age homes and (b) frail-care facilities; (2) What is the total number of Covid-19 infections in each specified (a) old age home and (b) frail-care facility to date in each province, despite being on strict lockdown; (3) What are the respective numbers ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Social Development 26 Jun 2020

What are the details of the joint phasing-in plan by her department and the Department of Basic Education for the reopening of early childhood development centres (ECDs) under level 3 of the risk adjusted approach to Covid-19 within the Republic in terms of (a) on what date will ECDs be ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Social Development 11 Jun 2020

(1)In view of the High Court judgment granting her department an extension on all lapsed foster care grants in November 2019, what is the current backlog of foster care grants in each province;

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

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