Ms Alexandra Lilian Amelia Abrahams

National Assembly

About Alexandra Lilian Amelia Abrahams

Ms Alexandra Abrahams is a member of the Democratic Alliance. She holds an Honours degree in Political Science from Stellenbosch University which she completed in 2008, and an undergraduate degree in International Relations.

Ms Abrahams is a member of the National Assembly and currently serves as a member of the Portfolio Committee on Social Development. To get to know Ms Abrahams more, read our blog interview here.

2021 committee attendance as mp

95% attendance rate

Attended 21 meetings out of 22

2020 committee attendance as mp

95% attendance rate

Attended 19 meetings out of 20

2019 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 1 meeting out of 1

Attendance Methodology

Recent meetings attended

Social Development — DSD, SASSA & NDA 2020/21 Quarter 4 performance; update on implementation of Covid-19 grant; report back on CDA board vacancies — 1 Sep 2021
Social Development — Election of Chairperson — 31 Aug 2021
Social Development — Update on migration of Early Childhood Development: DSD & DBE briefing; with Ministers — 25 Aug 2021
Social Development — Children’s Amendment Bill: Committee Report on public hearings; Committee report on oversight visit to KZN and Gauteng; Committee Programme — 18 Aug 2021
Social Development — Fund-Raising Amendment Bill: briefing; with Minister — 2 Jun 2021

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee on Social Development (National Assembly Committees) since 7th December 2020
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Social Development (National Assembly Committees) from 27th June 2019 until 7th December 2020
3rd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2019 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description of Property	Location – Area	Extent of the Property
Apartment	Salt River	R1,75 million

Committee appearances

CDA Board Vacancies: Recommendation; DSD 2020/21 Quarter 3 performance 1 Sep 2021

Ms A Abrahams (DA) asked if SASSA could indicate the cost which SAPO was charging the DSD in service fees. SASSA was known to be experiencing financial predicaments. What was SAPO trying to charge the DSD to help the 1.5 million people who claimed their grants at SAPO?
Update on migration of Early Childhood Development: DSD & DBE briefing 25 Aug 2021

Ms A Abrahams (DA) said that the presentation was informative and had answered a lot of her initial questions. Would the DBE consider standardising and increasing subsidies in ECDs? Would it consider fee-free ECDs? Many parents could not afford ECD fees, and this caused them to remove their children. Slide ...
Children’s Amendment Bill: Committee Report on public hearings 18 Aug 2021

Ms A Abrahams (DA) suggested that Minister Zulu and the Acting Director- General provide a regular status update on the progress of the reconstruction of departmental offices, and implementation of the Committee’s recommendations going forward. In the past, the Committee has completed oversight trips, adopted reports and made recommendations which ...
Children’s Amendment Bill: Committee Report on public hearings 18 Aug 2021

Ms A Abrahams (DA) suggested that Minister Zulu and the Acting Director- General provide a regular status update on the progress of the reconstruction of departmental offices, and implementation of the Committee’s recommendations going forward. In the past, the Committee has completed oversight trips, adopted reports and made recommendations which ...
Fund-raising Amendment Bill: DSD briefing 2 Jun 2021

Ms A Abrahams (DA) thanked DSD for the presentation. She said the Fifth Administration had dealt with the Bill. The current Portfolio Committee did not have access to relevant documents or comments from public participants in the previous administration. She asked if it would be possible to receive these documents ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure 23 Sep 2021

With reference her reply to question 1486 on 18 August 2020, what does the term in-house workshop under the service provider column explicitly mean?
Questions asked to the Minister of Social Development 30 Jul 2021

(a) What is the name of the communication agency that her department appointed to supplement the SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) on communication challenges, (b) through what process was the company appointed, (c) what are the terms of the appointment contract and (d) what are the cost implications to (i) ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Social Development 30 Jul 2021

(1)Whether, with regard to the campaign of the Deputy Minister in KwaZulu-Natal entitled Good Deeds which commenced on 1 March 2020 until 14 March 2020, her department paid for the (a) accommodation, (b) transportation and (c) subsistence and travel costs of the Deputy Minister and accompanying officials while they were ...

All Questions and Answers

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