Ms Annette Steyn

National Assembly

@AnnetteSteyn1

About Annette Steyn

Ms Steyn was first elected to Parliament in 2009. She has executed duties as councillor for the Gariep Municipality and was appointed as Chairperson of the DA in the Eastern Cape. Ms Steyn served as the DA’s Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Fifth Parliament (2014 - 2019). Source: DA (http://www.da.org.za).

2019 committee attendance as mp

83% attendance rate

Attended 19 meetings out of 23

2018 committee attendance as mp

93% attendance rate

Attended 25 meetings out of 27

2017 committee attendance as mp

79% attendance rate

Attended 26 meetings out of 33

2016 committee attendance as mp

82% attendance rate

Attended 31 meetings out of 38

2015 committee attendance as mp

85% attendance rate

Attended 28 meetings out of 33

2014 committee attendance as mp

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

86% attendance rate

Attended 19 meetings out of 22

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

Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development — DAFF 2019/20 Quarter 1 performance; ARC on Audit improvement plan & progress — 19 Nov 2019
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development — NARYSEC programme and mandate: Department briefing; KZN Oversight Visit Report — 12 Nov 2019
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development — Drought update; Provinces’ state of readiness for 2019/20 planting season — 5 Nov 2019
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development — Agri-Parks progress report — 22 Oct 2019
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development — Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development Budgetary Review & Recommendations Report — 16 Oct 2019

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

Member at Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Party Whip at National Assembly (Parliament) since 13th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

85th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
7th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Eastern Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
5th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Eastern Cape Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
47th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: NEW HORIZONS: EC 141, 142, 143, 144, 441 (Constituency Area) from 10th May 2014 until 6th May 2014
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 6th May 2009 until 6th May 2014
Member at Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Committee) until 6th May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: NEW HORIZONS: EC 141, 142, 143, 144, 441 (Constituency Area) until 6th May 2014

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Lake Gariep Development	NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation)

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location
Plot	Albert District
Residential House	Witbank

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Study tour	Taipei Government

SPONSORSHIPS

Source	Description	Extent
Taipei Government	Study tour	R60 000

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Lake Gariep Development Foundation	NGO

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location	Extent
Plot	Albert District
Residential House	Witbank	Normal

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Lake Gariep Development Foundation	NGO [Dormant]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location	Extent
Plot	Albert district
Residential House	Witbank	Normal

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Lake Gariep Development Foundation	NGO [Dormant]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location	Extent
Plot	Albert district
Residential House	Witbank	Normal

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Lake Gariep Development Foundation	NGO [Dormant]

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
Grain SA	Spoons	R500

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location	Extent
Plot	Albert district
Residential House	Witbank	Normal

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2013 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Lake Garrep Development Foundation	NGO [Dormant]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location	Extent
Plot	Albert district
Residential house	Witbank	Normal

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2012 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Lake Garriep Development Foundation	Dormant NGO

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location	Extent
Plot	Albert district
Residential House	Witbank	Normal

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2011 [Source]

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Travel on Youth Development Programme to US [Feb.]	US Government
Travel on Youth Development Program to US [Feb]	US Government

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Lake Gariep Dev. Foundation	Dormant NGO
Lake Gariep Dev. Foundation	NGO [Dormant]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location
Plot	Albert district
Plot	Albert district
Residential	Witbank

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2010 [Source]

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Visit of 5 days to Israel	Israel Forum

Committee appearances

Drought update and Provinces’ state of readiness for 2019/20 planting season: DALRRD briefing; Committee Report on KZN oversight 5 Nov 2019

Ms A Steyn (DA) wanted to know what happened to the disaster funding plan that was mentioned during the 2015/16 period. She wanted to find out if there had been discussions with the banks regarding loan repayments. She wanted to establish the number of members AFASA was representing, and ...
Progress report on Agri-Parks: Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development briefing 22 Oct 2019

Ms A Steyn (DA) remarked that when the Committee visited the Agri-Parks, they received many complaints from the farmers that the packhouses were situated far from them. She commented that what the Department presented was good but not practical on the ground. She not understand why there were FPSUs in ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report 16 Oct 2019

Ms A Steyn (DA) said she was concerned about the legality of the Trust.
Transformation activities & AgriBEE Fund: Land Bank briefing 15 Oct 2019

Ms Steyn (DA) asked for details of the criteria used by the Department when considering applications for financial support from the AgriBEE Fund. This was related to the Department stating it had received 178 applications, but had somehow reduced the figure to 18. Were the criteria be different from those ...
Transformation activities & AgriBEE Fund: Land Bank briefing 15 Oct 2019

Ms A Steyn (DA) asked whether the criteria used by the Land Bank to become involved with these two companies for funding had been drawn up by the Bank itself, or in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Who decided on the criteria, and how did it ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development 3 Dec 2019

Whether the Recapitalisation and Development Programme project was the subject of any forensic and/or other investigations; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Questions asked to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development 3 Dec 2019

What (a) amount has her department spent on the Recapitalisation and Development (RECAP) programme annually, (b)(i) number of farmers and/or projects were part of the RECAP programme and (ii) amount has been spent on each farmer and/or project for the duration of the implementation of the programme ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development 3 Dec 2019

Whether she has found that her department is managing any legislation that is hampering the importation of medicinal cannabis seeds into the Republic; if so, (a) what legislation and (b) what steps is her department taking to amend the specified legislation?

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL REPLY ECONOMICS 23 Oct 2019

Hon Chair, the Deputy Minister did not answer the question. There was a Constitutional Court
case that told them to do something and they are not doing it.
QUESTIONS FOR ORAL REPLY ECONOMICS 23 Oct 2019

Hon Deputy Minister, through you House Chairperson, it is now 25 years since the democratic order was established but still today in the former homelands access to and the occupation of land is still regulated by the regulation that was passed by Parliament and other legislative bodies of the apartheid ...

All Plenary Appearances

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

TRAVEL

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

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LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2013 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2012 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2011 [Source]

TRAVEL

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2010 [Source]

TRAVEL

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Plenary appearances