Ashor Sarupen

National Assembly

Formerly: Gauteng Provincial Legislature

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About Ashor Sarupen

2020 committee attendance as mp

74% attendance rate

Attended 28 meetings out of 38

2019 committee attendance as mp

78% attendance rate

Attended 29 meetings out of 37

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Recent meetings attended

Standing Committee on Appropriations — National Treasury on Q1 Spending, Covid-19 Expenditure & Financial Position of State Owned Companies — 1 Sep 2020
Standing Committee on Appropriations — 2021/22 Division of Revenue: Financial and Fiscal Commission briefing — 26 Aug 2020
Standing Committee on Appropriations — Adjustments Appropriation Bill: finalisation & committee report — 28 Jul 2020
Standing Committee on Appropriations — Adjustments Appropriation Bill: public hearings and Parliamentary Budget Office input — 24 Jul 2020
Standing Committee on Appropriations — Adjustments Appropriation Bill: briefing, with Deputy Minister — 23 Jul 2020

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Currently

Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Finance (Committee) since 27th June 2019
Member at Standing Committee on Appropriations (Committee) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

66th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
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
Member at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture & Rural Development-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Member at Education Portfolio Committee-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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Committee appearances

National Treasury 2020/21 Quarter 1 performance & Steps taken to mitigate fraud and corruption re Covid-19 funds spending 1 Sep 2020

Mr A Sarupen (DA) asked whether Eskom had requested any further funding from government. He asked what Treasury’s thinking was on the provision of a guarantee to ACSA. He asked where the money would come from for any of the bailouts or cash injections asked for by other SOEs ...
Adjustments Appropriation Bill: public hearing and Parliamentary Budget Office input 24 Jul 2020

Mr A Sarupen (DA) objected on behalf of the DA based on the addition of R7 billion to the contingency reserve without any clear guidelines. The party was not convinced that this money would not be used for South African Airways.
Adjustments Appropriation Bill: National Treasury briefing 23 Jul 2020

Mr A Sarupen (DA) asked about the amendment to section 6. According to the correspondence received by the Standing Committee, the Minister was asking the Committee to amend the Bill. It was not a technical amendment, but a substantive amendment that the Committee needed to make. It was fine that ...
Adjustments Appropriation Bill: DBE & DSBD briefings 22 Jul 2020

Mr A Sarupen (DA) asked about the reduction in the Education Infrastructure Grant. Which critical projects were affected, and which schools were affected in which provinces?
Adjustments Appropriation Bill: Department of Water and Sanitation briefing 16 Jul 2020

Mr A Sarupen (DA) said that there is no indication on the number and nature of DWS vacancies and asked how many involve critical skills. Is this hindering DWS’s ability to carry out its functions as DWS frontline services require engineers and technicians.

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Police 17 Dec 2019

(1) Whether his department has a (a) budget and (b) plan to build a new police station for the Bedfordview area; if so, on what date will the construction of the police station commence; (2) whether his department has a (a) budget and (b) plan to house the inspectors at ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development 12 Dec 2019

Whether her department has programmes to help small farmers like Mr Mphishi Daniel Gumede from Mboza in KwaMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality, who suffer losses as a result of natural disaster (details furnished); if not, why not; if so, what steps must affected farmers and/or victims follow to access such programmes ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 2 Dec 2019

(1)With reference to the reply of the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation to question 994 on 4 November 2019, has her department been informed that the rehabilitation project for the Jan Smuts Dam in Brakpan has failed; (2) whether her department will provide a breakdown of the ...

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Plenary appearances

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 to lead South Africa down the fiscal abyss. And I have a lot of sympathy for the Finance Minister because ...
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 a denialist of note.
I'm glad that my committee chair, the hon Buthelezi, agrees that government must create an ...

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