Benedicta Maria Van Minnen

National Assembly

benvm@mweb.co.za

@BenedictaVanMin

About Benedicta Maria Van Minnen

2020 committee attendance as mp

88% attendance rate

Attended 15 meetings out of 17

2019 committee attendance as mp

78% attendance rate

Attended 18 meetings out of 23

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

Public Accounts (SCOPA) — UIF disbursements for Covid-19 Lockdown; with Deputy Minister — 26 Jun 2020
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — ESKOM on SCOPA recommendations; with Minister — 18 Jun 2020
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — SA Express liquidation; with Deputy Minister — 17 Jun 2020
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — Department of Water and Sanitation & Water Boards: Auditor-General briefing — 5 Jun 2020
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — Minister of Water and Sanitation on investigations into DWS & Water Boards — 26 May 2020

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 Standing Committee on Public Accounts (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

2nd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

Committee appearances

UIF on disbursement of funds during Covid 19 Lockdown 26 Jun 2020

Ms B van Minnen (DA) said Ms Mente-Nqweniso had covered her on the R5.7 million matter. She had two questions remaining. When was the due date for the AG special audit? How would UIF ensure payments made to companies got paid to the company employees?
ESKOM on SCOPA recommendations 18 Jun 2020

Ms B Van Minnen (DA) referred to the R76 million loss that had been incurred through the negligence of the former general manager at the Wilge housing project, where Eskom had stated that he had been ordered to pay this money back. Did Eskom actually expect to retrieve the money ...
Minister of Water and Sanitation on investigations on irregular expenditure for Department and Water Boards 26 May 2020

Ms B Van Minnen (DA) asked DWS to elaborate on the completed investigations on incurred fruitless and wasteful expenditure. She said simply providing numbers was not very helpful and further details were required. She asked what consequence management has been put in place to address the payment of R17 million ...
Business rescue plans for SAA & SA Express Airways: Minister of Public Enterprises & Business Rescue Practitioners 15 May 2020

Ms B Van Minnen (DA) said that larger airlines were dumping airline shares as they did not see any future in the airline industry after the covid-19 pandemic. Why was Government giving such consideration to starting a new airline? How would it differ from the current situation in SAA with ...
SAPS 2018/19 deviations, expansions, irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure: hearing 17 Mar 2020

The Chairperson announced that the Committee was dealing with the qualified audit opinion for 2018/19 which was the same status as the previous two years. An irregular expenditure or R20.7 million had been reported but that had escalated to R1.2 billion during the audit. The meeting would ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition 6 Jul 2020

What progress has been made in the negotiations between the Seriti Holdings, Coalzar and the Industrial Development Corporation regarding the development of the New Largo Coal Fields?
Questions asked to the Minister of Finance 2 Jul 2020

(a) What is the quantum of the Financial Management Grant that is administered by the National Treasury to strengthen the financial management capacity of the Madibeng Local Municipality, (b) what is the time period of the specified grant, (c) how is the grant administered and (d) what safeguards are in ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation 15 Jun 2020

(a) Who are currently the SA Delegates to the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission, (b) what number of vacancies exist in the Commission, (c) what has been the period for which these vacancies existed and (d) what steps has she taken to fill the vacancies?

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

WEDNESDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2019 3 Dec 2019

House Chair, can the Minister assure the House that unions and organised labour will not be permitted to hijack potential necessary reforms and restructuring, including rightsizing the labour force, thereby placing at risk not only the future viability of Eskom but also the economy of the Republic as we are ...
- VOTE 24 6 Nov 2019

House Chair, this is the department responsible for the hot topic of land reform in South Africa. It has a mandate of creating and maintaining an equitable and sustainable land dispensation. It must act as a catalyst in rural development to ensure sustainable rural livelihoods, decent work and continued social ...

All Plenary Appearances

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