Benedicta Maria Van Minnen

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About Benedicta Maria Van Minnen

2020 committee attendance as mp

87% attendance rate

Attended 34 meetings out of 39

2019 committee attendance as mp

78% attendance rate

Attended 18 meetings out of 23

Attendance Methodology

Recent meetings attended

Public Accounts (SCOPA) — Current state of affairs at PRASA: follow-up meeting with Ministry of Transport & PRASA Board — 24 Nov 2020
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — Consequence management in Eastern Cape municipalities — 18 Nov 2020
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — DBSA maladministration & corruption allegations — 18 Nov 2020
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — Committee Oversight Reports: Beitbridge; SABC & UIF — 17 Nov 2020
Public Accounts (SCOPA) — Consequence management against implicated municipalities: Interaction with Eastern Cape COGTA MEC — 10 Nov 2020

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Currently

Member at Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) (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

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Committee appearances

Follow-up: current state of affairs at PRASA: meeting with Department of Transport & PRASA Board 24 Nov 2020

Ms B Van Minnen (DA) said that there is no option but to make PRASA work, however since the last time the Committee had seen PRASA, she had not seen much progress. On the administrator and his illegal appointment, she asked how this affects spending under his watch. She asked ...
Allegations of maladministration, mismanagement, and corruption at DBSA: Hon B Holomisa 18 Nov 2020

Ms B Van Minnen (DA) agreed that the matter should be investigated. She added that more time is needed for SCOPA to look at the documents.
Committee Oversight Reports: Beitbridge; SABC & UIF 17 Nov 2020

Ms B van Minnen (DA) said it was very unfortunate to essentially edit the Report to soften the remarks the Minister made. She will speak to this in the House. It really was a problem the Minister was essentially admitting to knowledge of the ingresses.
Consequence management against implicated municipalities: Interaction with Eastern Cape COGTA MEC 10 Nov 2020

Mr Hadebe and Ms B Van Minnen (DA) concurred with the Chairperson’s proposal.
Quarterly briefing by SAPS on SCM corruption cases pertaining to SAPS officials 3 Nov 2020

Ms B van Minnen (DA) asked for a proportional breakdown of the ranks to determine the higher risk ranks, as it was probably more difficult for lower ranking officials to engage in dubious activities because they probably did not have the requisite decision-making powers. She would like this proportional breakdown ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Public Enterprises 4 Nov 2020

What; (a) Is the current municipal debt outstanding to Eskom by each municipality and (b) Attempts have been made to collect the outstanding specified municipal debt to Eskom? NW2696E
Questions asked to the Minister of Public Enterprises 4 Nov 2020

What (a) Total volume of coal that Eskom purchased at (i) Above average and (ii) Acceptable pricing since 2007 was found to be unsuitable and was therefore unused for power generation and (b) Is the name of each company that the unsuitable coal was purchased from in each year?
Questions asked to the Minister of Public Enterprises 4 Nov 2020

(1)(a)What financial payments that were requested have been paid to Eskom since 1 January 2020, (b) On what exact dates were the payments made and (c) What amounts were paid; (2) What is the; (a) Total cost in each month of transporting diesel from Cape Town to the ...

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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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