Ms Bridget Staff Masango

National Assembly

Formerly: National Council of Provinces

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@masangobridget1

Party

Democratic Alliance (DA)

Email

masangobridget11@gmail.com

Phone

Constituency Offices

Not associated with any constituency offices

Province

Gauteng

About Bridget Staff Masango

How did you become involved in politics and what drew you to your specific party? Having grown up in rural KZN, witnessing and experiencing challenges that were a direct result of the politics of the day, I developed a curious interest in making any contribution I could. I did not expect government to do everything for me and those around me, but instead chose to come up with solutions to the challenges. I did not see a need to be in active politics in the beginning but always helped my party during elections to ferry the elderly who wanted to go and vote but could not walk long distances to the voting stations. The principles of my party are what drew me to it: freedom, fairness and opportunity. More here...

2020 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 6 meetings out of 6

2019 committee attendance as mp

88% attendance rate

Attended 21 meetings out of 24

2018 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 22 meetings out of 22

2017 committee attendance as mp

92% attendance rate

Attended 23 meetings out of 25

2016 committee attendance as mp

56% attendance rate

Attended 23 meetings out of 41

2015 committee attendance as mp

66% attendance rate

Attended 23 meetings out of 35

2014 committee attendance as mp

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

71% attendance rate

Attended 15 meetings out of 21

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

Social Development — Social Assistance Amendment Bill: adoption; Foster Care Court Order: progress report — 17 Mar 2020
Social Development — Social Assistance Amendment Bill: deliberations; DSD 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance — 11 Mar 2020
Social Development — Social Assistance Amendment Bill: DSD response to submissions; with Minister — 4 Mar 2020
Basic Education — ECD migration from DSD to DBE; Tracking progress in ECD service delivery: NGO briefing — 3 Mar 2020
Social Development — Social Assistance Amendment Bill [B8-2018]: public hearings — 26 Feb 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 Portfolio Committee on Social Development (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

68th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
58th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
14th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Social Development (National Assembly Committees) from 15th October 2015 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 6th October 2015 until 7th May 2019
Member at Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources (Ncop Committees) from June 2014 until 5th October 2015
Member at Select Committee on Education and Recreation (Ncop Committees) from June 2014 until 5th October 2015
Member at Select Committee on Communications and Public Enterprises (Ncop Committees) from June 2014 until 5th October 2015
Alternate Member at Select Committee on Social Services (Ncop Committees) from June 2014 until 5th October 2015
Delegate at National Council of Provinces (Parliament) from 22nd May 2014 until 5th October 2015
87th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
28th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Glacier	Private

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nature	No	Name of Company
Ordinary	100	MTN
Ordinary	70	Sasol [Inzalo]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Chesswood Holdings [Resigned]	Private Co.
Masambeni Investments	CC
Rural Shik	Private Co.
Scarlet Dawn Trading 163	CC
Swenkas Leather	CC
Emerge Communications	CC
Mkungu Transport Enterprises	Transport

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	320sq.m.	Evander
Land	+-1 000sq.m.	Devon
Land	+-1 000sq.m.	Devon

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Glacier	Private

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R129	148	MTN	Ordinary
	70	Sasol Inzalo	Ordinary

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Khetha Communications
Rural Shik
Phase
Emerge Communications	CC
Supedi [Resigned]
Revivre [Resigned]
Scarlet Dawn [Resigned]
Tsiba [Resigned]
Mkungu Transport	Transport and coal sale

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Land - Erf 197	1 923sq.m.	Devon
Land - Erf 198	1 923sq.m.	Devon

Committee appearances

Social Assistance Amendment Bill: public hearings 26 Feb 2020

Ms B Masango (DA) was happy with the fact that each of the submissions showed that the organisations had children’s rights at heart. She asked what the Catholic Bishops’ proposals were for people who did not qualify for the grant. She asked the CCL if the Bill qualified as ...
Social Assistance Amendment Bill: feedback on written submissions; SASSA 2019/10 Quarter 1 & 2 performance 19 Feb 2020

Ms B Masango (DA) raised the challenge inspired by the quotation of the SASSA-SAPO collaboration. She noted the large numbers of SASSA beneficiaries who receive their payments straight into their bank accounts. She asked about bank charges and if the beneficiaries are paid directly, then what is the role of ...
Council of Social Services Professions on funding support from Department & challenges pertaining to training, professionalization of social work practitioners & conditions of employment; NACYCW on challenges encountered in Child and Youth Care sector 27 Nov 2019

Ms B Masango (DA) asked the SACSSP under which public entity schedule the Council wanted to be. She wanted to know where the hold-up is for implementing section 12(1)(c) of the Act. Of the 33 000 social work professionals on the Council database, how many are actually in ...
Foster Care Progress Report on High Court Order; DSD 2019/20 Quarter 2 Performance 20 Nov 2019

Ms B Masango (DA) asked what plan the DSD had for rural provinces that were in greater need of services, but had fewer operating NPOs? When would the SETA function be completely taken over by the DSD? It seemed like the process was becoming as lengthy as the case involving ...
Social Assistance Amendment Bill [B8-2019]: briefing; Department’s action plan to respond to AGSA findings & BRRR 13 Nov 2019

Ms B Masango (DA) thanked the DSD for the clear and straightforward presentation. The introduction mentioned that this is an intervention for the FCG backlog. How does it help politicians to explain the situation as there is still the court deadline of 28 November.

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Social Development 7 Jan 2020

(1) What is the current status of all court cases that her department brought against Cash Paymaster Services (CPS); (2) (a) how far is the process of paying back R316 million by CPS to the SA Social Security Agency and (b) what steps will she take against officials who paid ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Social Development 7 Jan 2020

Whether she retained any of her predecessor’s Ministerial staff; if so, (a) what are the names and/or relevant details of staff members who were retained, (b) where have they been redeployed to and (c) what is their current (i) job description and (ii) remuneration package in each case?
Questions asked to the Minister of Social Development 25 Nov 2019

What (a) number of investigations have been launched into matters at the SA Social Security Agency (i) in each of the past five financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2019, (b) number of the specified investigations have been concluded, (c) costs have been incurred in conducting each specified investigation ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

NOTICES OF MOTION 25 Feb 2020

House Chairperson, I hereby give notice of motion that on the next sitting of the House I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the House -
1) debates the status of the government's taking over the Bosasa Youth Development Centres throughout the country to protect the children receiving ...
WEDNESDAY, 4 DECEMBER 2019 4 Dec 2019

Chair, hon Minister, given your commitment to keep the department and its entities out of courts and focusing on its key mandate to support vulnerable members of our society, what is the hon Minister doing to ensure that the thousands of children who could be placed on foster care are ...

All Plenary Appearances

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