Ms Chantel King

National Assembly

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@kingchantel39

Party

Democratic Alliance (DA)

Email

kingchantel39@yahoo.com

Phone

Constituency Offices

Not associated with any constituency offices

Province

Eastern Cape

About Chantel King

Ms King is a former councillor at Buffalo City Municipality. She first became a MP in 2016 and served on the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology.

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2020 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 4 meetings out of 4

2019 committee attendance as mp

87% attendance rate

Attended 20 meetings out of 23

2018 committee attendance as mp

96% attendance rate

Attended 25 meetings out of 26

2017 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 21 meetings out of 21

2016 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 1 meeting out of 1

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Recent meetings attended

Basic Education — ICT Roll-Out: Department of Basic Education briefing; Coronavirus measures — 17 Mar 2020
Basic Education — Programmes for improving foundational skills of literacy and numeracy; policy with regard to refugees — 10 Mar 2020
Basic Education — DBE 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance; Impact of SONA; with Deputy Minister — 25 Feb 2020
Basic Education — DBE response to SAHRC on Inclusive Education, Persons with Disabilities, Mental Health: with Deputy Minister — 18 Feb 2020
Basic Education — Griqua People’s Heritage submission: Representative of Griqua People’s Heritage; Northern Cape Department of Education& DBE briefing; 2020 school readiness — 26 Nov 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

Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Basic Education (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

43rd Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
4th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Eastern Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Basic Education (National Assembly Committees) from 12th September 2018 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 8th November 2016 until 7th May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party) until 7th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology (National Assembly Committees) from 8th December 2016 until 12th October 2018

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
Not Active	33%	3 Sisters Confectioners	Catering

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Family House - Residential	C/o property	Parkside - East London

Committee appearances

SA Human Rights Commission Reports on Mental Health Care & Children with Disabilities: Department briefing 18 Feb 2020

Ms C King (DA) commented about the frustrated teachers. From what she had heard teachers saying, teachers were frustrated because classrooms were not fully equipped, people with degrees working at schools for children with disabilities were being paid at the level of a teacher’s aide. Funza Lushaka teachers were ...
Griqua People’s Heritage submission: Representative of Griqua People’s Heritage; Northern Cape Department of Education& DBE briefing; 2020 school readiness 26 Nov 2019

Ms C King (DA) told the representatives of Gong-Gong that she appreciated the fact that they were trying to preserve the culture of the community. It was important that the community first sorted out the issue of land ownership before they could consider building a school in Gong-Gong. She told ...
Department of Basic Education 2019/20 Quarter 2 performance 19 Nov 2019

Ms C King (DA) said that key performance indicators (KPIs) had always been an issue in all Departments. The DBE’s measurements were either too low or insufficient to make an assessment. It had briefed the Committee on Grade 12 learners who wrote exams, but there had been incidents this ...
Funza Lushaka Bursary Scheme & Post-Provisioning Norms: Department briefing 12 Nov 2019

Ms C King (DA) cited the discussion with unions on the provided budget cuts and asked whether there was any discussion that occurred with the POD's on how to mitigate the effect of budget-cuts in provinces, such as the Eastern Cape, which will be expecting an increase of staff ...
National Education Collaboration Trust & NEEDU update 5 Nov 2019

Ms C King (DA) appreciated the presentations. For NECT, when looking at curriculum differentiation of inclusive education for full-service schools, with the new lesson plans that were designed, is it effective to address different learning needs in inclusive schools? There are time constraints and a curriculum that needs to be ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology 11 Dec 2019

What (a) amount was budgeted for the Ibika Campus of the Walter Sisulu University for student accommodation in the 2017-18 financial year and (b) is the status of accommodation for students at the specified campus in Butterworth?
Questions asked to the Minister of Basic Education 9 Dec 2019

(1)(a) What is the status of the evaluation report on scholar transport that was prepared by her department, in co-operation with the Department of Transport and the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, (b) by what date will the specified report be released to the public and (c) what ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Basic Education 9 Dec 2019

What number of learners (a) fell pregnant from 1 June 2018 to 30 June 2019, (b) what is the age range of the learners and (c) what is the name of each province in which the pregnancies were recorded?

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

THE RECENT INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE AND CRIMINALITY IN THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THOSE AFFECTING FOREIGN NATIONALS 10 Sep 2019

Deputy Speaker, between 28 and 37% of adult men reported having raped a woman. Most men who rape do so for the first time as teenagers. Fifty-five rape complaints against police officers were investigated between April to September 2018. Out of every 1 000 suspected rape perpetrators referred for prosecution ...

All Plenary Appearances

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