Cilliers Brink

National Assembly

@BrinkCilliers

About Cilliers Brink

Mr Cilliers Brink is an MP from the Democratic Alliance. He currently serves in the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs of Parliament. To read more about him, click here.

2020 committee attendance as mp

80% attendance rate

Attended 63 meetings out of 79

2019 committee attendance as mp

72% attendance rate

Attended 13 meetings out of 18

Attendance Methodology

Recent meetings attended

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — S139 interventions in North West: COGTA MEC briefing — 25 Nov 2020
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Mandate and work done by South African Cities Network — 24 Nov 2020
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality: engagement with Municipality, Provincial Treasury, SALGA & DCOG — 24 Nov 2020
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — CRL Rights Commission 2019/20 Annual Report — 18 Nov 2020
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Viability/Sustainability of amalgamated municipalities: engagement with DCoG; SALGA; National Treasury; MDB; SACN & Amalgamated Municipalities — 13 Nov 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 Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

33rd Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
10th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
67th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

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Committee appearances

SALGA 2019/20 Annual Report 10 Nov 2020

Mr C Brink (DA) wanted to know if it was really responsible of SALGA to be talking about an improvement in the salaries of councillors if the goal was to control the public sector wage bill, including the salaries of municipal officials. He asked what specific qualifications the COO thought ...
Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill: finalisation; Determination of remuneration of Public Office Bearers of CRL Rights Commission: Committee Report 4 Nov 2020

Mr C Brink (DA) asked whether it was usual for these things to serve before Portfolio Committees and if it is just for noting.
Gauteng COGTA on state of Emfuleni Local Municipality 27 Oct 2020

Mr C Brink (DA) said that Emfuleni is a deeply dysfunctional municipality and is probably the worst in Gauteng by objective measures. It is also had a dysfunctional intervention process since 2018. There was not a new intervention. It is the same intervention and this was confirmed to the Committee ...
LG: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill: deliberations; Engagement with stakeholders of Emfuleni Local Municipality 23 Oct 2020

Mr C Brink (DA) reiterated that the process of appointment had been a contentious issue, and the stance of the DA was that the positions that were advertised must be permanent. If discretion was given to the council, it would accept the amendment.
State of Kannaland Local Municipality: engagement with Municipality; MEC; AGSA; SALGA & DCOG 1 Sep 2020

Mr C Brink (DA) asked how much do traffic fines and fees compromise the municipality’s revenue base. How would the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) affect the municipality’s revenue.

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 12 Oct 2020

Whether her department is currently developing a (a) Green Paper and/or (b) White Paper on local government; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (i) are the objectives, (ii) is the nature and (iii) is the extent of the policy review being contemplated?
Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 12 Oct 2020

What measures has she taken to intervene in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality under section 139(7) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996, and/or any other empowering provision in respect of the (a) prolonged suspension of the municipal manager since September 2018, (b) failure ...
Questions asked to the Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 9 Sep 2020

.Whether, with reference to the municipalities where the District Development Model (DDM) has been piloted since 2019, a report has been compiled about the successes and failures of the DDM in each specified municipality, if not (a) is a report of this nature in progress and (b) by what date ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

UNGQONGQOSHE KAHULUMENI WOKUBAMBISANA KANYE NEZINDABA 27 Nov 2019

Deputy Speaker, Minister obviously the national spatial development framework depends for its implementation on different spheres of government
reaching crucial agreements. One of the ways, municipalities can redress the injustices of the past is to bring people closer to work and social amenities. The City of Cape Town has identified ...
UNGQONGQOSHE KAHULUMENI WOKUBAMBISANA KANYE NEZINDABA 27 Nov 2019

Deputy Speaker, I understand the Minister's answer that intervention is foremost a provincial competence but if a provincial intervention fails or does not happen obviously the Minister must step in or at least engage with the matter.
The Eastern Cape provincial government has accused the council of the Nelson ...

All Plenary Appearances

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