Emma Louise Powell

National Assembly

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About Emma Louise Powell

2019 committee attendance as mp

83% attendance rate

Attended 15 meetings out of 18

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Recent meetings attended

Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation — Municipal Water Debt solutions; with Deputy Ministers — 5 Nov 2019
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation — Debt owed to water boards: input from COGTA, SALGA, National Treasury & DWS — 29 Oct 2019
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation — Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report 2019 — 25 Oct 2019
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation — Department of Water and Sanitation on outstanding debt owed to entities — 22 Oct 2019
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation — HDA & SHRA 2018/19 Annual Reports — 15 Oct 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

Member at Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

4th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

Committee appearances

Municipal Water Debt solutions; with Deputy Ministers 5 Nov 2019

Ms E Powell (DA) asked for clarity on the IMTT. Despite the IMTT being set up since 2017, last year municipal debt accrued to R1.7 billion and this year it reached R1.8 billion. The IMTT came up with a number of recommendations. Apart from the high level objectives ...
HDA & SHRA 2018/19 Annual Reports 15 Oct 2019

Ms E Powell (DA) asked if it would be possible to get a list of accredited housing institutions. She asked what SHRA was doing to address the shortfall in the number of housing units completed in Northern Cape (0%), Limpopo (0%), and Mpumalanga (6%). KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape were doing ...
NHBRC, EAAB, CSOS 2018/19 Annual Reports 11 Oct 2019

Ms E Powell (DA) asked whether it was it possible for CSOS to provide a list of all its investment accounts, following the loss of the R80 million invested with VBS.
Induction Workshop by AGSA & National Treasury; Engagement with stakeholders on challenges experienced at Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Works in Hammanskraal 10 Sep 2019

Ms E Powell (DA) asked for clarity on who was responsible for funding the capital infrastructure in district municipalities. For example, in the Eastern Cape there were extensive problems with numerous villages that had not had access to water since the advent of democracy.
Ministry & Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation on First Quarter Expenditure report 20 Aug 2019

Ms E Powell (DA) expressed the DA's dissatisfaction that the Deputy Minister had failed to attend the meeting. The Deputy Minister had prioritized her attendance at a conference for a limited sector of South Africans, while the Department for which she was the Deputy Minister was presenting its performance ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation 6 Nov 2019

What steps does her departments intend to take to (a) immediately remedy the total lack of clean running water which is experienced by more than 108 villages in Limpopo (details furnished) and (b) ensure that clean, piped water is immediately made accessible to residents of all 100 villages for which ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services 17 Oct 2019

(a) What is the current status of the investigation by the Special Investigating Unit into the R3,5 billion bulk water supply tender to address the water situation in Giyani, Limpopo, and (b) by what date does he expect the (i) specified investigation to be concluded and (ii) findings of ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 14 Oct 2019

What (a) was the total monetary amount of the Municipal Infrastructure Grant that was allocated to the Alfred Nzo District Municipality for the 2019-20 municipal financial year and (b) portion of the amount did the specified district municipality allocate towards the installation of water and sanitation infrastructure in (i) Ward ...

All Questions and Answers

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