Ghaleb Cachalia

National Assembly

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Party

Democratic Alliance (DA)

Email

Phone

083 675 2563

Constituency Offices

Not associated with any constituency offices

Province

Gauteng

About Ghaleb Cachalia

Mr Cachalia was born in Johannesburg in 1956 and grew up in Vrededorp, Fordsburg. He is the son of anti-apartheid activists, Yusuf and Amina Cachalia.

He was sent to Waterford School in Swaziland, in order to avoid the education offered under the "apartheid system of Indian Affairs". However, his schooling there was interrupted when the South African government threatened him with "passport issues" because of his parents' involvement in anti-Apartheid activism. He was sent abroad to stay with his uncle and aunt in Britain, where he was forced to remain for ten years.

While overseas, he completed his O Levels, received a scholarship to the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales, and then went on to study history at the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies. He campaigned in the Anti-Apartheid Movement. Upon completion of his studies, he returned to South Africa, and went to the University of the Witwatersrand to study law, a degree which he did not complete. While at the university, he joined the Black Students Society and became its vice-president.

Professionally, Mr Cachalia has a background in management consultancy and is the founder of Mentisfactum Advisory Services.

Mr Cachalia served as the DA's Deputy Shadow Minister of Trade and Industry during the Fifth Parliament

2019 committee attendance as mp

88% attendance rate

Attended 15 meetings out of 17

2018 committee attendance as mp

94% attendance rate

Attended 78 meetings out of 83

2017 committee attendance as mp

88% attendance rate

Attended 21 meetings out of 24

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MPs are recorded as absent whether they have, or have not submitted apologies.
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Recent meetings attended

Public Enterprises — Alexkor 2018/19 Annual Report & Administrator progress report — 27 Nov 2019
Public Enterprises — Roadmap for Eskom; Minister input on Eskom & SAA — 20 Nov 2019
Public Enterprises — Department & State-Owned Companies Medium term financial & operational performance; State-Owned Companies ecent developments: update — 13 Nov 2019
Ethics and Members' Interest — Further Business (Closed Meeting) — 11 Sep 2019
Ethics and Members' Interest — Election of Chairperson — 11 Sep 2019

All meetings attended

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Currently

Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises (National Assembly Committees) since 12th November 2019
Member at Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests (Committee) since 1st August 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

56th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
69th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
13rd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee On Trade and Industry (National Assembly Committees) from 7th June 2017 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 4th May 2017 until 7th May 2019

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Mentisfactrum (Pty)Ltd	Financial Advisory, Consulting

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Erf 412	Residential	Parktown North, Johannesburg
Unit 11 55 96/92	Residential	Cape Town CBD
Section 505, The Piazza	Residential	Cape Town CBD

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Allan Gray	Private
Liberty Life	Private

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R100	100	Manufacturing (Pty)Ltd	Ordinary
	25%	Springtrade CC

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Study Trip to Washington DC, visited various government agencies	Friedrick Naumann Foundation

TRUSTS

Details Of Benefits	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts	Registration Number
discretionary trust in favour of daugther	Trustee	Luiza Cachalia Trust	IT 889/85

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Liberty Life	Private
Allan Gray	Private
Stanlib	Private
Momentum	Private
Marriot	Private

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R100	100	Mentisfactum (Pty)Ltd	Ordinary
	25%	Springtrade CC	Shares
R548 482	Shares	Money Market stanlib	Ordinary

TRUSTS

Details Of Benefits	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts	Registration Number
Discretionary Trust in Favor of Daughter (Luiza Amina Cachalia)	Trustee	Luiza Cachalia Trust	IT 889/85

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
mentisfactum (Pty)Ltd	Financial, Advisory Consulting

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Section 505, The Piazza	Residential	Cape town
Erf 412	Residential	Parktown North, Johannesburg
Unit 11 SS96/92	Residential	Cape Town

Committee appearances

Contract appointments in government departments; Thusong Service Centres: DPSA, GCIS & COGTA input; Revised Ministerial Handbook, with Minister 6 Nov 2019

Mr G Cachalia (DA) said that 20 years since the inception of this programme, there was nothing to celebrate. It was an unmitigated failure in anybody’s book. The words picked from the press and in the presentation just given were that the programme was dysfunctional – there was no connectivity ...
Election of Chairperson 11 Sep 2019

Two Committee Members voted for and seconded the nomination of Mr G Cachalia (DA).
Stats SA, DPME & DPSA budget: Committee Reports 8 Jul 2019

Mr G Cachalia (DA) referred to page 18. He noted the intention to review the National Development Plan (NDP).
Committee minutes 19 Mar 2019

Mr G Cachalia (DA) commented that he was relatively new to formal politics and had only come into the game two years previously and had, almost immediately, been sent to that Committee. It was an important Committee, ably led by a sound, punctilious leader. He was grateful for that. He ...
SABS, DTI, B-BBEE Commission, National Lotteries Commission performance 6 Mar 2019

Mr G Cachalia (DA) agreed that the Commission was delivering on its mandate but Mr Mahlobo’s thinly veiled point that some people did not care about redress could not go unchallenged. No one in their right minds would reject redress. He believed that everyone in the Committee supported redress ...

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Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services 19 Nov 2019

Whether his department did business with certain (a) persons, (b) companies and (c) trusts (names and details furnished in each case) (i) in each of the past five financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2019; if so, (aa) on what date(s) did his department do business with the ...
Questions asked to the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation 6 Nov 2019

Whether her department did business with certain (a) persons , (b) companies and (c) trust( Tony Georgiades, David Ngobeni, Kojo Mills, Paul Ekon, Trevor Pikwane, Chistian Gouws, Eugene Clause Bezuidenhout, Gerhard Jo Van Niekerk, Casper Van Den Burg, Martyn John Churchouse,Lesiba Edmond Sekele, Florin Mircea Cozmuta, Cedric John Bredenkamp, Paul ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Labour 12 Mar 2019

With reference to the reply of the Minister of Public Service and Administration to question 3797 on 21 December 2018, what was the total expenditure incurred by her department relating to the travel privileges contained in the 2007 Ministerial Handbook of former (a)(i) Ministers and (ii) their spouses, (b ...

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