Ms Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala

Formerly: National Assembly

About Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala

Ms Litchfield-Tshabalala was a member of the ANC before joining the EFF. After 1994 she attended UCT where she graduated with an honours degree in political science and drama. She then joined the Navy where she attended military qualification courses. Ms Litchfield-Tshabalala was the first woman to attain the rank of rear admiral in the navy. She also has a masters degree in criminology from UNISA, and is in the process of completing her PhD with the Atlantic Internation University in Hawaii.

For more about Ms Litchfield-Tshabalala, read her blog post.

Ms Litchfield-Tshabalala lost her seat in Parliament with effect from 13 April 2015.

Currently

Member at Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) (Party)

Formerly

Member at Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology (National Assembly Committees) from 10th March 2015 until 13th April 2015
Member at Rules of the National Assembly (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 13th April 2015
Member at Portfolio Committee On Justice and Constitutional Development (Committee) from 20th June 2014 until 13th April 2015
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 21st May 2014 until 13th April 2015
Member at Standing Committee on Appropriations (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 10th March 2015
Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
1st Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Gauteng Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Izintombi Zomkhonto	Consultancy [Dormant]

Committee appearances

Maintenance Amendment Bill [B16-2014]: credit bureau / electronic service provider deliberations 26 Mar 2015

Ms K Litchfield-Tshabalala (EFF) said it must not be forgotten that costs have to do with accessibility and it cannot be pretended that South Africa is not a country where the majority of people are poor. The state cannot be allowed to abscond from its responsibility to ensure that poor ...
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill [B18-2014]: Department response to submissions; Legal Aid SA submission 25 Mar 2015

Ms K Litchfield-Tshabalala (EFF) said this was a complex issue, with no easy answers, but perhaps more engagement will help to sort it out. She felt it unfortunate for African law that we live in a global world and age of consent is set universally, while African culture would often ...
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill: public hearings Day 5 24 Mar 2015

Ms K Litchfield-Tshabalala (EFF) said it should be recognised that the biggest area of concern is rape by adolescents as opposed to consensual sex between them, because now it would be for a child to disprove consent where it is already so difficult for an adult woman to stand up ...
Maintenance Bill [B16-2014]: Department response to submissions 18 Mar 2015

Ms K Litchfield-Tshabalala (EFF) supported the Committee’s stance.
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act: introductory briefing 3 Feb 2015

Ms K Litchfield-Tshabalala (EFF) said decriminalising adolescent sex effectively lowered the age of consent and it tied in with the fact that a girl as young as 13 could have multiple abortions. The line between childhood and adulthood was becoming blurred because it seems that a person not legally able ...

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Questions asked to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services 22 Aug 2014

(1) With regard to the briefing by the former Minister of Correctional Services to the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services on Tuesday, 5 November 2013 regarding an estimated R20bn contract with a certain security company (details furnished) to run private prisons, what plans has he put in place in respect ...

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