Mr Michael Bagraim

National Assembly

About Michael Bagraim

Mr Michael Bagraim matriculated at Cape Town High School and graduated from Rhodes University with a BA in Political Science and thereafter an LLB. He was a member of the Student Representative Council for two years and represented the University on the Debating Society and Law Students' Association. He is a Practicing Attorney as a Consultant with Bagraim's Attorneys. He is also a trustee at the Cape Chamber of Commerce & Industries (Immediate Past President), the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (Past National President) and the MOSAIC – Training and Healing Centre for Women. Mr Bagraim is a regular contributor on industrial relations and labour law to radio, TV, newspapers and magazines.

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2021 committee attendance as mp

90% attendance rate

Attended 26 meetings out of 29

2020 committee attendance as mp

94% attendance rate

Attended 30 meetings out of 32

2019 committee attendance as mp

95% attendance rate

Attended 21 meetings out of 22

2018 committee attendance as mp

88% attendance rate

Attended 28 meetings out of 32

2017 committee attendance as mp

95% attendance rate

Attended 20 meetings out of 21

2016 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 23 meetings out of 23

2015 committee attendance as mp

88% attendance rate

Attended 21 meetings out of 24

2014 committee attendance as mp

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

78% attendance rate

Attended 14 meetings out of 18

Attendance Methodology

Recent meetings attended

Employment and Labour — Employment Equity Amendment & COIDA Bill: finalisation; ILO Convention No 190 — 7 Jul 2021
Employment and Labour — COIDA Bill; ILO Convention on Violence & Harassment in World of Work; Draft Code of Good Practice on Prevention and Elimination of Harassment in Workplace; with Deputy Minister — 30 Jun 2021
Employment and Labour — Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Amendment Bill: deliberations — 23 Jun 2021
Employment and Labour — Employment Equity Amendment Bill: proposed A-List — 18 Jun 2021
Employment and Labour — Employment Equity Amendment Bill: deliberations — 17 Jun 2021

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

7th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Labour (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: iThemba (Constituency Area) from August 2015 until December 2017
Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
12nd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Western Cape Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
61st Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

TRUSTS

Details Of Benefits	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts	Registration Number
-	-	Michael Davis Family Trust	006127/1996
-	-	The Good Start Trust	001113/2017

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Sectional Scheme	Sectional Title	Cape Town
Sectional Scheme	Sectional Title	Cape Town
Sectional Scheme	Sectional Title	Cape Town
Sectional Scheme	Sectional Title	Cape Town
Erf	Residential	Vredehoek, Cape Town
Sectional scheme	Sectional Title	Cape Town
Sectional scheme	Sectional Title	Cape Town
Sectional scheme	Sectional title	Cape Town
Sectional Scheme	Sectional title	Cape Town
Sectional Scheme	Sectional title	Cape Town
Erf	Residential	Milnerton, Cape Town
Sectional Scheme	Sectional title	Cape Town

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Name of Whip	Type of Business	Approved	Employer
Mr John Steenhuisen	Attorney	Yes	Self Employed

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

Name	Activity
Self Employed	Attorney

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Director	Radio Disa
Director	Altitude Employment Solutions
Director	Winn Foundation (RF)
Director	Isamark Investments

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Trip for Fact Finding	South African Jewish Board of Deputies

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Toi-Toi Clothing Manufacturing (Deregistration)	Clothing Manufacturing
We Care - Siyakhathala (Final Deregistration)	Deregistration
All Glass Parow	Resigned
Altitude Employment Solutions	Employment Solutions
Bagraim Sachs	Resigned
Michael Bagraim and Associates Attorneys
Democracy Development Program (RF)	Resigned
Isamark Investments	Investments
Mosiac Womens Training Service and Healing Centre	Resigned
South African Jewish Trust	Resigned
Zoop Industries	Resigned
Bagro
Barbuxton Property	Resigned
Elysium Holdings	Resigned
Man-Tra Enterprises	In Business
Soft Touch Technologies	Resigned
Salient Strategic Advertising and design	Resigned
Slick Property Investments	Investments

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

Name	Value	Activity
Bagraims Attorneys	Nil	Attorneys
Bagraims Sachs Attorneys	Nil	Attorneys

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location	Extent
Unit	Cape Town
Unit	Cape Town
Unit	Cape Town
Erf 2221	Milnerton, Cape Town	House
Erf 1719	Vredehoek, Cape Town	House
Unit	Cape Town	House
Unit	Cape Town	House
Unit	Cape Town	House
Unit	Cape Town	House
Unit	Cape Town	House
Unit	Cape Town	House
Unit	Cape Town	House
Unit	Cape Town	House
Unit	Cape Town	House
Unit	Cape Town	House

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location
Unit	Cape Town
Unit	Cape Town
Unit	Cape Town
Erf	George
Erf	Vredehoek
Unit	Cape Town
Unit	Cape Town
Unit	Cape Town
Unit	Cape Town
Unit	Cape Town
Unit	Cape Town
Unit	Cape Town
Unit	Cape Town
Erf	Milnerton, Cape Town

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Name of Whip	Type of Business	Approved	Employer
J Steenhuisen	Law firm	Yes	Self employed

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

Name	Value	Activity
Bagraims Attorneys	R100 000	Attorneys

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Altitude Employment Solutions	Private Co.
Mosaic Women's Training Service and Healing Centre	NGO
BAGRO
MAN-TRA Enterprises

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Apartment	2 Bedroomed	Hermanus
Apartment	2 Bedroomed	Cape Town

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Name of Whip	Type of Business	Approved	Employer
J Steenhuisen	Attorney	Yes	Self employed

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

Name	Value	Activity
Bagraim Sachs	NIl	Attorneys

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Altitude Employment Solutions	Private Co.
Democracy Development Program	NGO
Michael Bagraim and Associates	CC
Mosaic Women's Training Service and Healing Centre	NGO
Elysium Holdings	[Deregistration process]

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Name of Company	Nature	Nominal Value	No
Bagraim Sachs Partnership	Attorneys
Democracy Development Program	Development
Mosaic Women's Training Service	Training
Isamash CC	Property	R1m	20%
Altitude Employment	Altitude Employment
Michael Bagraim & Associates	Property	R500 000	100%

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
3 Apartments	1 Bedroomed each	Observatory, CPT
House	4 Bedroomed	City Bowl, CPT

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Name of Whip	Type of Business	Approved	Employer
DT George	Attorneys	Yes	Self employed

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

Name	Value	Activity
Bagraim Attorneys	+-R20 000	Attorneys
Bagraim Sachs Attorneys	Nil	Attorneys

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Altitude Employment Solutions	Private Company
Bagraim Sachs	Personal Liability Company
Democracy Development Program	NGO
Michael Bagraim and Associates	CC
Mosaic Women's Training Service and Healing Centre	NGO

Committee appearances

Employment Equity Amendment & COIDA Bills: finalisation; ILO Convention No190 7 Jul 2021

Mr M Bagraim (DA) said that the DA objected to clauses 4 and 12 in their entirety.
Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Amendment Bill: deliberations; ILO Convention on how to address GBV in the workplace 30 Jun 2021

Mr M Bagraim (DA) said that the option of scrapping the clause had been omitted from the options. It had been raised at the previous meeting and he was not sure if the omission was duplicitous or whether it was a mistake, but the option had to be there.
Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Amendment Bill: deliberations 23 Jun 2021

Mr M Bagraim (DA) explained that he had wanted to say that, with the Amendment to include domestic workers, all workers were included in the Bill.
Employment Equity Amendment Bill: deliberations 18 Jun 2021

Mr M Bagraim (DA) understood the amendments that had been made but that he wanted it on record that he did not agree with employment equity in the first place as it was social engineering and, secondly, the amendments taking place to the equity legislation was fruit from a poisoned ...
Employment Equity Amendment Bill: deliberations 17 Jun 2021

Mr M Bagraim (DA) noted the comment that all parties at NEDLAC had agreed to the section but he knew that there had not been consensus on that point at the meeting at which that was discussed. He wanted to consult the NEDLAC minutes of that meeting. He suggested that ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Employment and Labour 4 Jun 2021

(1)Whether he will furnish Mr M Bagraim with a list of all transactions entered into from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2019 between the registered bank accounts of a certain company (name furnished) and a certain person (name and details furnished), including (a) dates and (b) amounts; if not, ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Employment and Labour 19 May 2021

(1)With reference to page 16 of the latest Annual Performance Plan of the Compensation Fund where it flags the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 4 of 2013, as a threat within the legal environment, what has he found are the reasons that the Compensation Fund deems the specified Act ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Employment and Labour 17 May 2021

With respect to the second item on the list of external stakeholder's threats on page 46 of the Annual Performance Plan of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) for 2021-22, (a) who are the civil society organisations that the CCMA is referring to and (b) what are the ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

UNIDENTIFIED MEMBER: MINISTER? 10 Jul 2019

... no! Thank you.
UNIDENTIFIED MEMBER: MINISTER? 10 Jul 2019

Chairperson, hon Minister, director-general, my family and students, thank you for coming. 'The time has come,' the walrus said, "to talk of many things. Our Department of Employment and Labour is dysfunctional. I receive literally dozens of desperate pleas from injured employees and many more complaints from retrenched Unemployment Insurance ...

All Plenary Appearances

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

TRUSTS

LAND AND PROPERTY

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

TRAVEL

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

LAND AND PROPERTY

REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Committee appearances

Questions

Plenary appearances