Michéle Clarke

National Assembly

Formerly: Gauteng Provincial Legislature

michelec@da.org.za

About Michéle Clarke

Prior to 2000, she worked for Local Government for 15 years as an Official. She then got involved with the DA, and was the Chairperson for the Bedfordview Branch in Gauteng from 1997 until 2000. She was then elected as a Councillor for three terms to the Bedfordview Ward. During that period she served as a Whip, a Deputy Chief Whip, and she was also the spokesperson of the Shadow Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Safety at the time. Read more

2019 committee attendance as mp

71% attendance rate

Attended 15 meetings out of 21

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Recent meetings attended

Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — Brand SA on Play Your Part programme; 30 days payment of valid invoices to service providers in public service: DPME briefing; Implementation & compliance with Performance Management Development System — 13 Nov 2019
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — Contract appointments in government departments; Thusong Service Centres: DPSA, GCIS & COGTA input; Revised Ministerial Handbook, with Minister — 6 Nov 2019
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — Stats SA, DPME & DPSA Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report — 16 Oct 2019
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — Budgetary Review Recommendations Reports; Third Term Committee Programme — 15 Oct 2019
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — Audit outcomes: Audit outcomes: AGSA briefing; DPSA, PSC CPSI & NSG 2018/19 Annual Reports; Implementation of budget vote recommendations; with the Minister and Deputy Minister — 9 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 Public Service and Administration (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

12nd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
65th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
45th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at Social Transformation Cluster Community Safety Portfolio Committee-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Education Portfolio Committee-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Member-elect at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
21st Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

Committee appearances

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

Ms M Clarke (DA) asked about departments that were being merged, and what was being done about staff that were not placed in the new structure. What were the staff doing in the interim, since they had not been placed in the structure? Audit reports on the departments to establish ...
Budgetary Review Recommendations Reports; Third Term Committee Programme 15 Oct 2019

Ms M Clarke (DA) referred to the recommendations section of the report and said there should be 100% compliance by the Directors and disciplinary action against those that are non-compliant.
Audit outcomes: Audit outcomes: AGSA briefing; DPSA, PSC CPSI & NSG 2018/19 Annual Reports; Implementation of budget vote recommendations; with the Minister and Deputy Minister 9 Oct 2019

Ms M Clarke (DA) raised the issue of the two officials who did not attend their scheduled training courses (of R10 000 and R8 000 respectively). There should be a clear policy that when employees reneged on their attendance that they would be personally liable for payment of training not ...
Brand South Africa, GCIS, MDDA, Stats SA 2018/19 Annual Reports, with AGSA & DPME input 8 Oct 2019

Ms M Clarke (DA) said that there was confusion in local government about how SPLUMA was linked to other legislation.
Reconfiguration of government & related matters; Effectiveness of Performance Management & Development System; Advert for PSC Commissioner vacancy 11 Sep 2019

Mrs M Clarke (DA) asked how many departments do not have policies in place. When weaknesses of employees are discovered, is there any form of action to cater for upskilling? On the standards of performance bonuses across the board, have those standards now been put in place? There’s a ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 4 Nov 2019

(1)(a) On what date were the electrical substations situated at (i) the corner of Elberfield Road and Van Riebeeck Road and (ii) Meppen Road in the City of Ekurhuleni last inspected, (b) what are the details of the maintenance plans for each substation, (c) how often should maintenance take ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 14 Oct 2019

Whether the City of Ekurhuleni launched any investigations into the alleged discrepancies between the purchase prices of the land parcel to which the Angelo informal settlement is to be relocated to, which was allegedly purchased for R112 074 by a certain company (name furnished) and then sold to the City ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 14 Oct 2019

(1) Whether the City of Ekurhuleni conducted any investigations relating to the alleged wasteful expenditure incurred in relocating persons from the Angelo informal settlement in 2018; if not, why not; if so, what (a) are the relevant details, (b) are the details of the outcomes of the investigation and (c ...

All Questions and Answers

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