Michéle Clarke

National Assembly

Formerly: Gauteng Provincial Legislature

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

2020 committee attendance as mp

85% attendance rate

Attended 17 meetings out of 20

2019 committee attendance as mp

70% attendance rate

Attended 16 meetings out of 23

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Recent meetings attended

Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — Prohibition of public servants doing business with state; PSC Commissioner vacancy advert (subcommittee programme); with Deputy Minister — 2 Sep 2020
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — DPSA E-government plan; disciplinary cases; suspensions, PSC Anti-Corruption Hotline; with Minister — 26 Aug 2020
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — DPME briefings: Implementation Policy on Performance Management for HoDs and DGs in the public service & Monitoring reports for Phase 1 and 2 on COVID 19 studies; with Deputy Minister — 19 Aug 2020
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — Adjustment Budget: Committee Reports — 16 Jul 2020
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — DPME, Brand SA & StatsSA Adjustment Budget & Revised Annual Performance Plan — 10 Jul 2020

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

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Committee appearances

Monitoring & stats on prohibition of public servants doing business with state; Sub-committee programme & PSC Commissioner vacancy advert 2 Sep 2020

Ms M Clarke (DA) said that she was glad there was a way forward in terms of the issues faced with officials engaging with the state. Would all companies that qualified for COVID-19 tenders be subjected to this process? It would be interesting to know which staff members were involved ...
DPME briefings: Implementation Policy on Performance Management for HoDs and DGs in the public service & Monitoring reports for Phase 1 and 2 on COVID 19 studies 19 Aug 2020

Ms M Clarke (DA) was disappointed with the report presented, because it did not tell the true situation at the moment. It would have been nice to see the impact of the pandemic on livelihoods. Looking at the real picture at the moment, an additional 3m jobs were going to ...
DPME, Brand SA & Stats SA Adjusted Budget & Revised Annual Performance Plan 10 Jul 2020

Ms M Clarke (DA) asked if the DPME would be monitoring all Covid-19 expenditure from the national to local government levels. She referred StatsSA to slide 15 indicating targets that had been discontinued, and wanted to know if this would not have a negative impact when they did their reports.
DPSA, PSC, NSG & CPSI Adjusted Budget & Revised Annual Performance Plan 8 Jul 2020

Ms M Clarke (DA) requested that at every Committee meeting, there must be a report presented on the expenditure of COVID-19 for all the departments.
DPSA, NSG, PSC & CPSI 2019/20 Quarter 4 Report 26 Jun 2020

Ms M Clarke (DA) said that she heard on the news that medical negligence claims were costing the state over R104 billion, and asked whether or not a report would be made available from the PSC in terms of these claims. The report should clearly indicate how long these claims ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education 14 Sep 2020

With reference to her reply to question 1435 on 11 August 2020, what (a) number of parents have not fetched the learning materials for learners who suffer from comorbidities and (b) action has been taken in this regard?
Questions asked to the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education 11 Aug 2020

Whether her department will take any steps to assist learners who are not able to return to schools due to suffering from comorbidities to complete the 2020 academic year; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Questions asked to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services 11 Aug 2020

(1) Whether a certain person (name and details furnished) was suspended; if not, what is the position in this regard if so, (a)(i) on what date and (ii) for what reason was the person suspended and (b) what has been the cost to the State in terms of remuneration ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

SHACK FIRES AN INCREASINGLY COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THE INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS OF THE CITY OF EKURHULENI (Draft Resolution) 26 Nov 2019

House Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the House-
1) notes that shack fires are an increasingly common occurrence in the informal settlements of the City of Ekurhuleni;
2) acknowledges that the vulnerable community members residing in these informal settlements suffer huge trauma every time these fires occur, leaving them ...

All Plenary Appearances

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