Mr Mohammed Haniff Hoosen

National Assembly

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Party

Democratic Alliance (DA)

Email

haniffh1477@gmail.com

Phone

Constituency Offices

Not associated with any constituency offices

Province

KwaZulu-Natal

About Mohammed Haniff Hoosen

A former Secretary-General of the Independent Democrats, Mr Hoosen hails from Durban. He served as a Councilor on the Durban Metro Council from 1996 to 2001. In September 2005, Mr Hoosen joined the Independent Democrats and was soon after appointed as the IDs' Election Campaign Manager in March 2006. After becoming a member of the ID's National Executive Committee, Mr Hoosen was elected as the ID's Secretary General in 2007. He was elected to National Parliament in 2008 representing the Democratic Alliance. He served as the DA Shadow Minister for Home Affairs in the Fifth Parliament (2014 - 2019). Read more.

2020 committee attendance as mp

76% attendance rate

Attended 26 meetings out of 34

2019 committee attendance as mp

65% attendance rate

Attended 15 meetings out of 23

2018 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 30 meetings out of 30

2017 committee attendance as mp

70% attendance rate

Attended 19 meetings out of 27

2016 committee attendance as mp

63% attendance rate

Attended 15 meetings out of 24

2015 committee attendance as mp

67% attendance rate

Attended 14 meetings out of 21

2014 committee attendance as mp

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

85% attendance rate

Attended 11 meetings out of 13

Attendance records reflect Committee not Plenary Attendance
Minister/Deputy Minister attendance is not compulsory.
MP attendance is compulsory unless an apology is given
MPs are recorded as absent whether they have, or have not submitted apologies.
This is not the official committee attendance record of Parliament.
Plenary Attendance is not made public by Parliament although it has been requested.

Recent meetings attended

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill [B2-2019]: finalisation; with Minister and Deputy Ministers — 26 Jun 2020
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Western Cape Provincial Government on its COVID-19 response plans; with Minister — 23 Jun 2020
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Petition from residents to investigate allegations of corruption and maladministration at Knysna Local Municipality — 17 Jun 2020
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — City of Cape Town on its COVID-19 response plans: follow-up meeting with Deputy Ministers — 11 Jun 2020
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs — Buffalo City Metro COVID-19 response; with Deputy Minister — 10 Jun 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 Powers and Privileges of Parliament (Ad Hoc Committees) since 17th September 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

44th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
5th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
3rd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
23rd Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: ETH North Durban (Constituency Area) from 10th May 2014 until 6th May 2014
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 6th May 2009 until 6th May 2014
Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Basic Education (Committee) until 6th May 2014
Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Health (Committee) until 6th May 2014
Member at Portfolio Committee on Economic Development (Committee) until 6th May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: ETH North Durban (Constituency Area) until 6th May 2014
Member at Independent Democrats (ID) (Party) until March 2014

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Air Transport	Indian Government

TRUSTS

Details Of Benefits	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts
Nil	Trustee	MF

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Durban Advertising Agency	Advertising

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
EThekwini Municipality	Vodacom July	Unknown

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Residential	/-800m2	Durban

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Travel	Friederich Nauman Foundation
Travel	Friederich Naumann Foundation

TRUSTS

Details Of Benefits	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts
Nil	Trustee	HBB Patel Trust

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Residential	/-800sq.m	Qeeunsburgh, Durban

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Durban Advertising Agency	Advertising

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description
Gold Circle	Tickets - Vodacom July

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Residential	+-700sq.m.	Queensburgh, Durban

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Residential	900sq.m.	Durban

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Durban Advertising Agency	Advertising

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
Gold Circle	2 x tickets	Unknown

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Residential property	+-800sq.m.	Durban

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2013 [Source]

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
Gold Circle	Tickets to July Handicap	Unknown
Post Newspaper	VIP tickets	Unknown
Tabloid Newspapers	Water bottle	+-R200
Elekweni Municipality	Tickets - Top Gear Festical	+-R500
City of Cape Town	VIP tickets - Lady Gaga Concert	Unknown
City of Cape Town	Tickets - Justin Bieber Concert	Unknown

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Air travel	Taiwanese Government

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Durban Advertising Agency	Advertising

CONSULTANCIES OR RETAINERSHIPS

Name	Value	Activity
Independant Democrats	R15 000p/m	Political Party

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Residential	+-800sq.m.	Queenburgh, Durban

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2012 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Durban Advertising Agency	General advertising

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Residential	+-750sq.m.	Durban

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2011 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Parliament Pension Fund	Public

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Travel to Sweden on study tour on Local Democracy	Swedish Institute for Public Administration

SPONSORSHIPS

Source	Extent
Swedish Institute for Public Administration Flight, accommodation	+-R15 000

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Durban Advertising	Advertising

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Residential dwelling	890sq.m.	Queensburgh - Durban

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2010 [Source]

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Parliamentary Pension Fund	Public

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Study tour to Washington	ACYPL

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Durban Advertising Agency	Advertising

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
MTN-SA	Soccer World Cup tickets	Unknown

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Residential	+-900 sq.m.	Malvern, Queensburgh

Committee appearances

Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill [B2-2019]: finalisation 26 Jun 2020

Mr H Hoosen (DA) moved adoption of the amendment.
Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill [B2-2019]: deliberations 25 Jun 2020

Mr H Hoosen (DA) said his party supports the view the Department took, to extend the limitation of political rights to all employees. His party welcomes it and has put it on record previously.
Western Cape Provincial Government on its COVID-19 response plans 23 Jun 2020

Mr H Hoosen (DA) asked why the Western Cape still had the highest number of infections, despite the efforts made by the WCPG. What was the effectiveness of the measures in place in curbing the spread of the pandemic? What was the rise in infections contributed to? Had the WCPG ...
City of Cape Town on its COVID-19 response plans: follow-up meeting 11 Jun 2020

Mr H Hoosen (DA) raised issues on behalf of Ms G Opperman (DA), who was experiencing connectivity issues. Ms Opperman had noted that in the report, there was R10m per month allocated to water tankers and she asked how the City was going to ensure a more sustainable way of ...
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality on response plans for COVID-19 10 Jun 2020

Mr H Hoosen (DA) said he was concerned about the statistics on the spread of COVID-19 in Buffalo City Municipality. The presentation does not reflect the true nature of what is happening with the exception of one slide which shows the graph with the upward trajectory for number of infections ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 25 May 2020

(1)With reference to the R20 billion allocated to municipalities from the R500 billion economic support package for relief during the Covid-19 pandemic, (a) what is the breakdown of allocations for each municipality, (b) what are the conditions for spending that her department has set for each grant recipient and ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 18 Mar 2020

What (a) total number of municipalities have implemented the municipal cost containment regulations as gazetted in 2019 and (b) steps are being taken to ensure that all municipalities comply with the regulations?
Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 18 Dec 2019

(a) How many properties under the custodianship of her department were sold to a certain company (name furnished) since 2006 and (b) what is the (i) extent, (ii) size, (iii) selling price and (iv) intended purpose of the sale in each case?

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

GOVERNANCE - CLUSTER 3 27 May 2020

Thank you very Deputy Speaker, hon Minister what I was saying to is that there are some municipalities that have introduced their own permitting system especially when it comes to the distribution of food and businesses and NGOS have been finding it difficult to distribute food because of that endurance ...
GOVERNANCE - CLUSTER 3 27 May 2020

Thank you very much Deputy Speaker. Hon Minister obviously didn't hear the previous question and I was referring in particular to the High Court ruling about the food distribution that the court ruled against government that was secured by the DA.
My concern Deputy Minister is that your department ...

All Plenary Appearances

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