Nazley Khan Sharif

National Assembly

nsharif@parliament.gov.za

@NazleySharif

About Nazley Khan Sharif

Ms Sharif joined the Democratic Alliance Student Organisation in her first year at Wits and has been part of politics ever since. She was elected as a PR Councillor in the City of Joburg in 2014 and re-elected in 2016. She was elected as the Section 79 Committee Chairperson in the Gender, Youth and People with Disabilities in 2016 up until her election as an MP in 2019.Read more here.

2019 committee attendance as mp

76% attendance rate

Attended 19 meetings out of 25

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Recent meetings attended

Multi-Party Women’s Caucus — Focus areas for the Sixth Parliament: adoption — 28 Nov 2019
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities — Establishment of the sub-committee to deal with the filling vacancies in NYDA — 26 Nov 2019
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities — National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide, with Minister (postponed) — 19 Nov 2019
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities — Progress in implementing AGSA recommendations: Audit and Risk Committee briefing; Department 2018/19 Quarter 2 performance — 12 Nov 2019
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities — National Youth Development Agency 2018/19 Annual Report — 5 Nov 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 Women, Youth, Children and People with Disability (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

62nd Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
16th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

Committee appearances

6th Parliament Multi-Party Women’s Caucus five-year focus areas 28 Nov 2019

Ms N Sharif (DA) agreed about pornography and the link it has with GBV. It will be a good idea for the MPWC to explore that debate and come up with a clear position and have stakeholder engagement.
Interim Steering Committee structure, representation and mandate; National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence, cost of the plan and approval process progress; Gender Based Violence and Femicide: Emergency Response Action Plan 19 Nov 2019

Ms N Sharif (DA) said that this meeting had been postponed once before, and that the longer the meeting was delayed, the longer it would take for implementation to happen. In light of this, she proposed that the Chairperson allow for a short break in the meeting in order for ...
Progress in implementing AGSA recommendations: Audit and Risk Committee briefing; Department 2018/19 Quarter 2 performance 12 Nov 2019

Ms N Sharif (DA) wanted clarity the Deputy Minister’s unfunded post. She also asked for an example of an irregular expenditure contract, and requested to see the report from the DWYPD after they presented it on 22 November.
National Youth Development Agency 2018/19 Annual Report 5 Nov 2019

Ms N Sharif (DA) referred to GBV on campuses, and said the safety of students -- lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) and gender non-conforming persons, whether on or off campus -- was not secure. Did the NYDA have any programmes that specifically dealt with this -- an interface with the students ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Budgetary Review Recommendations Report 22 Oct 2019

Ms N Sharif (DA) said during an oversight visit at the Soweto police station it was found that rape kits were in fact delivered. The Committee must invite someone from the South African Police Services (SAPS) to explain the process. It is difficult for Members to do oversight when they ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Health 18 Dec 2019

(1)With reference to access to health care by the transgender community, what is the (a) current process for and (b) budget allocated to hormone replacement and gender re-assignment surgery in Government hospitals; (2) whether there is a backlog in respect of hormone replacement and gender re-assignment surgery in Government ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Home Affairs 13 Dec 2019

What measures is his department taking to assist the transgender community by speeding up the process of changing their sex designation legally?
Questions asked to the Minister in The Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities 6 Dec 2019

With reference to her department’s mandate to champion the advancement of women’s socio-economic empowerment and the promotion of gender equality, what steps and/or programmes has her department undertaken in collaboration with other government departments, such as the Departments of Justice and Health the SA Police Service, to ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

NOTICES OF MOTION 26 Nov 2019

Hon House Chair, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the House I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the House, debates the impact of the use of sexually explicit images and videos in other words pornography as well as reverse porn and how ...
COMBATING INCREASING LEVELS OF VIOLENCE, DRUGS AND SEXUAL ABUSE IN SCHOOLS 14 Nov 2019

Good afternoon, hon House Chairperson, all protocol observed. Young people in South Africa remain and will continue to
remain one of the most vulnerable groups in the country. Schools are literally crumbling from its infrastructures to the quality of the character of young people that come out of those crumbling ...

All Plenary Appearances

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