Thembinkosi Tevin Apleni

Committee appearances

• National Minimum Wage Amendment Bill: consideration of submissions 11 Feb 2020

  Mr T Apleni (EFF, Eastern Cape) stated that the Western Cape Province was becoming like a country within a country. People were giving false impressions about having concerns for workers. The Western Cape Provincial Government was opposing things that were intended to address injustices of the past.

• Department of Public Works and Infrastructure 2018/19 Annual Report 30 Oct 2019

  Mr T Apleni (EFF, Eastern Cape) commented that in the Eastern Cape there was widespread vandalising of government buildings, and there was no plan to cope with it. It seemed that no fraud and corruption cases ended up in court. What attempts were being made to recover money? People went ...

• Department of Public Works and Infrastructure 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan 24 Jul 2019

  Mr T Apleni (EFF, Eastern Cape) commented that he could not emphasise enough that there were problems with the EPWP. He was glad that the Department had begun to realise those problems and was zooming in, especially over the issue of hiring. In most cases, most of the projects in ...

• Department of Public Service and Administration 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan; Second Term Committee Programme 17 Jul 2019

  Mr T Apleni (EFF, Eastern Cape) commended the Department for an impressive presentation. He disagreed with the notion that the public service sphere was bloated, and felt that retrenchment would trigger tension between the DPSA and trade unions. He expressed concern about the public sector and black public servants being ...

• National Gambling Bill [B27B-2018]: briefing 16 Jul 2019

  Mr T Apleni (EFF; Eastern Cape) stated that his concern was the powers being taken away from provinces, which might have been the reason for provinces rejecting the Bill. He was concerned about powers being centralised or vested somewhere else other than in provinces where the gambling licensees operated. As ...

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Plenary appearances

• UNGQONGQOSHE WEZOLIMO NOKUTHUTHUKISWA KWEZINDAWO ZASEMAKHAYA 29 Oct 2019

  Enkosi kakhulu Sekela Sihlalo. Mphathiswa ...

  English:

  ...does your department have the capacity and willingness to hold mining companies that flout environmental laws accountable? I am asking this because we know that mining companies are never held responsible for acid mine drainage in Mpumalanga and that mining companies have left the ...

• VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE REGION OF AMATHOLE DUE TO WATER CRISIS (Draft Resolution) 22 Aug 2019

  Chairperson, I move without notice:

  That the Council -

  1) notes the violent demonstrations due to lack of water in the region of Amathole Region;

  2) further notes that to date, there is no water and no clear plan for providing Amathole with water; and

  3) acknowledges that the basic human ...

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