Thembisile Angel Khanyile

National Assembly

@angel_khanyile

About Thembisile Angel Khanyile

Ms Thembesile Khanyile is an MP from the Democratic Alliance. She currently serves in the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs. Read her full blog here

2021 committee attendance as mp

38% attendance rate

Attended 3 meetings out of 8

2020 committee attendance as mp

78% attendance rate

Attended 21 meetings out of 27

2019 committee attendance as mp

88% attendance rate

Attended 15 meetings out of 17

2018 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 2 meetings out of 2

Attendance Methodology

Recent meetings attended

Home Affairs — Refugee bodies on their work & challenges concerning Refugees & Asylum Seekers; with Minister & Deputy Minister — 2 Mar 2021
Home Affairs — Allegations about corporate permits issued to foreign national in North West; Impact of SONA on portfolio; with Minister & Deputy Minister — 23 Feb 2021
Home Affairs — Readiness to open ports of entry; Electoral Act amendment; Electoral Laws Second Amendment Bill; with Minister — 9 Feb 2021
Home Affairs — Electoral Laws Amendment Bill: deliberations; with Deputy Minister & Home Affairs BRRR — 24 Nov 2020
Home Affairs — Prophet Bushiri & wife escape from SA: Ministry & Department briefing; Electoral Laws Amendment Bill: IEC response to public submissions — 17 Nov 2020

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

22nd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Mpumalanga Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
52nd Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
3rd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Mpumalanga Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Social Development (National Assembly Committees) from 9th March 2018 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 1st December 2017 until 7th May 2019
Member at Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) (Party) until 2015
4th Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Mpumalanga Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
193rd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters National Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

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Committee appearances

Refugee bodies on their work & challenges concerning Refugees & Asylum Seekers; Legality of corporate visas issued to Boleng & Phenyo Africa Mining Services 2 Mar 2021

Ms A Khanyile (DA) asked how far the process of filling the vacant positions had progressed. When was the request made to the DHA for the installation of protective screens at the offices of these entities, and what was the response? The DHA needed to prioritise the issue of ensuring ...
Allegations about corporate permits issued to foreign national in North West; Impact of SONA on portfolio 23 Feb 2021

Ms A Khanyile (DA) said that the presentation by Mr Tshephe raised multiple and vast allegations that were quite serious in nature. She reminded Members that the Committee had taken a decision at its last meeting that the corporate permits issued in respect of the allegations must be withdrawn. After ...
Readiness to open Ports of Entry & development of electoral legislation: Minister & Department briefing; Electoral Laws Second Amendment Bill: briefing 9 Feb 2021

Ms A Khanyile (DA) referred to the woman who received a death certificate instead of an ID. The problem now is that her children has different ID numbers on their matric certificates than are on their IDs. The children are struggling to find employment or register at tertiary institutions. The ...
Beitbridge & Lebombo Ports of Entry Oversight visits; DHA, IEC & GPW Audit Outcomes & 2019/20 Annual Report 26 Jan 2021

Ms A Khanyile (DA) welcomed the Committee Report and endorsed the remarks that it is a true reflection of the oversight visit. The DHA must coordinate the issues at the borders to ensure that enough staff is deployed to deal with testing and to ensure that COVID-19 protocols are adhered ...
Prophet Bushiri & wife escape from SA: Minister & Department briefing; Electoral Laws Amendment Bill: IEC response to public submissions 17 Nov 2020

Ms A Khanyile (DA) was under the impression that before the Minster gave his presentation, Members would look at the footage he had mentioned which was taken at Waterkloof Air Force Base to be certain that there was nothing untoward about who did or did not board the plane. The ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Home Affairs 19 Mar 2021

With reference to the Performance Agreement that he signed with the President, Mr M C Ramaphosa, what (a) programmes have been put in place to date to tackle gender-based violence (GBV) in his department, (b) change interventions, such as men against GBV sessions, have been implemented within his department (c) ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Home Affairs 17 Dec 2020

What are the details of the steps his department will take to address the backlog caused by the halting of certain services due to the national lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19?
Questions asked to the Minister of Home Affairs 13 Aug 2020

(1)By what date does he envisage that his department will be open for more services, such as letters for retention of SA Citizenship and passport applications and/or renewals; (2) by what date does he envisage that his department will be open for applications for new identity documents, as many South ...

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Plenary appearances

UNGQONGQOSHE WEZOBULUNGISWA NOKUHLONYULELISWA KWEZIMILO: 13 Nov 2019

Thank you House Chairperson and thanks to the Minister for the response, Basic Education circular 1 of 2019 provides a grace period for undocumented children to get their birth certificates or IDs before being thrown out of school, but with thousands of child-headed households, what would you do to reach ...
CONSIDERATION OF BUDGETARY REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION REPORT OF PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON HOME AFFAIRS 12 Nov 2019

Thank you, hon Speaker. This department has a backlog on asylum seekers appeals of 150 000. It is of great concern that R200 billion has become a contingent liability. The e-visa was supposed to have been piloted in April. Today, seven months later and still in this House, speeches by ...

All Plenary Appearances

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