Thembisile Angel Khanyile

National Assembly

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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

2020 committee attendance as mp

80% attendance rate

Attended 12 meetings out of 15

2019 committee attendance as mp

90% attendance rate

Attended 19 meetings out of 21

2018 committee attendance as mp

89% attendance rate

Attended 17 meetings out of 19

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

Home Affairs — Implementation of Concourt judgement; with Ministry & Remuneration of IEC Commissioners; GPW Oversight Report — 21 Jul 2020
Home Affairs — IEC on its readiness for 2021 Local Government Elections; with Deputy Minister; DHA Budget: Committee Report — 14 Jul 2020
Home Affairs — DHA, IEC & GPW 2020/21 Special Adjustment Budget; with Minister and Deputy Minister — 7 Jul 2020
Home Affairs — IEC on impact of Constitutional Court ruling allowing independent candidates to be elected to the National Assembly and Provincial Legislatures, with Minister and Deputy Minister — 25 Jun 2020
Home Affairs — Repositioning of Department; DHA Budget: Committee Report; with Minister — 29 May 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 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

IEC on its readiness for 2021 Local Government Elections; DHA Budget: Committee Report 14 Jul 2020

Regarding the matter about the remarks made by Ms A Khanyile (DA), the Chairperson had obtained an opinion on the matter from the Parliamentary Legal Services. He had been told that it was her right to express an opinion about what she had seen on the day in question if ...
IEC on impact of Constitutional Court ruling allowing independent candidates to be elected to the National Assembly and Provincial Legislatures 25 Jun 2020

Ms A Khanyile (DA) echoed Mr Dyantyi’s request for more information from the IEC on timeframes. She asked how ballot papers would be drawn up and whether separate papers would be used for candidates. She also requested clarity on what would happen if a seat held by an independent ...
EOH, ABIS & VFS contracts: update; Minister on allegations of corruption against GPW Acting Chief Executive Officer 2 Jun 2020

The Chairperson commended the guidance of the National Corona-virus Command Council (NCCC) for preventing a national catastrophe. He also commended the Minister of Home Affairs Dr Aaron Motsoaledi for his hard work during the lockdown. He welcomed Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Mr Njabulo Nzuza and thanked God that he ...
Repositioning of Department; DHA Budget: Committee Report 29 May 2020

Ms A Khanyile (DA) raised a point of order. She was concerned that the Report of the Government Printing Works (GPW) was not on the agenda. At the last meeting, the Chairperson had promised the Committee that they were going to discuss this issue at their next meeting – were they ...
Home Affairs Budget: Committee Report; Roll-out of one-stop border post, refugee processing facility, liquidation of Lindela Repatriation Facility and enhanced movement control systems 19 May 2020

Ms A Khanyile (DA) asks what processed was followed should an alert or a decline of clearance occur at the eGate. Is there is a response team on standby?

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Home Affairs 3 Dec 2019

What was the average turnaround time of his department’s services, including immigration and customs, pertaining to the (a) import and (b) export of goods at each port of entry in the Western Cape (i) in each of the past three years and (ii) since 1 January 2019?
Questions asked to the Minister of Home Affairs 3 Dec 2019

(1)What (a) is the current vacancy rate at his department’s offices in the Western Cape, (b) number of vacancies exist at each office and (c) is the job title of each vacancy in each case; (2) what number of immigration officers are currently employed at each of his ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Transport 18 Nov 2019

(1)Whether the Lekwa Licence and Traffic Department is fully operational; (2) are officials employed at his department still receiving their full salaries while his department is not fully operational; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

All Questions and Answers

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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