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Gauteng Premier And MECs To Face Questions For Oral Reply

Tomorrow, 1 September 2015, DA members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature will pose oral questions to Premier David Makhura and Members of the Executive Council (MECs).

A number of issues will be covered, including the Premier’s recent challenge to entrepreneurs to “become industrialists and captains of industry”, government’s response to incidents of rape in schools, medical negligence court cases, the use of celebrities in advertisements to promote e-tolls, and the commercialisation of provincial parks.

 

Click here to view questions.

Date: 1 September 2015

Time: 10h00

Venue: Gauteng Provincial Legislature, Johannesburg.

There will be opportunities for interviews and photographs. Members of the media are welcome to attend

 

Media enquiries:

Willie Venter

Director: Communications and Research

060 963 8260

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DA to Pose Oral Questions to Gauteng Premier and MECs

Today, 4 August 2015, DA members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature will pose oral questions to Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Members of the Executive Council (MECs).

A number of issues will be covered including questions regarding the premier’s position on the formation of a West Rand Metro, Gauteng’s readiness in case of a national electricity blackout, and the Kempton Park Hospital.

Click here to view all the questions.

Date: 4 August 2015

Time: 10h00

Venue: Gauteng Provincial Legislature, Johannesburg.

There will be opportunities for interviews and photographs. Members os the media are welcome to attend

 

Media enquiries:

Willie Venter

Director: Communications and Research

060 963 8260

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DA to Pose Oral Questions to Gauteng Premier and MECs

Tomorrow, 4 August 2015, DA members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature will pose oral questions to Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Members of the Executive Council (MECs).

A number of issues will be covered including questions regarding the premier’s position on the formation of a West Rand Metro, Gauteng’s readiness in case of a national electricity blackout, and the Kempton Park Hospital.

Click here to view all the questions.

Date: 4 August 2015

Time: 10h00

Venue: Gauteng Provincial Legislature, Johannesburg.

There will be opportunities for interviews and photographs. Members of the media are welcome to attend

 

Media enquiries:

Willie Venter

Director: Communications and Research

060 963 8260

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DA to Conduct Oversight on Katlehong Paperless Classroom

Tomorrow, 29 July 2015, DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Education, Khume Ramulifho MPL, and DA Gauteng Constituency Head for Katlehong, Lebo More MPL, will conduct an oversight visit at the KwaDukathole Comprehensive School in Katlehong, to assess the roll-out of the paperless classroom at the school.

Date: 29 July 2015

Time: 09:00

Venue: KwaDukathole Comprehensive School, No 6 Mofokeng Section, Katlehong.

There will be opportunities for interviews and photographs. Members of the media are welcome to attend

 

Media enquiries:

Khume Ramulifho MPL

DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Education

082 398 7375

 

Lebo More MPL

DA Gauteng Constituency Head for Kathlehong

072 273 4487

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DA to make submissions to MDB in Carletonville

Tomorrow, 24 July 2015, DA Gauteng Constituency head for Merafong, Ina Cilliers MPL, DA Merafong Caucus Leader, Cllr Blackie Zwart, fellow DA Merafong councillors and DA activists will attend and make submissions to the Municipal Demarcation Board at its public participation meeting regarding the proposed formation of a metropolitan municipality.

 

Date: 24 July 2015

Time: 10:00

Venue: Merafong Civic Centre, Goud Street, Carletonville

 

There will be opportunities for interviews and photographs. Members of the media are welcome to attend.

 

Media enquiries:

Ina Cilliers MPL

DA Gauteng Constituency Head – Merafong

060 556 4344

 

Cllr Blackie Zwart

DA Merafong Caucus Leader

082 552 4710

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NCOP Week Day 2: DA Gauteng to Carry Out Alternative Oversight Visits

Tomorrow, 23 July 2015, DA Gauteng Members of Parliament, DA Members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, DA West Rand councillors, activists and volunteers will carry out oversight visits to municipal service delivery crisis points in the Randfontein and Westonaria local municipalities.

These visits are in response to the refusal of the National Council of Provinces to visit sites where municipalities experience severe service delivery capacity shortcomings.

 

Randfontein

Date: 23 July 2015

Time: 08:00

Venue: Droogheuwel water tower, Randgate, Lazaar extension

Contact: Cllr Alwyn van Tonder – 082 593 0313

 

 

Westonaria

Date: 23 July 2015

Time: 08:50

Venue: Donaldson Dam near Mohlakeng followed by a visit to the cattle breeding project nearby.

Contact: Cllr Piet de Jager – 083 627 5105

 

There will be opportunities for interviews and photographs. Members of the media are welcome to attend.

 

Media enquiries:

Jacques Julius MP

DA Gauteng Member of the NCOP

083 420 1309

 

Evert du Plessis

DA Gauteng West Rand Regional Chairperson

082 870 2768

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DA to Make Submissions to MDB in Westonaria

This morning, 22 July 2015, DA Westonaria Chief Whip, Cllr Piet de Jager, fellow DA Westonaria councillors and DA activists will attend and make submissions to the Municipal Demarcation Board at its public participation meeting regarding the proposed formation of a metropolitan municipality.

 

Date: 22 July 2015

Time: 10:00

Venue: Banquet Hall, Westonaria

 

There will be opportunities for interviews and photographs. Members of the media are welcome to attend.

 

Media enquiries:

Cllr Piet de Jager

083 627 5105

 

Evert du Plessis

DA Gauteng West Rand Regional Chairperson

082 870 2768

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NCOP week: DA Gauteng to carry out alternative oversight visits

This morning, 22 July 2015, DA Gauteng Members of Parliament, DA Members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, DA West Rand councillors, activists and volunteers will carry out oversight visits to municipal service delivery crisis points in the Merafong and Mogale City local municipalities.

These visits are in response to the refusal of the National Council of Provinces to visit sites where municipalities experience severe service delivery capacity shortcomings.

 

Mogale City

Date: 22 July 2015

Time: 08:00

Venue: Katlego cultural facility, Kromdraai

Contact: Dennis Pretorius – 083 679 8541

 

 

Merafong

Date: 22 July 2015

Time: 08:30

Venue: Sinkhole along the R500 near the 007 Restaurant, Carletonville. Followed by a visit to the Khutsong water reservoir.

Contact: Ina Cilliers MPL – 060 556 4344

 

There will be opportunities for interviews and photographs. Members of the media are welcome to attend.

 

Media enquiries:

Jacques Julius MP

DA Gauteng Member of the NCOP

083 420 1309

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DA to Make Submissions to MDB in Randfontein

This morning, 21 July 2015, DA Gauteng West Rand Regional Chairperson, Evert du Plessis, DA members of the Randfontein local council and DA activists will attend and make submissions to the Municipal Demarcation Board at its public participation meeting regarding the proposed formation of a metropolitan municipality.

 

Date: 21 July 2015

Time: 10:00

Venue: IEC Hall, Randfontein

 

There will be opportunities for interviews and photographs. Members of the media are welcome to attend.

 

Media enquiries:

Evert du Plessis

DA Gauteng West Rand Regional Chairperson

082 870 2768

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DA Gauteng Shadow Cabinet Portfolio Allocations

Shadow Cabinet

The DA in Gauteng has made slight amendments to its shadow cabinet to better serve the needs of the people of our province.

We believe that by doing so we aligned caucus members’ skills and competencies more closely with their portfolio requirements – so as to ensure that oversight over Premier David Makhura’s Cabinet is carried out in a more thorough and effective manner.

 

The Shadow Cabinet is as follows:

Caucus leader and Leader of the Official Opposition

John Moodey MPL

 

Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation

Shadow MEC: Paul Willemburg MPL

Spokesperson: Kingsol Chabalala MPL

 

Community Safety and Security

Shadow MEC: Kate Lorimer MPL

Spokesperson: Michele Clarke MPL

 

Cooperative Governance, Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements

Shadow MEC: Fred Nel MPL

Spokesperson Housing: Mervyn Cirota MPL

 

Economic, Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development

Shadow MEC: Janet Semple MPL

Spokesperson – Agriculture: Ina Cilliers MPL

Spokesperson – Environment: Janho Engelbrecht MPL

 

Education

Shadow MEC: Khume Ramulifho MPL

Spokesperson: Solly Msimanga MPL

 

Finance

Shadow MEC: Adriana Randall MPL

Spokesperson: Mike Moriarty MPL

 

Health

Shadow MEC: Jack Bloom MPL

Spokesperson: Dr Neil Campbell MPL

 

Infrastructure Development

Shadow MEC: Alan Fuchs MPL

Spokesperson: Janho Engelbrecht MPL

 

ICT

Spokesperson: Ashor Sarupen MPL

 

Oversight Committee on the Premier’s Office and the Legislature

Spokesperson: John Moodey MPL

Spokesperson: Jack Bloom MPL

 

Public Accounts (Scopa)

Spokesperson: Glenda Steyn MPL

Spokesperson: Paul Willemburg MPL

Spokesperson: Graham Gersbach MPL

 

Roads and Transport

Shadow MEC: Dr Neil Campbell MPL

Spokesperson: Graham Gersbach MPL

Spokesperson: Justus de Goede MPL

 

Social Development

Shadow MEC: Refiloe Nt’sekhe MPL

Spokesperson: Ashor Sarupen MPL

 

Petitions

Spokesperson: Lebo More MPL

 

 

Media enquiries:

John Moodey MPL

082 960 1743

 

Willie Venter

Director: Communications and Research

060 963 8260