Haseenabanu Ismail

Haseenabanu Ismail (born 9 November 1969) is a South African politician of the Democratic Alliance who is serving as a member of the South African National Assembly since May 2019. Ismail was previously the councillor for ward 29 in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. Quotes I have been a community activist for years. I joined the Democratic Alliance in 2011. I was a branch chair for Ward 29 from 2011 to 2013. In September 2013 I served as PR Cllr in Ward 29 Ekurhuleni. In 2016 I won the election and served as Ward Cllr of Ward 29 in Ekurhuleni. In 2019 I became a Member of Parliament and to date serve in the National Assembly. My one goal is to bring Parliament closer to the people. I have served in many different portfolios at local government level and at National level I serve on the Portfolio Committee of Health- if we can stop the NHI - I think we will save South Africa from ruin. While we believe in Universal Healthcare for all the present Healthcare system is so fragmented that the NHI will not work I have done oversight at many public hospitals and have found major infrastructure issues, shortage of staff , budget constraints, non- payment of suppliers, revelations of potential corruption and I have dealt with many of the entities and asked many questions to the Minister in this regard ( the holding of the Executive to account of the Department of Health ) - I hope this will encourage others to drive an equally strong narrative. There is often strong opposition to oversight, yet this is within the mandate of every public representative to hold the executive to account and to bring and highlight issues of Constituencies to Parliament so that solutions and recommendations that are beneficial for the people can be taken. External links Category:Living people