Portfolio Committee on Basic Education

The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education is a portfolio committee of the National Assembly in the Parliament of South Africa. The remit of this committee is to oversee the work of the Department of Basic Education, Umalusi and the South African Council of Educators.^[1]

Committee membership[edit]

Following the May 8, 2019 general election, the committee was established for the 6th Parliament (2019–2024) on 27 June 2019^[2] and Bongiwe Mbinqo-Gigaba of the African National Congress was elected chairperson on 2 July.^[3] The membership of the committee as of October 2023 is as follows:^[4]

Member		Party
	Bongiwe Mbinqo-Gigaba MP (chairperson)	African National Congress
	Nombuyiselo Adoons MP	African National Congress
	Tebogo Letsie MP	African National Congress
	Reneiloe Mashabela MP	Economic Freedom Fighters
	Ronald Moroatshehla MP	African National Congress
	Siphosethu Ngcobo MP	Inkatha Freedom Party
	Lydia Moroane MP	African National Congress
	Marie Sukers MP	African Christian Democratic Party
	Baxolile Nodada MP	Democratic Alliance
	Désirée van der Walt MP	Democratic Alliance

The following people serve as alternate members:

^ "Basic Education". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
^ "Announcements, tablings and committee reports" (PDF). Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
^ "Election of Chairperson". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
^ "Portfolio Committee on Basic Education". Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 21 October 2023.