Cheryl Phillips (politician)

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Cheryl Phillips

Shadow Deputy Minister on the Standing Committee on the Auditor General
In office 21 April 2023 – 28 May 2024
Leader	John Steenhuisen
Preceded by	Patricia Kopane
Succeeded by	Position vacant
Shadow Deputy Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
In office 5 December 2020 – 21 April 2023
Leader	John Steenhuisen
Preceded by	Hannah Winkler
Succeeded by	Annerie Weber
Shadow Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
In office 5 June 2019 – 5 December 2020
Leader	John Steenhuisen Mmusi Maimane
Preceded by	Position created (Tandeka Gqada as Shadow Deputy Minister of Energy)
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2019

Personal details
Born	(1962-02-23) 23 February 1962 (age 62)
Nationality	South African
Political party	Democratic Alliance
Profession	Politician

Cheryl Phillips (born 23 February 1962) is a South African politician from the North West who served in the National Assembly from May 2019 until May 2024. A member of the Democratic Alliance, she was the Shadow Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy from June 2019 to December 2020, the Shadow Deputy Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries from December 2020 until April 2023 and the Shadow Deputy Minister of the Standing Committee on the Auditor General from April 2023 until May 2024. Phillips had previously served as a ward councillor in Rustenburg.

Political career

Phillips campaigned for the "Yes" vote in the 1992 referendum. She moved to Rustenburg in 2001 and joined the Democratic Party. She later joined the Democratic Alliance.^[1]

In 2014, she was appointed to her ward's committee.^[1] Phillips was elected as the ward councillor for ward 16 in a by-election in January 2016.^[2]^[3]

Parliamentary career

In 2019, she was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa on the regional list of the DA.^[4] On 5 June 2019, she was appointed as the party's Shadow Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy.^[5]

In December 2020, she was appointed Shadow Deputy Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries in the new Shadow Cabinet led by John Steenhuisen.^[6]

Phillips was appointed as Shadow Deputy Minister on the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General and as an Additional Member on Mineral Resources and Energy, with a focus on illegal mining on 21 April 2023.^[7]

Phillips did not stand for re-election to the National Assembly at the 2024 general election.^[8]

Committee membership

Present membership

Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry and Fisheries^[9]
Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy^[10]

Personal life

Phillips is married and has children.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Blog: Cheryl Phillips". People's Assembly. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ "Results of the municipal by-elections held on 20 January 2016". IEC. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ Montsho, Molaole (26 January 2016). "Rustenburg residents not paying for services". IOL. Rustenburg, North West. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ Gerber, Jan (5 June 2019). "Here's the DA's 'shadow cabinet'". Retrieved 20 October 2020.
^ Mazzone, Natasha (5 December 2020). "DA announces new Shadow Cabinet that will bring Real Hope and Real Change". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ "Mathew Cuthbert replaces Gwen Ngwenya as DA's head of policy". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
^ "DA unveils candidates for NPE 2024 to Rescue South Africa". Democratic Alliance. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
^ "Cheryl Phillips".
^ "Mrs Cheryl Phillips". Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

External links

Cheryl Phillips at People's Assembly

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