Cheryl Phillips
Shadow Deputy Minister on the Standing Committee on the Auditor General
Assumed office
21 April 2023
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Preceded byPatricia Kopane
Shadow Deputy Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
5 December 2020 – 21 April 2023
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Preceded byHannah Winkler
Succeeded byAnnerie Weber
Shadow Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
In office
5 June 2019 – 5 December 2020
LeaderJohn Steenhuisen
Mmusi Maimane
Preceded byPosition created (Tandeka Gqada as Shadow Deputy Minister of Energy)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
22 May 2019
Personal details
Born (1962-02-23) 23 February 1962 (age 61)
NationalitySouth African
Political partyDemocratic Alliance
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician

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

Committee membership

Present membership

Past membership

Personal life

Phillips is married and has children.[1]

References

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

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