Member of the Western Cape Provincial Legislature
Ms Schäfer is the Deputy Speaker of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. She previously served as the Minister of Economic Opportunities, Tourism and Agriculture for the Western Cape Government. Prior to that she was the Standing Committee Chairperson for Economic Opportunities, Tourism and Agriculture. Her interests include leadership, governance and applying design thinking and innovation to solve social and economic challenges such as unemployment that countries such as South Africa has to grapple with.
Democratic Alliance (DA)
DA Constituency Area: Strand
021 487 1831
083 598 3676
Western Cape
Alternate Member at Standing Committee on Local Government Oversight (Western-Cape-Provincial-Legislature-Committee)
since 3rd June 2019
Member at Rules Committee (Western-Cape-Provincial-Committee)
since 3rd June 2019
Alternate Member at Human Settlements (Western-Cape-Provincial-Legislature-Committee)
since 3rd June 2019
Alternate Member at Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism (Western-Cape-Provincial-Legislature-Committee)
since 3rd June 2019
Alternate Member at Programme Authority (Western-Cape-Provincial-Legislature-Committee)
since 3rd June 2019
Alternate Member at Transport and Public Works (Western-Cape-Provincial-Committee)
since 3rd June 2019
Alternate Member at Standing Committee on Human Settlement (Western-Cape-Provincial-Committee)
since 3rd June 2019
Alternate Member at Standing Committee on Economic Opportunities, Tourism and Agriculture (Western-Cape-Provincial-Committee) (Western-Cape-Provincial-Legislature-Committee)
since 3rd June 2019
Alternate Member at Standing Committee on Agriculture and environmental Planning (Western-Cape-Provincial-Legislature-Committee)
since 3rd June 2019
Member at Western Cape Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature)
since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)
Deputy Speaker at Western Cape Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature)
3rd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List)
from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
164th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List)
from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member of the Executive Committee: Economic Opportunities, Tourism and Agriculture at Western Cape Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature)
from October 2018 until 7th May 2019
Member at Western Cape Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature)
from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at Chairpersons’ Forum (Western-Cape-Provincial-Committee)
until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Public Accounts Committee (Western-Cape-Provincial-Legislature-Committee)
until 7th May 2019
Member at Budget Committee (Western-Cape-Provincial-Committee)
until 7th May 2019
from 3rd June 2019 until October 2018
Alternate Member at Parliamentary Oversight (Western-Cape-Provincial-Legislature-Committee)
until October 2018
Alternate Member at Standing Committee on Local Government Oversight (Western-Cape-Provincial-Legislature-Committee)
until October 2018
Member at Disciplinary Committee (Western-Cape-Provincial-Legislature-Committee)
until October 2018
Alternate Member at Transport and Public Works (Western-Cape-Provincial-Committee)
until October 2018
Alternate Member at Standing Committee on Human Settlement (Western-Cape-Provincial-Committee)
until October 2018
Alternate Member at Rules Committee (Western-Cape-Provincial-Committee)
until October 2018
until October 2018
Member at Standing Committee on Finance (Western-Cape-Provincial-Committee)
until October 2018
Member-elect at Western Cape Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature)
from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
21st Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Western Cape Election List 2014 (Election List)
from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: Blaauwberg/D-ville 1 (Constituency Area)
from 10th May 2014 until 6th May 2014
2021 committee attendance as mp
0% attendance rate (0 of 1 )
2020 committee attendance as mp
0% attendance rate (0 of 1 )
2019 committee attendance as mp
0% attendance rate (0 of 2 )
2018 committee attendance as mp
100% attendance rate (3 of 3 )
DISCLAIMER: This information has been obtained via the Parliamentary Monitoring Group. PMG makes every effort to compile reliable and comprehensive information, but does not claim that the data is 100% accurate and complete.
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Provincial Economic Review and Outlook & Municipal Review and Outlook: Treasury briefing
27 Sep 2018
Ms B Schafer (DA) asked what the government was going to do to counteract risks that would impact on the ...
Ms B Schafer (DA) said the Commission is predicting a growth of 2% but the country is not there and ...
Ms B Schafer (DA) said in Agriculture, the targets were carrying over due to issues such as drought, flooding, etc. ...
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