Ms Beverley Ann Schafer

Western Cape Provincial Legislature

bschafer@wcpp.gov.za

@bevschafer

Party

Democratic Alliance (DA)

Phone

Address

Room 5-28, 7 Wale Street, Cape Town, 8001

Constituency Offices

Not associated with any constituency offices

Province

Western Cape

About Beverley Ann Schafer

Ms Schäfer was reappointed the Minister of Education in May 2019.

She achieved a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Psychology from the University of Cape Town and later an LLB degree. Ms Schäfer practised as an attorney of the Cape High Court for 12 years before starting her political career as a ward councillor.

She joined the Democratic Party in 1999. In 2002, she was elected to the Cape Town City Council as a ward councillor for Ward 62. In the 2006 elections, she was elected ward councillor for Ward 73. She served in this position until her election to the National Assembly in 2009 and took office as a Member on 6 May 2009.

2018 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 3 meetings out of 3

Attendance records reflect Committee not Plenary Attendance
Minister/Deputy Minister attendance is not compulsory.
MP attendance is compulsory unless an apology is given
MPs are recorded as absent whether they have, or have not submitted apologies.
This is not the official committee attendance record of Parliament.
Plenary Attendance is not made public by Parliament although it has been requested.

Recent meetings attended

Budget (WCPP) — Annual Reporting process: National Treasury briefing — 28 Sep 2018
Budget (WCPP) — Provincial & Municipal Economic Review and Outlook: MEC & Treasury briefing — 27 Sep 2018
Budget (WCPP) — National Treasury Quarter 4 performance — 20 Jul 2018

All meetings attended

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.

Currently

Member of the Executive Committee: Education at Western Cape Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Western Cape Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

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
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
Member at Chairpersons’ Forum (Western-Cape-Provincial-Committee) until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Transport and Public Works (Western-Cape-Provincial-Committee) until October 2018
Member at Standing Committee on Finance (Western-Cape-Provincial-Committee) until October 2018
Alternate Member at Rules Committee (Western-Cape-Provincial-Committee) until October 2018
Chairperson at Standing Committee on Economic Opportunities, Tourism and Agriculture (Western-Cape-Provincial-Committee) (Western-Cape-Provincial-Legislature-Committee) until October 2018
Alternate Member at Standing Committee on Local Government (Western-Cape-Provincial-Legislature-Committee) until October 2018
Alternate Member at Parliamentary Oversight (Western-Cape-Provincial-Legislature-Committee) until October 2018
Member at Disciplinary Committee (Western-Cape-Provincial-Legislature-Committee) until October 2018
Alternate Member at Standing Committee on Human Settlement (Western-Cape-Provincial-Committee) until October 2018
Member at Standing Committee on Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (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

Committee appearances

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 sector of the economy to ensure reasonable growth of jobs in the Western Cape was created because water and electricity have been cited as risk factors that have been negative ...
Provincial Treasury Quarter 1 performance; Division of Revenue: Financial and Fiscal Commission on submissions 24 Aug 2018

Ms B Schafer (DA) said the Commission is predicting a growth of 2% but the country is not there and that prediction should be accelerated to 4%. She asked whether the numbers were over inflated. She asked if the FCC should rather be presenting from the worst-case scenario point of ...
Provincial Treasury Quarter 1 performance; Division of Revenue: Financial and Fiscal Commission on submissions 24 Aug 2018

Ms B Schafer (DA) said in Agriculture, the targets were carrying over due to issues such as drought, flooding, etc. She agreed that there was no cause of concern in the department.
Third Party Funds: reforms & enhancements by DoJCD; Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill: committee report 7 Jun 2012

Ms Schafer (DA) asked why TPF could not discern where the missing money had come from if they had managed to ascertain what the total missing amount was. It was unacceptable that R63 million was missing and asked what was being done to try and find it.
Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill [B2-2009]: briefing & Implementation Plan 6 Oct 2009

Ms Schafer (DA) noted that there was no detailed information on possible costs to the Department, nor on the amount of staff required or training for the successful implementation of the Bill.

All Committee Appearances

Questions

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Plenary appearances

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