Cheryl Phillips

National Assembly

cphillips@parliament.gov.za rustenburgward16@gmail.com

About Cheryl Phillips

Mrs Phillips' first joined politics in 1992 during the Referendum for the "Yes" vote to change the political system in South Africa. In 2011, she was recruited to go on to a Wards Committee and she started getting quite active in the DA and on the Ward Committee. Currently she is the member of the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy. Read more here.

2020 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 4 meetings out of 4

2019 committee attendance as mp

88% attendance rate

Attended 22 meetings out of 25

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Recent meetings attended

Mineral Resources and Energy — Independent Electricity Management Operator Bill: consideration — 10 Mar 2020
Mineral Resources and Energy — Agreement between RSA & European Atomic Energy Community: Department briefing — 19 Feb 2020
Mineral Resources and Energy — Independent Electricity Management Bill (PMB): Department response — 18 Feb 2020
Mineral Resources and Energy — Lily Mine Investigation: update — 11 Feb 2020
Mineral Resources and Energy — Independent Electricity Management Operator Bill [B14-2019]: briefing — 3 Dec 2019

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 at Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

3rd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional North West Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
51st Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

Committee appearances

Agreement between RSA & European Atomic Energy Community: Department briefing 19 Feb 2020

Ms C Phillips (DA) thanked the Department for its presentation. When can the development fund be expected?
Independent Electricity Management Bill (PMB): Department response 18 Feb 2020

Ms C Phillips (DA) asked who would be held responsible for the record of poor maintenance.
Lily Mine Investigation: update 11 Feb 2020

Ms C Phillips (DA) referred to a slide in one of the presentations where it was mentioned that this type of collapse was unprecedented. If that was the case, how would it have been possible to foresee that it would happen, and what would have been the indicating factors that ...
Independent Electricity Management Operator Bill & Electricity Management Operator Bill: briefings 3 Dec 2019

Ms C Phillips (DA) supported the proposal to privatise Eskom. Countries that encouraged privatisation have improved economic growth, increased employment rates and reduced poverty. IPPs create opportunities for South Africans to produce their own power and create jobs. If the Bill is passed, she asked if the Competition Commission will ...
Interventions to deal with ownerless and derelict mines: DMRE briefing 20 Nov 2019

Ms C Phillips (DA) said that they were addressing acid mine water but she was concerned about acid leeching, which is a common way of recovering uranium. She asked if it was acid water or radioactive acid water? Were there studies on making mine water potable? There is a need ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development 19 Dec 2019

(a) What total number of parcels of land are still registered as being owned or under the custodianship of the former homelands in each province, (b) where is each land parcel located and (c) what is the total area of said land?
Questions asked to the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy 19 Nov 2019

What number of applications for mining licenses are still pending, (b) on what date was the oldest pending application submitted, (c) what number of the pending applications are from people who are already mining illegally and (d) on what date was the oldest pending application submitted by people mining illegally?
Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 4 Nov 2019

(1)What number of the newly purchased vehicles of the white and yellow fleet of the Rustenburg Local Municipality are registered in the name of a certain company (name furnished) that had been contracted to manage the fleet; (2) what number of the specified vehicles cannot be used by the ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

CONSIDERATION OF BUDGETARY REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION REPORT OF PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON MINERAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY ON VOTE 29 6 Nov 2019

... and for that matter, within the Department of Energy be reviewed. Not only has this resulted in a duplication of effort and in some cases operational paralysis, but it is very costly as well. We need a leaner department and entities that are laser- focused on delivering on their objectives ...
CONSIDERATION OF BUDGETARY REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION REPORT OF PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON MINERAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY ON VOTE 29 6 Nov 2019

Thank you, hon Deputy Speaker. The Department of Mineral Resources has, despite a number of challenges, presented a credible report on its financial and performance status for the 2018-19 financial year. The achievement of a clean audit bears testament to the fact that there has been a significant improvement in ...

All Plenary Appearances

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