Cheryl Phillips

National Assembly

@Cheryl4Ward16

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.

2021 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 1 meeting out of 1

2020 committee attendance as mp

89% attendance rate

Attended 34 meetings out of 38

2019 committee attendance as mp

88% attendance rate

Attended 22 meetings out of 25

Attendance Methodology

Recent meetings attended

Environment, Forestry and Fisheries — DEFF, SANBI, SANParks, Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority & SAWS 2019/20 Annual Reports — 26 Jan 2021
Mineral Resources and Energy — DMRE on financial sustainability of SDT, SADPMR & NNR; Petro SA Refinery Oversight Report — 25 Nov 2020
Mineral Resources and Energy — State Diamond Trader on challenges in the diamond sector — 24 Nov 2020
Mineral Resources and Energy — Update by DMRE on developments relating to the Ketlaphela State Owned Pharmaceutical Company — 18 Nov 2020
Mineral Resources and Energy — Derelict and Ownerless Mines (including the rehabilitation of asbestos mines): DMRE briefing — 17 Nov 2020

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

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Committee appearances

DMRE on financial sustainability of SDT, SADPMR & NNR; Petro SA Refinery Oversight Report 25 Nov 2020

Ms C Phillips (DA) asked whether the omission of the Auditor-General’s (AG) reports from the presentations was because the audit process had not yet been completed. If the entities have been audited, she requested copies of the Auditor General’s report
State Diamond Trader on challenges in the diamond sector; Correspondence from Hon Mileham 24 Nov 2020

The Chairperson welcomed his apology and said Ms C Phillips (DA) made the Committee aware of his problem.
State Diamond Trader on challenges in the diamond sector; Correspondence from Hon Mileham 24 Nov 2020

Ms C Phillips (DA) thanked the SDT for the presentation. In addition to the statistics presented on the ranking of South Africa as a diamond producer, she asked if it was possible to narrow it down to which top category South Africa was globally, and what percentage of diamonds in ...
Update by DMRE on developments relating to the Ketlaphela State Owned Pharmaceutical Company 18 Nov 2020

Ms C Phillips (DA) was concerned about the direction that Mintek is taking – the focusing on research of medical tests which is consuming their time, where their main purpose is on mineral technology. She said she hopes that they are still covering that platform.
Derelict and Ownerless Mines (including the rehabilitation of asbestos mines): DMRE briefing 17 Nov 2020

Ms C Phillips (DA) said she had visited three of the asbestos mines in the Malipsdrift area, and two were supposedly rehabilitated and one had not been rehabilitated at all. There were still open shafts in those mines as well, and if the Department was not aware of them, she ...

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Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation 17 Dec 2020

On what date will the (a) eight new boreholes in Redirele, Derby, in the North West be electrified and provide water to the community and (b) pumps at the existing two boreholes be replaced and/or repaired?
Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation 4 Nov 2020

(1)With regard to the Seraleng Housing Project situated along the Z543 Meriting, Rustenburg, GPS co-ordinates -25.592018, 27.254960, what is the (a) name of the company to whom her department awarded the tender to build the houses, (b) total number of houses that were planned for the specified project and (c) ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation 4 Nov 2020

(1)With regard to the Seraleng Housing Project situated along the Z543 Meriting, Rustenburg, GPS co-ordinates -25.592018, 27.254960, (a) what is the total amount her department paid for the specified project, (b) what is the name of the person into whose bank account her department paid the money and (c) will ...

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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 ...
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 ...

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