| Cheryl Phillips | |
| Office: | Shadow Deputy Minister on the Standing Committee on the Auditor General |
| Leader: | John Steenhuisen |
| Term Start: | 21 April 2023 |
| Term End: | 28 May 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Patricia Kopane |
| Successor: | Position vacant |
| Office1: | Shadow Deputy Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries |
| Leader1: | John Steenhuisen |
| Term Start1: | 5 December 2020 |
| Term End1: | 21 April 2023 |
| Predecessor1: | Hannah Winkler |
| Successor1: | Annerie Weber |
| Office2: | Shadow Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy |
| Leader2: | John Steenhuisen Mmusi Maimane |
| Term Start2: | 5 June 2019 |
| Term End2: | 5 December 2020 |
| Predecessor2: | Position created (Tandeka Gqada as Shadow Deputy Minister of Energy) |
| Successor2: | Position abolished |
| Office3: | Member of the National Assembly of South Africa |
| Term Start3: | 22 May 2019 |
| Birth Date: | 23 February 1962 |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Party: | Democratic Alliance |
| Occupation: | Member of Parliament |
| Profession: | Politician |
Cheryl Phillips (born 23 February 1962) is a South African politician from the North West who served in the National Assembly from May 2019 until May 2024. A member of the Democratic Alliance, she was the Shadow Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy from June 2019 to December 2020, the Shadow Deputy Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries from December 2020 until April 2023 and the Shadow Deputy Minister of the Standing Committee on the Auditor General from April 2023 until May 2024. Phillips had previously served as a ward councillor in Rustenburg.
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. Phillips was elected as the ward councillor for ward 16 in a by-election in January 2016.[2] [3]
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]
Phillips did not stand for re-election to the National Assembly at the 2024 general election.[8]
Phillips is married and has children.