Sharome van Schalkwyk

Sharome van Schalkwyk
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
5 July 2019 – 28 May 2024
In office
21 May 2014 – 7 May 2019
Personal details
Born
Sharome Renay Van Schalkwyk
Political partyAfrican National Congress
ProfessionPolitician

Sharome Renay van Schalkwyk is a South African politician and a former Member of Parliament for the African National Congress.

Parliamentary career

Van Schalkwyk was placed fourth on the African National Congress's regional Northern Cape list for the general election on 8 May 2014.[1] After the election, she was nominated to the National Assembly of South Africa.[2] Van Schalkwyk was sworn in as a Member of Parliament on 21 May 2014. In June 2014, she became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Labour.[1]

Van Schalkwyk became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Communications on 28 May 2015.[1] She served on the committee until 20 October 2016, when she became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry. She was appointed as the whip for the ANC Study Group on Public Service and Administration in 2018.[3]

Van Schalkwyk stood unsuccessfully for re-election at the May 2019 general election due to the fact that her name was low on the ANC's national list.[1] However, Collen Maine resigned from parliament on 5 July 2019 and the ANC selected Van Schalkwyk to fill his seat.[4] She was sworn in as an MP on the same day. On 19 July, Van Schalkwyk became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure. She became a member of the Standing Committee on Auditor General on 20 August 2019.[1]

She did not stand in the 2024 general election and left parliament.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Ms Sharome Renay Van Schalkwyk". People's Assembly. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ "2014 elections: List of ANC MPs elected to the National Assembly". Politicsweb. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Appointment of Chairpersons and Whips". ANC Parliament. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  4. ^ Van Diemen, Ethan; Tandwa, Lizeka (5 July 2019). "Collen Maine, Zukisa Faku resign as MPs". News24. Retrieved 8 October 2020.