Dr Michael Cardo holds a BA (Summa Cum Laude) in English, French and History from the University of Natal, as well as an MPhil and PhD in History from the University of Cambridge, where he attended Trinity College on a Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship.
He joined the political staff of the DA in 2003, and was the party’s National Director of Research between 2004 and 2006. Dr Cardo was awarded a Visiting Research Fellowship at the Helen Suzman Foundation in 2006, during which time he wrote a biography of the former SA Liberal Party leader, Peter Brown "Opening Men’s Eyes: Peter Brown and the Liberal Struggle for South Africa" (Jonathan Ball: 2010).
He returned to the DA as Helen Zille’s speechwriter on the 2009 election campaign. Between 2011 and 2014, Dr Cardo worked in the Policy and Strategy Unit at the Department of the Premier in the Western Cape Government, specialising in social policy and serving as the Director of Policy Research and Analysis. Dr Cardo was elected to Parliament in 2014. He served as the DA Shadow Minister of Economic Development during the Fifth Parliament (2014 - 2019)
Democratic Alliance (DA)
DA Constituency Area: Helderberg
082 323 9296
Member at Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour (National Assembly Committees)
since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament)
since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)
28th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List)
from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Economic Development (National Assembly Committees)
from 25th June 2015 until 7th May 2019
Member at Committee On Auditor-General (Committee)
from 20th June 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament)
from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: Overstrand (Constituency Area)
from 10th May 2014 until December 2017
Member at Standing Committee on Auditor General (National Assembly Committees)
from June 2014 until 23rd November 2015
from 20th June 2014 until 17th September 2015
Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament)
from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
21st Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2014 (Election List)
from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
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2021 committee attendance as mp
93% attendance rate (37 of 40 )
2020 committee attendance as mp
91% attendance rate (29 of 32 )
2019 committee attendance as mp
95% attendance rate (18 of 19 )
2018 committee attendance as mp
96% attendance rate (25 of 26 )
2017 committee attendance as mp
53% attendance rate (9 of 17 )
2016 committee attendance as mp
95% attendance rate (19 of 20 )
2015 committee attendance as mp
83% attendance rate (10 of 12 )
2014 committee attendance as mp
(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)
60% attendance rate (3 of 5 )
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.
Committee meetings are planned events where real-world impactful work happens such as law-making, oversight and public participation - which are all cornerstones of the work our MPs do. Although often citizens focus on the public debate taking place in main chambers, the majority of MPs' time is spent working within committees. Here is a place to see what your committee is saying.
26 Nov 2021
Dr M Cardo (DA) noted that the recommendations focussed on details at the expense of the broader picture. Record-keeping was ...
Dr M Cardo (DA) said the BRRR was sent to Committee Members quite late in the day, and there was ...
Dr M Cardo (DA) referred to the audits of the CF and UIF not being finalised. When would they be ...
Written questions and feedback are essential tools used by MPs for oversight and hold the executive accountable. This oversight mechanism allows MPs’ to extract detailed information that would normally be difficult to comprehend through oral engagement. You can see the questions that your MPs are asking here.
Whether the Special Investigating Unit has uncovered any officials of (a) his department and/or (b) the Unemployment Insurance Fund who ...
(1)Whether a certain person (name and details furnished) will resume the duties he fulfilled before his suspension in 2020; if ...
With regard to the publication in the Government Gazette on 19 October 2021 of a notice enforcing new banking information ...
Plenary sessions are forums that have been created for the purpose of public debate and decision-making. This mechanism is used to convey the messages of our MPs within main chambers on important decisions, like how they vote.
4 Dec 2019
Deputy Speaker, the Department of Employment and Labour isn't working for the unemployed. The official unemployment rate stands at 29,1%; which is the highest in 11 years. Part of the ...
12 Nov 2019
Hon Speaker, the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report of the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour does not adequately grasp - let alone address - the monstrous magnitude of South ...
What are declaration of interests?
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JONATHAN BALL PUBLISHERS |
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Flights and accommodation Washington DC 6-9 September 2019 Conference on defining a new Global Economy. |
Frederich Naumann Foundation |
REMUNERATED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT
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Research Services |
Brent Hurst Press Research Services |
LAND AND PROPERTY
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Flights and accommodation, Washington and Detroit, USA. Study tour on "the future of work", 15-22 September 2018 |
Friedrich Naumann Foundation |
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Flights and Accommodation, Nairobi Kenya (19-22 March 2017) African Young Liberals Retreat |
Westminister Foundation for Democracy |
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Flights And Accommodation Johannesburg, Liberals Workings (09-11 September 2016) |
Friederich Naumann Foundation |
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Allan Gray Pension Preservation /RA Balanced Fund |
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Flights and accomodation - 60th Lib eral International Congress, Mexico [29/10/15 - 1/11/15] |
Friedrich Naumann Foundation |
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Higgovale |
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Allan Gray Pension Preservation Fund |
Private |
TRAVEL
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Sponsored flights and board and lodging to attend Liberal International Conference on Liberalism, Oxford [20/3-22/3/15] |
Friedrich Naumann Foundation |
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Sponsored flights and board to attend conference on Emerging Markets, Buenos Aires [30/11-5/12/14 |
Friedrich Naumann Foundation |
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Starwood |
Discount on hotel accommodation at Starfriend rate, Le Moeidien, Picadilly, UK |
LAND AND PROPERTY
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Apartment |
82sq.m. |
Higgovale |
PENSIONS
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Allan Gray Pension Preservation Fund |
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Gardens, Cape Town |
