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)
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Attended 11 meetings out of 13
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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 |
| Flights And Accommodation Johannesburg, Liberals Workings (09-11 September 2016) | Friederich Naumann Foundation |
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| Allan Gray Pension Preservation /RA Balanced Fund | Private |
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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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| Flat | 82sq.m. | Higgovale |
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| Allan Gray Pension Preservation Fund | Private |
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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 |
| 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 |
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| Apartment | 82sq.m. | Higgovale |
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| Allan Gray Pension Preservation Fund | Private |
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| Flat | 82sq.m. | Gardens, Cape Town |
AGSA Induction briefing; Department, CCMA, Nedlac, ProdSA & UIF Quarter 4 performance 28 Aug 2019
Department of Employment and Labour & entities Quarterly performance 21 Aug 2019
Employment and Labour Budget: Committee Report 5 Jul 2019
Department of Labour 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan 3 Jul 2019
Questions asked to the Minister of Employment and Labour 14 Oct 2019
Questions asked to the Minister of Employment and Labour 29 Jul 2019
Questions asked to the Minister of Economic Development 18 Apr 2019
NOTICES OF MOTION 24 Feb 2015
Hon Deputy Speaker, I hereby give notice that in the next sitting, I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the House -
1) debates the President's discretionary powers for appointment to and removal from public office, noting the recommendation by the Home Affairs Portfolio Committee to appoint President ...
Ndp. 21 Jul 2014
Hon Chairperson, the National Development Plan, NDP, is our roadmap to the future of a society with more jobs and less poverty. And yet, two years after Parliament, Cabinet and broad sections of civil society endorsed the plan, we seem to be stuck on the side of the road.
We ...
