Veronica van Dyk explained

Veronica van Dyk
Office1:Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start1:21 May 2014
Term End1:28 May 2024
Birthname:Veronica Van Dyk
Birth Date:1 January 1968
Nationality:South African
Party:Democratic Alliance
Profession:Politician

Veronica van Dyk (born 1 January 1968) is a South African politician who served as a Member of the National Assembly from May 2014 until May 2024. A member of the Democratic Alliance, she was the party's deputy shadow minister of sports, arts and culture. Van Dyk served as a ward councillor of the Nama Khoi Local Municipality from 2011 to 2014.

Career

Van Dyk founded a monthly newspaper called Namakwa Kletz and presented a local radio show in the Namaqualand. She also headed Daisy Ubuntu Charity, a non-profit organisation.[1]

Van Dyk joined the Democratic Alliance in 2009. She was elected as a ward councillor of the Nama Khoi Local Municipality in the 2011 municipal elections.

Parliamentary career

Van Dyk was nominated to the National Assembly after the general election on 7 May 2014. She took office as an MP on 21 May 2014.[2] During her first term, she served as a member of the Portfolio Committee on Communications. She was the party's shadow deputy minister of communications.[3]

In May 2019 she was re-elected for a second term.[4] She now serves on the Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts and Culture. She is also the party's shadow deputy minister for that specific portfolio.[5]

Van Dyk did not stand for re-election to Parliament at the 2024 general election.[1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blog: Ms Veronica Van Dyk (DA) . People's Assembly . 9 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200809102549/https://www.pa.org.za/blog/ms-veronica-van-dyk-da . 9 August 2020.
  2. Web site: Ms Veronica Van Dyk . People's Assembly . 9 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190709105658/https://www.pa.org.za/person/veronica-van-dyk/ . 9 July 2019.
  3. News: Maimane . Mmusi . The DA's shadow cabinet - Mmusi Maimane . 9 August 2020 . Politicsweb . 5 June 2014.
  4. News: SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures . 9 August 2020 . News24 . 15 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200809103819/https://www.news24.com/news24/elections/news/see-these-are-the-people-who-will-represent-you-in-parliament-provincial-legislatures-20190515 . 9 August 2020.
  5. News: Gerber . Jan . Here's the DA's 'shadow cabinet' . 9 August 2020 . News24 . 5 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200809104415/https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/heres-the-das-shadow-cabinet-20190605 . 9 August 2020.