Veronica van Dyk
Veronica van Dyk | |
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 Van Dyk at her swearing-in in May 2019 | |
| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| In office 21 May 2014 – 28 May 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Veronica Van Dyk 1 January 1968 |
| Nationality | South African |
| Political 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
[edit]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.[1]
Parliamentary career
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Blog: Ms Veronica Van Dyk (DA)". People's Assembly. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "Ms Veronica Van Dyk". People's Assembly. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ Maimane, Mmusi (5 June 2014). "The DA's shadow cabinet - Mmusi Maimane". Politicsweb. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. 15 May 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ Gerber, Jan (5 June 2019). "Here's the DA's 'shadow cabinet'". News24. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
External links
[edit]- Veronica Van Dyk – Public People
- "Mrs Veronica Van Dyk". Parliament of South Africa. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020.
- Living people
- 1968 births
- Afrikaner people
- Politicians from the Northern Cape
- Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2019–2024
- Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 2014–2019
- Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa
- 21st-century South African women politicians