Veronica van Dyk

South African politician

Veronica van Dyk MP


Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 May 2014

Personal details
Born	Veronica Van Dyk (1968-01-01) 1 January 1968 (age 56)
Nationality	South African
Political party	Democratic Alliance
Occupation	Member of Parliament
Profession	Politician
Committees	Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts and Culture

Veronica van Dyk (born 1 January 1968) is a South African politician who has served as a Member of the National Assembly since May 2014. A member of the Democratic Alliance, she is 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.^[1]

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]

References

^ ^a ^b "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.