Veronica van Dyk

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Veronica van Dyk
MP
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Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
21 May 2014
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Veronica Van Dyk

(1968-01-01) 1 January 1968 (age 54)
NationalitySouth African
Political party Democratic Alliance
OccupationMember of Parliament
ProfessionPolitician
CommitteesPortfolio 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.

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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]

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References

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