Phumzile van Damme

Phumzile Van Damme (born 20 July 1983) is a Democratic Alliance Member of the National Assembly of South Africa who was elected at the 2014 South African general election. She is the Shadow Communications Minister and is a former Spokesperson for the Democratic Alliance.[1][2] She was educated at Lyttelton Manor High School and graduated from Rhodes University in 2007.[3]

The Honourable Phumzile Van Damme MP
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2014
Shadow Minister of Communications
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 October 2015
Preceded by	Gavin Davis
National Spokesperson of the Democratic Alliance
In office 6 May 2014 – 14 February 2018
Preceded by	Mmusi Maimane
Personal details
Born	(1983-07-20) 20 July 1983 Manzini, Swaziland
Political party	Democratic Alliance
Alma mater	Rhodes University

As spokesperson of the Democratic Alliance she claimed that Bell Pottinger tried to divide and conquer South Africans by abusing racial tensions in a bid to keep controversial South African President Jacob Zuma and his party, the African National Congress (ANC), in power despite ongoing reports of "State Capture" by the Gupta family.[4] Bell Pottinger were subsequently expelled from the Public Relations and Communications Association in September 2017.[5]

References

1. "DA not done yet with Bell Pottinger". News24. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
2. "PR firm Bell Pottinger failed in 'race hate' campaign". BBC News. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
3. "PHUMZILE VAN DAMME". Who's Who of Southern Africa. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
4. "Bell Pottinger probed for stoking racial tension in SA". Sunday Times (South Africa). 4 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
5. "Bell Pottinger expelled from trade body for South African campaign". BBC News. Retrieved 7 September 2017.

Party political offices
Preceded by Mmusi Maimane	National Spokesperson of the Democratic Alliance 2014–present	Succeeded by Incumbent