Formerly: National Assembly
Ms Van Damme majored in Political Science and Law at Rhodes University. She joined the DA as a political staffer a few months after the 2009 election and worked as a DA staffer both for the party and DA-run governments for five years largely in research and media. She is the former Head of Parliamentary Research and Communications for the DA. She was elected to Parliament in 2014 and, during this time, served as Shadow Minister of Communications.
Ms Van Damme resigned as a member of the National Assembly on the 20th of May 2021. She resigned from the Democratic Alliance on 26 June 2021.
For more information about this Member, please read about her in this blog post.
Democratic Alliance (DA)
Not associated with any constituency offices
None available.
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)
until 26th June 2021
Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies (National Assembly Committees)
from 7th December 2020 until 20th May 2021
Party Whip at National Assembly (Parliament)
from 13th June 2019 until 20th May 2021
Member at National Assembly (Parliament)
from 22nd May 2019 until 20th May 2021
Member at Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies (National Assembly Committees)
from 27th June 2019 until 7th December 2020
Member at Ad Hoc Committee on the South African Broadcasting Corporation Board Inquiry (Ad Hoc Committees)
from 10th November 2016 until 7th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies (National Assembly Committees)
from 15th October 2015 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament)
from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring & Evaluation (National Assembly Committees)
from 17th September 2015 until 8th December 2016
Member at Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises (National Assembly Committees)
from 20th June 2014 until 8th December 2016
Member at Ad Hoc Committee to nominate a person for appointment of Public Protector (Ad Hoc Committees)
from 26th May 2016 until 30th August 2016
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: Mitchells Plain 2 (Constituency Area)
from June 2014 until 2016
Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament)
from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
19th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2014 (Election List)
from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
Fetching the latest messages to Phumzile Thelma Van Damme …
Committee meetings are planned events where real-world impactful work happens such as law-making, oversight and public participation - which are all cornerstones of the work our MPs do. Although often citizens focus on the public debate taking place in main chambers, the majority of MPs' time is spent working within committees. Here is a place to see what your committee is saying.
Ms P Van Damme (DA) agreed that the DA did not agree to these alternate TV licence fees when considering ...
SABC & SAPO 2021/22 Annual Performance Plans
12 May 2021
Ms P van Damme (DA) stated that it was comforting to hear that the SABC could be breaking even in ...
Ms P Van Damme (DA) noted discontent at the Minister’s absence from Committee meetings. She asked for a strongly worded ...
Written questions and feedback are essential tools used by MPs for oversight and hold the executive accountable. This oversight mechanism allows MPs’ to extract detailed information that would normally be difficult to comprehend through oral engagement. You can see the questions that your MPs are asking here.
Whether (a) her department and/or (b) any entities reporting to her sponsored any events over the past two financial years; ...
Whether her department awarded any tenders to any non-South African companies (a) in the past three financial years and (b) ...
Whether (a) her department and/or (b) any entities reporting to her sponsored any non-governmental organisations in the past two financial ...
Plenary sessions are forums that have been created for the purpose of public debate and decision-making. This mechanism is used to convey the messages of our MPs within main chambers on important decisions, like how they vote.
10 Jul 2019
Hey, she said so. Princess Stella's attitude was unfortunately not limited to the red carpet. It became patently clear that the Minister thought herself to be a fairytale princess to ...
What are declaration of interests?
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Study Tour on Disinformation |
Friedrich Naumann Foundation |
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Lounge Access and Platinum Travel Card |
BA & SAA |
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Gathering of CEO’s and Public Figures. Value:unknown |
Deloitte CEO kikao |
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High Level Visit to Germany for Election Day |
German Government |
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Study tour to Brussels and the Hague to learn about the ICC |
Friedrich Naumann Foundation |
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Avicenna Academy of Leadership |
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Study Tour on ICC to Netherlands and Belgium |
Friedrich Naumann Foundation |
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British Airways |
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Capoe Town Jazz Festival [1 day pass] |
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Dialogue Forum: Emerging Markets to represent the DA Forum held in Beunos Aires, Argentina |
Friedrich Naumann Stiftung |