Ms Phumzile Thelma Van Damme

National Assembly

@zilevandamme

About Phumzile Thelma Van Damme

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

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2021 committee attendance as mp

67% attendance rate

Attended 2 meetings out of 3

2020 committee attendance as mp

84% attendance rate

Attended 48 meetings out of 57

2019 committee attendance as mp

62% attendance rate

Attended 13 meetings out of 21

2018 committee attendance as mp

81% attendance rate

Attended 22 meetings out of 27

2017 committee attendance as mp

69% attendance rate

Attended 34 meetings out of 49

2016 committee attendance as mp

74% attendance rate

Attended 32 meetings out of 43

2015 committee attendance as mp

57% attendance rate

Attended 13 meetings out of 23

2014 committee attendance as mp

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

88% attendance rate

Attended 7 meetings out of 8

Attendance Methodology

Recent meetings attended

Communications — SABC & SAPO 2021/22 Annual Performance Plans — 12 May 2021
Communications — Committee resolutions; ICASA & broadcasters on state readiness for 2021 LGE; SABC on Section 189 process — 7 May 2021
Communications — Committee Report on DCDT Quarter 2 Performance; Committee strategic plan — 16 Mar 2021
Communications — USAASA/USAF 2019/20 Annual Report & outstanding matters; with Deputy Minister — 9 Mar 2021
Communications — SABC 2019/20 Annual Report & outstanding issues; Status report on SABC; with Deputy Minister — 23 Feb 2021

All meetings attended

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Currently

Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Communications (National Assembly Committees) since 7th December 2020
Party Whip at National Assembly (Parliament) since 13th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

Member at Portfolio Committee on Communications (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 (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

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
High Level Visit to Germany for Election Day	German Government
Study tour to Brussels and the Hague to learn about the ICC	Friedrich Naumann Foundation

BENEFITS

Source
Avicenna Academy of Leadership

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Study Tour on ICC to Netherlands and Belgium	Friedrich Naumann Foundation

BENEFITS

Source
British Airways
SAA (Airways)

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
SAB	Capoe Town Jazz Festival [1 day pass]	Unknown

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Dialogue Forum: Emerging Markets to represent the DA Forum held in Beunos Aires, Argentina	Friedrich Naumann Stiftung

Committee appearances

Preparation for Committee Strategic Planning Session; Committee Report on Quarter 2 Performance 16 Mar 2021

Ms P Van Damme (DA) expressed her concern on the establishment of a national task team. As there had already been a process in court to determine the matter, she asked Committee Members if those two processes had been parallel and created unnecessary bureaucracy.
SITA on its turnaround plan; Ratification of World Radio Conference 10 Mar 2021

Mr C Mackenzie (DA) tabled an apology for Ms P van Damme (DA). He also noted that the Portfolio Committee on Communications was hardly ever broadcasted on Parliament’s YouTube channel, so he was unsure how people would be watching the meeting. He asked if the Committee Secretary or staff could ...
USAASA/USAF 2019/20 Annual Report & outstanding matters 9 Mar 2021

Ms P Van Damme (DA) asked when the last time the Minister was that she had been present for a meeting, as she tended to join for a short while and then leaves. The Deputy Minister was the one who attended the meetings. She asked the Chairperson to raise this ...
DCDT & entities 2020/21 Quarter 2 performance; ICASA on spectrum auction and litigation 2 Mar 2021

On the SABC, it would be unfair to expect much, but perhaps there would a better performance in Quarters 3 and 4. An important matter had previously been raised by Ms P Van Damme (DA) that the SABC must understand that the Committee did not want the SABC to make ...
SABC 2019/20 Annual Report & outstanding issues; Status report on SABC 23 Feb 2021

Ms P Van Damme (DA) suggested that when dealing with the SABC the Committee needed to be more future-focused. The previous year, the Committee had been bogged down with several meetings discussing the same issues. She requested that they focus on ensuring the SABC was self-sustaining and free from political ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Communications 6 Jan 2021

Whether (a) her department and/or (b) any entities reporting to her sponsored any events over the past two financial years; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, in each case, what (i) was the nature of the specified event, (ii) date was it held, (ii) total ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Communications 28 Dec 2020

Whether her department awarded any tenders to any non-South African companies (a) in the past three financial years and (b) since 1 April 2020; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) is the name of each business to whom the tender was awarded, (b) ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Communications 24 Dec 2020

Whether (a) her department and/or (b) any entities reporting to her sponsored any non-governmental organisations in the past two financial years; if not, what is the position in this regards; if so, for each specified organisation, what (i) was the monetary value of each sponsorship and (ii) were the reasons ...

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Plenary appearances

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL REPLY SOCIAL SERVICES 11 Sep 2019

Deputy Speaker ...
WRC19. 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 whom all must bow.
Her approach and treatment of the SA Broadcasting Corporation, SABC, is indeed of one who considers ...

All Plenary Appearances

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

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