Annelize van wyk biography
Annelizé van Wyk (born 24 August ) is a South African politician who served in the National Assembly from to , excepting a brief hiatus in She represented the United Democratic Movement (UDM) until April , when she crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC)..
Ms van Wyk was born in Pretoria.
Annelizé van Wyk
South African politician (born )
Not to be confused with Anna van Wyk.
Annelizé van Wyk (born 24 August ) is a South African politician who served in the National Assembly from to , excepting a brief hiatus in She represented the United Democratic Movement (UDM) until April , when she crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC).
She chaired the Portfolio Committee on Police from to
During apartheid, van Wyk was a military intelligence officer in the South African Defence Force and a supporter of the governing National Party (NP). She represented the NP in the post-apartheid Gauteng Provincial Legislature from until , when she left to become a founding member of the UDM.
Early life and career
Van Wyk was born on 24 August [1] in Pretoria in the former Transvaal.[2] She is Afrikaans.[3] Her father was a correctional services officer – he personally drove Nelson Mandela from Pretoria to Cape Town for incarceratio