Former DA MP Phumzile Van Damme reveals why she quit the DA.
In a remarkable series of tweets, Van Damme lashed out at the DA and revealing the “trauma” she suffered while still with the party. She said the reasons she quit was because of party leader John Steenhuisen, Natasha Mazzone and her husband Kevin Mileham.“To make it clear: Steenhuisen & Mazzone are the reasons I quit. I could not exist in the same space as them. I could not have my name associated with them. They will be the death of the DA.
The incident that took place at V&A Waterfront in 2019 which the DA investigated and cleared Van Damme remains traumatic, and she is not yet recovered as revealed by her tweets. Her tweets seem to have come after her interaction with Renaldo Gouws, a DA member from Nelson Mandela Bay. Gouws bullied a UCT student Jesse Griesel contesting elections under the EFF Student Command banner. It seems Gouws does not believe white people should be joining the EFF. He accused Van Damme of assaulting someone bringing up the Waterfront incident.
Van Damme also opened up about her mental health following incidents at the National Assembly that involved EFF member Nazier Paulsen who she says threatened to beat her after she intervened in what could have been a physical fight between him, Paulsen and Mileham. She detailed how the party failed to protect her and instead questioned her doctor’s diagnosis.
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