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Dudu Zuma Phumzile Van Damme Thuli Madonsela
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‘You’re stupid’: Van Damme calls out Dudu Zuma for trolling Madonsela

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Van Damme defends ridiculed Sol Plaatjie Municipality spokesperson

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‘Legalise it!’ – Phumzille Van Damme backs cannabis bill amendments

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‘You’re stupid’: Van Damme calls out Dudu Zuma for trolling Madonsela

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Van Damme defends ridiculed Sol Plaatjie Municipality spokesperson

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‘Legalise it!’ – Phumzille Van Damme backs cannabis bill amendments

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Van Damme backs Baloyi on DA exit: ‘It DID become extremely toxic’

By Thabo Baloyi30-01-2022 15:13

Like Bongani Baloyi, Phumzile Van Damme herself had resigned from the DA as she wasn’t happy with how the party was being run

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‘DA became mini-Trump cult’ – Phumzile Van Damme blasts former party

By Tom Head13-01-2022 11:34

Phumzile Van Damme has not held back on Thursday: She’s lifted the lid on her final few days inside the allegedly ‘cult-like’ DA.

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Phumzile Van Damme brands Gareth Cliff, John Steenhuisen ‘losers’

By Thabo Baloyi23-10-2021 14:11

Ex-DA MP Phumzile Van Damme has become the latest to weigh in on Gareth Cliff and John Steenhuisen’s racism debate

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‘Steenhuisen, Mazzone will be the death of the DA’ – Phumzile Van Damme

By Tom Head04-10-2021 10:51

Phumzile Van Damme has revealed that her running battles with the DA, John Steenhuisen, and Natasha Mazzone led to panic attacks – and a PTSD diagnosis.

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Phumzile Van Damme blasts DA for ‘irresponsibly chasing anti-vax votes’

By Tom Head14-09-2021 11:27

As we head into the 2021 Local Elections, Phumzile Van Damme will be monitoring SA’s politicians in her new role – starting with a very familiar face.

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South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Thursday 26 August 2021

By Adrian Ephraim26-08-2021 06:00

In the latest news in South Africa on Thursday 26 August 2021, former DA MP Phumzile van Damme spilled the beans on why she left the opposition party.

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Phumzile van Damme: Ex-MP ‘exposes’ DA, reveals why she REALLY left

By Thabo Baloyi25-08-2021 15:12

Former DA MP Phumzile van Damme has singled out leader John Steenhuisen and chief whip Natasha Mazzone – and she has the receipts

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‘Bachelorette’ baecation: Qiniso and Gareth’s Kenyan getaway [photos]

By Alicia Naidoo22-07-2021 13:17

‘Bachelorette SA’ couple Qiniso van Damme and Gareth Ehret soak up the sun on Diani Beach in Kenya. Here’s a look at their baecation.

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‘Choosing a new path’: Phumzile van Damme terminates DA membership

By Thabo Baloyi27-06-2021 06:54

News of Phumzile van Damme terminating her DA membership comes just months after she resigned as a Member of Parliament

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Phumzile van Damme sends warning to ‘Bachelorette’ Qiniso’s boyfriend

By Alicia Naidoo31-05-2021 13:24

First-ever ‘The Bachelorette SA’ Qiniso Van Damme gave away her final rose…Here is what her big sister, Phumzile van Damme, had to say.

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Phumzile van Damme: ‘I remain a member of the DA’

By Thabo Baloyi21-05-2021 10:47

Phumzile Van Damme is setting the record straight, clarifying that while she no longer serveS in Parliament, she remains a member of the DA

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‘Clique of individuals’: Why Phumzile van Damme quit the DA

By Thabo Baloyi21-05-2021 06:00

Phumzile van Damme has become the latest prominent black member to leave the DA, following the likes of Mmusi Maimane and Herman Mashaba

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Just in: Phumzile Van Damme resigns as DA MP

By Thabo Baloyi20-05-2021 19:14

Phumzile Van Damme has admitted that the decision to leave the DA was not an easy one and has no plans of joining another political party

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Steenhuisen did not make sabbatical optional, says Van Damme

By Thabo Baloyi07-12-2020 06:19

Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Phumzile Van Damme said she would be challenging leader John Steenhuisen’s decision to grant her a sabbatical, despite her having not asked for it

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‘All of us to blame for SABC collapse,’ Ndabeni-Abrahams tells MPs

By Thabo Baloyi02-12-2020 06:32

Members of Parliament lashed out at Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams over the current state of the SABC, which is in the process of shedding 400 jobs

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DA lashes out at Ndabeni-Abrahams over SABC board resignation

By Thabo Baloyi25-09-2020 14:01

The Democratic Alliance (DA) said Parliament needs to intervene, to avoid another crisis at the SABC

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Van Damme to EFF’s Shivambu: ‘You are trash, a bottom feeder’

By Thabo Baloyi09-09-2020 07:52

DA MP Phumzile Van Damme has come to former public protector Thuli Madonsela, after the EFF’s deputy president launched a scathing attack on her

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Shivambu hits back at Phumzile Van Damme over Clicks prescription

By Thabo Baloyi08-09-2020 09:44

DA MP Phumzile Van Damme had said she couldn’t pick up her medication at Clicks, due to the shutdown

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The DA Purge? Phumzile Van Damme ‘in the dark’ over internal charges

By Tom Head06-09-2020 09:47

Phumzile Van Damme has been left dumbfounded this weekend, only learning about the internal party charges filed against her via the media.

STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS
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Failure to communicate: Stella on blast for ‘parliamentary disdain’

By Dan Meyer20-07-2020 13:12

The DA’s Phumzille van Damme has been blocked by Ndabeni-Abrahams on Twitter after she slammed the minister’s poor communication skills.

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DA wars: Phumzile van Damme blasts Helen Zille for ‘terrorising’ members

By Tom Head24-06-2020 11:45

Helen Zille’s casual remarks about Phumzile van Damme did not fly under the radar, and both DA members have sparked a very public war of words.

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SA’s fake news fiasco: Tech minister accused of ‘sleeping at the wheel’

By Tom Head06-04-2020 14:31

The fight against fake news has been a tough one since we entered lockdown, and Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has been blamed for its rise.

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Phumzile van Damme’s sister to bat her eyelashes in ‘The Bachelor SA’

By Bernice Maune14-02-2020 20:00

The exciting reality show will air on M-Net at 7pm every Thursday.

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Gwen Ngwenya defends the DA and blasts Mmusi Maimane on Twitter

By Buhle Lindwa24-10-2019 13:45

“Many black people who joined before him will stay to see that project through.”

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Phumzile van Damme shoots down claims of DA ‘black exodus’

By Andile Sicetsha24-10-2019 11:36

There is no such thing as a black exodus in the DA, Phumzile van Damme claims.

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