PHUMZILE Van Damme has resigned as a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Member of Parliament, the latest high-profile black leader to leave the official opposition party in recent months.
Van Damme served as a member of parliament for at least seven years and was also the spokesperson of the party from 2014 to 2018.
She said in a statement on Thursday that she left the party due to a clique of individuals rather than a “racist party.”
“I leave on my own terms, having made my own decision,” said Van Damme.
“Nonetheless, in a climate of rumours and the need to create heroes and villains, my resignation as an MP is not because the DA is a so-called ‘racist party’ but because of a clique of individuals – and in order not to make the good women and men still in the DA suffer, I will not delve
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