Anna van Wyk

Anna van Wyk is a retired South African politician who represented the National Party and National Party (South Africa)|New National Party] in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2004, serving the Western Cape constituency. She failed to gain re-election in the 2004 South [African general election|2004 general election].

Early life and career

Van Wyk was born on 4 September 1942. She was formerly an adviser to F. W. [de Klerk] while he was leader of the NP.

In South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994, van Wyk was elected to represent the NP in the new National Assembly. After gaining re-election in 1999, she served as the NNP's spokesperson on arts and culture and later on Minister of [Communications and Digital Technologies|communications].
In mid-2000, the Mail & Guardian reported that van Wyk had met with the Inkatha Freedom Party about possibly defecting during the 2003 South African [floor-crossing window period|next floor-crossing window], but van Wyk remained with the NNP. However, in the 2004 general election, the party performed very poorly and she did not secure re-election to her seat.