Willem Abraham Stephanus Aucamp is a South African politician from the

Northern Cape The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of the Kgalagadi T ...

. He has been a permanent delegate to the

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since 2019. He is one of six permanent delegates from the Northern Cape and is a member of the Democratic Alliance.

Political career

Aucamp's father was formerly the leader of the

Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging The Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging (Afrikaner Unity Movement) was a small South African political party founded in Pretoria in 1998. It was led by Cassie Aucamp, and based on Afrikaner nationalism. The party participated in the South African general ...

(AEB) but resigned in 2003 to form the National Action (NA). Aucamp joined his father's new party and became its

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provincial leader. However, the NA lost all of its parliamentary representation in the April 2004 general election and was soon dissolved. Aucamp subsequently joined the

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(ANC) with his newlywed wife. He later joined the Democratic Alliance (DA). In 2016, he was elected as a ward councillor of the

Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality is an administrative area in the John Taolo Gaetsewe District of the Northern Cape in South Africa. Segonyana is the Setswana name of a spring, commonly known as Eye of Kuruman. Main places The 2001 census divid ...

. In May 2019, Aucamp was elected to the

. He is one of six permanent delegates from the

. In 2020, he stood for election as leader of the DA's Northern Cape branch. However, when the provincial congress was held on 5 December 2020, he lost the vote to the outgoing provincial chairperson,

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Personal life

Aucamp married New National Party (NNP) spokesperson Carol Johnson in July 2004. The marriage was short-lived as Johnson filed for divorce in September 2004, citing Aucamp's financial status and her not being informed about his child that was born out of wedlock.

References

External links

Willem Abraham Stephanus Aucamp – People's AssemblyMr Willem Abraham Stephanus Aucamp – Parliament of South Africa
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aucamp, Willie Living people Members of the National Council of Provinces People from Thabazimbi Local Municipality Politicians from Limpopo People from Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality Politicians from the Northern Cape Afrikaner people Year of birth missing (living people) Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians