It further said that Van Damme’s biological father, Mr. Elroy Mayisela, was a Swazi national.
Phumzile Van Damme biography
Recent news have come to disrupt Phumzile’s belief.
According to her birth certificate, she was born outside Nelspruit.
Image: faceook.com, @PhumzileVanDammempSource: Facebook
However, the Sunday Times Newspaper claimed that she was born in Swaziland.
Apparently, there is a good explanation to all this.
Parents
Her mother is known as Lynette Van Damme’s from Hlathikhulu village in Swaziland.
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Her husband, Stian Tvede Karlsen is the kindest man alive.
Phumzile, in her comment stated that she understood how important it was to marry a kind man.
Her comment read, I can testify to this.
Image: facebook.com, @PhumzileVanDammempSource: UGC
I am married to the kindest man I know, he is amazing.
If we were elements I would be fire and he, water.
Clearly then, Stian is an amazing and kind husband.
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After all, Phumzile Van Damme wedding was amazing.
In her own words, she said that her Swazi wedding was the best experience she had.
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In response through her spokesman Marius Redelinghuys.
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She insisted that she was a South African by all standards.
She was also under the impression that she was born outside Nelspruit, as reflected in her birth certificate.
According to this statement, the spokesman implied that Van Damme may not have known of the occurrence.
Image: facebook.com, @phumzilevandammempSource: UGC
He said that her own investigations revealed that she was registered at Home Affairs in Pietermaritzburg in the mid-1990s.
This was because her family was in the group of returning South African.
The mother thus took the advice in good faith and registered her daughter as born in the country.
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She was too scared later on to go back and correct her mistake.
Van Damme is a South African citizen.
Her status is protected by Section 20 of the Constitution.
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She is entitled to South African citizenship regardless, through her biological father and grandparents.
Van Damme and the DA will protect this status vigorously."
The newspaper says that both mother and daughter were warned about the registration in the mid 1990s.
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