Jóhni Steenkamp

Jóhni Steenkamp
MPL
Steenkamp in 2019
Member of the North West Provincial Legislature
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 June 2024
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
21 May 2014 – 7 May 2019
Personal details
Born (1987-02-13) 13 February 1987
PartyDemocratic Alliance
EducationPotchefstroom Gimnasium
Alma materNorth-West University
ProfessionPolitician

Johanna Steenkamp (born 13 February 1987) is a South African politician who has been a member of the North West Provincial Legislature since June 2024, representing the Democratic Alliance. She had previously served as a councillor in the JB Marks Local Municipality from 2021 until 2024 where she was DA caucus leader. Steenkamp was a Member of Parliament between 2014 and 2019.

Early life and education

Steenkamp was born on 13 February 1987 and grew up in Potchefstroom in the present-day North West Province of South Africa.[1][2] She matriculated from Potchefstroom Gimnasium and graduated from North-West University in Potchefstroom.[1]

Political career

Steenkamp joined the Democratic Alliance in 2009 and worked at the party's provincial headquarters as a media manager.[1] In the 2011 municipal elections, she was elected as the ward councillor for ward 22 in the Tlokwe Local Municipality centered around Potchefstroom. When the DA briefly gained control of the municipality in 2012 and 2013, Steenkamp served in the mayoral committee, initially as the member responsible for the transversal issues portfolio and later for the housing portfolio.[1]

Steenkamp was elected to represent the DA in the National Assembly of South Africa in the 2014 general election.[3] After the election, shhe was appointed to serve on the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs.[4] During a debate on Youth Day in the National Assembly, Steenkamp called for the leadership of the National Youth Development to be dismissed, which the NYDA subsequently condemned in a statement.[5][6]

In October 2015, Steenkamp was promoted to Shadow Minister of Environmental Affairs by the DA Leader Mmusi Maimane.[7] Steenkamp was placed low on the DA's candidate lists for the 2019 general election and was not elected to return to Parliament following the election.[4]

Steenkamp was elected the ward councillor for ward 7 in the JB Marks Local Municipality in the 2021 municipal election. The DA caucus on the council elected her as caucus leader.[8] She was later elected to the North West Provincial Legislature in the 2024 provincial election. The DA caucus leader in the legislature, Freddy Sonakile appointed her as chief whip of the party's caucus and spokesperson for both the economic development, environment, conservation, and tourism and agriculture and rural development portfolios, respectively.[8]

In February 2026, Steenkamp said that there was "no clear or transparent process" about hiking the entrance fees at provincial nature reserves in the North West.[9] She described the 2026 State of the Province Address held later that month as heavily focused on the municipal portfolio and further said that "you can see it’s an election year we are in."[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "DA North West proudly introduces its candidates for the 2019 Elections". Democratic Alliance - North West. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  2. ↑ "Provincial Candidates List" (PDF). Electoral Commission of South Africa. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "2014 elections: List of DA MPs elected to the National Assembly | Politicsweb". www.politicsweb.co.za. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  4. 1 2 "Johanna Steenkamp". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  5. ↑ "NYDA under fire in Parliament". OFM. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  6. ↑ "The NYDA condemns the irresponsible attacks by Johanna Steenkamp and the DA | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  7. ↑ "DA's Kohler Barnard demoted". OFM. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  8. 1 2 "The Democratic Alliance in the North West announces its portfolio spokespersons". Democratic Alliance - North West. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  9. ↑ OFM. "New tariffs at park in North West spark debate over public access". OFM. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  10. ↑ "North West Sopa labeled 'too little, too late'". OFM. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
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