Wendy Philander
Wendy Felecia Philander (née Kaizer) is a South African politician serving as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament since August 2018. She is the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health. She was previously a Member of the Mayoral Committee of the Drakenstein Local Municipality. Philander is a member of the Democratic Alliance. Life and career Philander was born in New York, a suburb of Paarl. She is the youngest daughter of Mary and Jack Kaizer. Her mother died when she was in grade 11. She attended Paulus Joubert Primary School and Paulus Joubert Secondary School. She became a member of the Democratic Alliance in 2008. Philander was elected as a DA ward councillor of the Drakenstein Local Municipality in the 2011 municipal election. After the 2016 municipal election, she became a PR councillor for the DA in the municipality. She served two terms as the Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements and Health during the mayoralties of Gesie van Deventer and Conrad Poole. In August 2018, Philander was sworn in as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, succeeding Lennit Max. She was assigned to serve on the Social Cluster committees. Following the May 2019 general