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Dianne Kohler Barnard was born on 2 December, 1955 in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, Union of South Africa, is a South African politician. Discover Dianne Kohler Barnard's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?
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68 years old |
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Sagittarius |
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2 December, 1955 |
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2 December |
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Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, Union of South Africa |
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South Africa
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Dianne Kohler Barnard Height, Weight & Measurements
At 68 years old, Dianne Kohler Barnard height not available right now. We will update Dianne Kohler Barnard's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Dianne Kohler Barnard Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Dianne Kohler Barnard worth at the age of 68 years old? Dianne Kohler Barnard’s income source is mostly from being a successful Politician. She is from South Africa. We have estimated Dianne Kohler Barnard's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Dianne Kohler Barnard is a South African politician and former journalist, and a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance (DA).
She was elected to parliament with the DA in 2004, and was initially spokesperson on Arts and Culture.
She was subsequently appointed opposition spokesperson on Health, and was a vocal critic of incumbent Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, particularly over her support for controversial German vitamin salesman Matthias Rath.
Rath attempted to sue Kohler Barnard for describing him as a "charlatan", and also tried to sue newspapers that carried the remark.
Subsequently, Kohler Barnard was appointed as Shadow Minister of Police.
She was also the DA's representative on the SADC observer mission to Zimbabwe for the last two elections in that country.
In October 2015, she was expelled from the party by the DA Federal Executive.
In December 2015, the decision was lifted on appeal to the DA's Federal Legal Commission.
She was born in Port Elizabeth, and currently resides in KwaZulu-Natal, where she represents the Durban South constituency.
Kohler Barnard spent 23 years working as a radio and print journalist.
She ran the KwaZulu-Natal offices of SAfm and also presented/produced the station's afternoon news programme The Editors.
Kohler Barnard is also the former chairperson of the Broadcast, Electronic Media and Allied Workers' Union in KwaZulu-Natal, and was a founder member of the inaugural SABC HIV/Aids Committee.
Kohler Barnard moved to politics in response to increasing state interference in the management of the SABC.
Following a scandal (see below), she was shifted to the position of deputy spokesperson on Public Works in 2015.
Kohler Barnard was almost expelled from the DA in October 2015, when it emerged that she had controversially shared on her Facebook page a post from someone else suggesting that life in South Africa was better under former apartheid President PW Botha.
She deleted it after it was on her site overnight.
It appeared on Twitter as shared by the ANC some weeks later.
Although it had long since been deleted on FB one of the first instructions to Kohler Barnard to delete the post came from former DA leader Helen Zille, who seemed to be under the impression that the post had been shared recently.
Kohler Barnard apologised unreservedly for her action, and was subsequently demoted to the position of shadow Deputy Minister of Public Works.
New DA party leader Mmusi Maimane came under pressure to expel her from the party.
The disciplinary panel apparently recommended that Kohler Barnard be fined R20,000, be removed from all internally elected DA positions, pay for public apologies in 5 newspapers and attend a social media management course at her own expense.
Following this, Kohler Barnard's membership of the DA was terminated by the DA Federal Executive.
She then appealed the decision to the DA Federal Legal Commission, as a result of which her expulsion was suspended for a period of 5 years.
The controversy was alleged to harm the image of the DA, which has been trying to project itself as an anti-apartheid party, and also caused some serious internal tension, as some have viewed the original decisions as harsh.
A media report in 2016 indicated that Kohler Barnard may not have complied with all of the various sanctions placed on her by the due date.
She was returned to the Police portfolio, but this time as Deputy Shadow Minister, in August 2017.
Having previously served as Shadow Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Kohler Barnard was appointed Shadow Minister of State Security on 21 April 2023.
