Pieter van Dalen

Who is Pieter van Dalen?

Pieter van Dalen is a South African politician in the National Assembly of South Africa with the Democratic Alliance.

Van Dalen was born in the town of Kuils River in the Western Cape and attended De Kuilen High School He is a Democratic Alliance member of the Parliament of South Africa and DA Deputy Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises.

When elected a City Of Capetown Councillor in 2006 he immediately started fighting the crime of Copper-theft and started a crack specialized crime fighting unit which was called the copperheads. He was the chairperson of that unit which was highly successful and brought down the thefts of copper from R22 million to just under R500 000.00. http://www.sadelivery.co.za/files/back_issues/delivery/Edition18/copperheads%202302_2.pdf

Pieter is a corruption buster and will attack and expose it wherever it raises its ugly head. He has exposed the Secret Eskom/BHP Billiton secret electricity pricing deal when he revealed the secret ESKOM dossier or report in 2008. There was a huge outcry from the general public about the supply of electricity at below cost of generation when this when South Africa does not even have enough to meet daily demand. http://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-soapbox/bhp-billiton-power-skeletons-rattle-again?sn=2009%20Detail