DA mourns loss of provincial parliamentarian, Pine Pienaar

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

Democratic Alliance MPL, Pine Pienaar, has died.

DA Eastern Cape leader, Athol Trollip, says Pienaar died last night after a long battle with cancer.

He says Pienaar's passing will leave a tremendous void in the DA.

The DA is deeply shocked at the news of the passing of one of its most senior and prominent public representatives. Pine Pienaar has served his community and party in many different positions, he served as a DA councillor in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro and in the Provincial Legislature for the past ten years.

He has performed services for all the people of Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage and Despatch as a councillor and all the people of the province as an MPL. He will be remembered especially for his sterling work in the portfolios that he served with passionate energy: roads, transport and sport.