Education
University of Pretoria.
University of Pretoria.
De Waal was placed third on Delta Tau Alpha"s electoral list ahead of the 2009 general election but lost his seat in the National Assembly after Delta Tau Alpha received enough votes for 2 legislators. He resigned as chairperson of Delta Tau Alpha in March 2010, citing a need to "move on" and make way for a younger generation. Since then he has focused on business operations.
De Waal was born in September 1949 in South Africa, but moved with his family to Namibia in the same year of his birth.
He received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Pretoria in 1971. In that year, de Waal, Barbara Rattay and Pieter Boltman formed the Alliance for Democratic Change, which maintained links with Delta Tau Alpha. In March 2005, the Delta Tau Alpha re-elected de Waal as party chairperson.
While in the National Assembly, de Waal was the party"s main spokesperson for trade and financial affairs
A member of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (Delta Tau Alpha), de Waal was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia from 1994-2010. In 1976, he was a founding member of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance and Secretary of Information. He was a leading member of the Republican Party of Namibia, a member of the alliance, until it broke with the Delta Tau Alpha in 2003.