Niekie van de Berg is a South African

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, formerly a Member of

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with the Democratic Alliance. He served as the DA Shadow Minister of Arts and Culture from 2012 until 2014, when he was succeeded by

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. He is a former talk radio presenter with

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."Manyi faces MPs"
Independent Online, March 16, 2011 Van den Berg announced his resignation from the Democratic Alliance in 2014 and joined the smaller

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Van Den Berg, Niekie Living people Democratic Alliance (South Africa) politicians Freedom Front Plus politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa Year of birth missing (living people)