Niekie van den Berg

Acting

Biography

Niekie van den Berg is a South African politician, formerly a Member of Parliament with the Democratic Alliance. He served as the DA Shadow Minister of Arts and Culture from 2012 until 2014, when he was succeeded by Winston Rabotapi. He is also a former talk radio presenter with Radio Sonder Grense.

Known For

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Supersterre

Supersterre is an Afrikaans language singing talent show created by South African singer Patricia Lewis and produced by Lewis and her husband Mark Whitfield in which contestants work with a celebrity coach each week and are eliminated by public vote until one winner remains.

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'n Saak van Geloof

Set in the magical Karoo town of Prince Albert the story revolves around forgiveness, acceptance and the meaning of miracles. When Maritjie Naude, an 18 year old farmgirl and the only child of Ella and Kallie the owners of Hoopfontein, comes home on Christmas Eve and tells them that she’s pregnant, it’s enough to shock any parents of a young daughter, but then she drops a real bombshell that will flabbergast not only her mum and dad, but the entire town. Maritjie assures them that she’s still a virgin. The only explanation to her pregnancy – it must be the work of the Holy Spirit!

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Sweet 'n Short

A disgraced sports presenter falls victim to an accidental head trauma and slips into a coma. He awakens months later to find that South Africa was not as he left it, he is now in the New South Africa, and his multimillion-Rand idea has been stolen from beneath him.

Filmography

2011

'n Saak van Geloof

as Dominee Botha

2006

Supersterre

as Judge

1991

Sweet 'n Short

as Police file presenter