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Nevie Aubrey Baartman (born 4 October 1958) is a South African politician from the Northern Cape. He is the provincial leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and an EFF representative in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature. He was previously a senior provincial African National Congress (ANC) member.
Political career
Baartman was formerly a member of the ANC. He joined the party in the 1990s and served in multiple party structures. He served as Mayor of the Namaqualand District Municipality and regional secretary of the party's Namakwa region. He was a member of the National Executive Committee of theSouth African Football Association (SAFA).
Baartman soon joined the EFF, when the party was formed in 2013. He became the inaugural provincial leader of the party.Prior to his election to the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature in 2014, he served as municipal manager of the Nama Khoi Local Municipality. He took office as an MPL in May 2014.
He was later on, in 2016, accused of committing fraud during his tenure as the municipal manager. Baartman rubbished these claims.
Baartman was re-elected to a second term as MPL in the 2019 South African general election.