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Nomsa Dlamini

Nomsa Dlamini is the Political Editor and covers the national government, Parliament, the parties and the election, including the promises they make and whether the record matches them.

Earlier from Nomsa Dlamini

Politics

IEC results leaderboard goes live as 2026 local election count continues

Politics

MK Party sends Duduzane Zuma to the ROC as the votes are counted

Politics

MK Party puts Duduzane Zuma in front of the cameras as election results come in

Politics

MK Party: water tankers are a patch, not a plan

Politics

MK Party sends Duduzane Zuma to eThekwini wards as it courts frustrated voters

Politics

MK Party promises 400,000 jobs in Durban in two years

Politics

MK Party says water tankers are a patch, not a fix, as Duduzane Zuma takes up the taps

Politics

ANC holds Buffalo City as UDM surges and EFF halves, election projections show

Politics

MK Party thanks its ground forces after first local elections, as Mtshali Makhubu hails campaign sacrifices

Politics

One in ten votes counted as South Africa waits on 2026 local election results

Politics

Government explains what ward councillors do as voters head to the polls

Politics

Municipal elections: government thanks South Africans for voting, urges respect for results

Politics

IEC to voters: spot a fake election claim online, send it to Real411

Politics

South Africans turned out in large numbers to vote, and government says thank you

Politics

ActionSA camp out at the results centre as the count comes in

Politics

DA projects it will cross a million black votes and beat the EFF

Politics

ANC takes three councils as PA turns 4.41% of votes into 26 seats

Politics

18% of votes counted: IEC races through 4,267 voting districts

Politics

ANC controls three councils as PA turns 4.41% of the vote into 26 seats

Politics

IEC sets 8 November for official 2026 local election results

Politics

EFF tells voters there is no middle ground and calls itself the only party fighting for the poor

Politics

ANC's last-hour election push: "Each one, bring one" as polls close at 9pm

Politics

ANC tells South Africans to "stand up, show up" and vote in 2026

Nomsa Dlamini files to the Politics section. The other editors are in The Editors' Room.