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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.

Mashaba's economic pick for Johannesburg is a former diplomat with an unresolved dismissal fight

ActionSA's designated candidate for Johannesburg's economic development portfolio is a former ambassador to Rwanda whose dismissal from a state agency in 2022 was overturned at the CCMA and is still being fought over in the labour courts.

Earlier from Nomsa Dlamini

Politics

Flood-hit Eastern Cape families await housing assessment as Simelane heads to OR Tambo

Politics

High Court sets aside two ARV tender awards, Health Department gets 120 days to re-evaluate

Politics

Johannesburg could fall below 30% for the ANC as analysts see an ANC-DA deal after the local polls

Politics

Four million wait for houses while Ramaphosa opens Cornubia

Politics

KwaZulu-Natal claws back R7.2bn as projected overspend falls 74%

Politics

1,087 police vehicles for high-crime stations days before local elections

Politics

SARS gives employers until Saturday to file EMP501 or face penalties

Politics

Ramokgopa takes the youth jobs plan to Rosebank as the Medium-Term Development Plan comes into focus

Politics

No bidders, no megawatts: Ramokgopa's 2 000MW gas round collapses as four bids fail the test

Politics

SASSA moves November grant dates as election day shuts the payment window

Politics

Ramaphosa sends 510 soldiers into KwaZulu-Natal until the end of November as Durban businesses count the damage

Politics

Water still holds Durban back, Ramaphosa tells Chamber as he praises its role after unrest and floods

Politics

SACP ward candidate shot dead at his Dutywa home nine days before the election

Politics

Ramaphosa tells South Africans to vote, and says he will not tell them who for

Politics

Cape Town mayor: N2 wall is about safety, not racism

Politics

29.2 million voters on the roll, IEC says as local government elections loom

Politics

Agriculture department returns R379.7 million to Treasury while foot and mouth vaccine went unbought

Politics

KZN's rape reports hit 1 820 in three months as Dundee campus opens a room where survivors can stop repeating their story

Politics

Steenhuisen wants R107.5 billion in car parts made here as artisan numbers fall

Politics

CSIR builds tools to spot fake election videos and audio, and wants partners to help

Politics

Madlanga Commission fallout: new 14-member police council to fix SAPS trust deficit

Politics

North West threatens to cut December grants to municipalities that cannot show where the money went

Politics

Ramaphosa takes ANC campaign into eThekwini as MK Party eats into KwaZulu-Natal support

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