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Mina Soma-Lesoma

Mina Soma-Lesoma

Mina Soma-Lesoma, spelled Mina Lesoma in some reports, is a South African ANC politician and former member of parliament.

Party
African National Congress
Political position

Centre · Where sources place the party (African National Congress)
Wikipedia: centre to centre-left (African National Congress)
Ideology: social democracy, South African nationalism

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Daily Maverick describes her as a former MP and lists her among the ANC's possible mayoral candidates for eThekwini. She is named among the ANC's five possible candidates for mayor of eThekwini (Durban) in the 4 November 2026 local elections; the party had not named its final choice by September 2026.

Career

Daily Maverick, in August 2026, describes Soma-Lesoma as a former member of parliament and includes her in the ANC's pool of 42 possible mayoral candidates for its eight metros, announced on 22 August 2026. In September 2026 the same paper names her, as Mina Lesoma, as one of five ANC possible candidates for eThekwini, with Nomusa Dube-Ncube, Meggi Govender, Thabani Nyawose and the incumbent mayor Cyril Xaba. The pages consulted give no dates for her parliamentary service or her party posts.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Daily Maverick · Daily Maverick · Wikipedia

  1. Mina Soma-Lesoma <1%
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Aug 25Sep 18Oct 13

Mayor of eThekwini (Durban)?

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Haniff HoosenCentre35%
Apostle Mxolisi Phakathi29%
Thabani Nyawose17%
Philani Mavundla10%
Mkhuleko HlengwaRight398%
Zandile Hlophe-MkhwanaziLeft7%
Cyril XabaCentre5%
Zandile GumedeLeft651%
Maggie Govender<1%
Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi<1%
Zwakele MncwangoCentre-right47<1%
Mina Soma-LesomaCentre<1%

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