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Ntombi Nama

Ntombi Nama

Nontombi (Ntombi) Nama is a South African politician of the African National Congress (ANC), where she serves as regional secretary of the ANC Women's League and deputy secretary of the party's regional executive committee in Nelson Mandela Bay.

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, African nationalism, non-racialism

<1%Probability · Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth)?

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Media reported in 2026 that she was close to the incumbent mayor in the ANC's nominations race. She is named among the possible contenders for Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay in the 2026 local government election.

Career

Nama holds two posts in the ANC's Nelson Mandela Bay structures: regional secretary of the ANC Women's League and deputy secretary of the regional executive committee, as The Herald reported in May 2026. The same report said she was neck-and-neck with incumbent mayor Babalwa Lobishe in the nominations race, but that she was not among the three names the region submitted to the party's national leadership, which were Lobishe, Wandisile Jikeka and Buyelwa Mafaya. In August 2026 reporting on the ANC's 42-name shortlist for eight metros, she and Xolani Vela appeared as Nelson Mandela Bay contenders.

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

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Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth)?

OutcomeLeft – RightProbability
Retief OdendaalCentre-right46%
Andile Lungisa22%
Babalwa LobisheCentre10%
Sinawo Thambo6%
Xolani VelaCentre5%
Wandisile Jikeka4%
Siva Pillay2%
Ntombi NamaCentre<1%
Bulelwa Mafaya<1%

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