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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>When KwaZulu-Natal’s \u201crally queen\u201d Thembeka Dliwako rubbed shoulders with leaders of different political parties in pursuit of a political home, she not only listened to their manifestos but observed their characteristics.<\/p>\n

Dliwako, dubbed \u201cNomaRally\u201d, topped social media charts earlier this year when she attended the manifesto launch of major parties dressed in their colours.After months of her unconventional political manifesto review strategy in which she managed to make some money from hosting campaigns, she announced ActionSA as her political home on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Her announcement caused a stir on social media as some of her supporters insinuated she was paid to endorse ActionSA. Speaking to TimesLIVE Dliwako dismissed the claims.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not get money to vote for the party. The only money I received from the party was when I was working at their homecoming event. I was also paid when I joined their campaign events in KwaZulu-Natal,\u201d she said.Dliwako said she was impressed by the party\u2019s education plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn their manifesto they promised to improve higher education. They also promised to ensure the rights of students are protected and that students get their funding [NSFAS] on time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe they can uplift the economy of this country. I joined them on their campaign and they talked about ownership of spaza shops by foreign nationals and that they would empower more South Africans to own the stores. KwaZulu-Natal party leader Zwakele Mncwango even donated to a young female entrepreneur who was starting her own shop,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The student from Mnambithi TVET college in Ladysmith said she was impressed by Mncwango, who showed her \u201chumanity\u201d when he bought her family groceries.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was very supportive of me and even came to my home in Pietermaritzburg and bought groceries. Before the elections my aunt was involved in a car accident and he checked up on me and supported me.\u201d Dliwako said she was not afraid of not being booked for events by other parties after announcing her support for Herman Mashaba\u2019s party.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany people say I should have not revealed my support for ActionSA because other parties might not employ me as MC at their events any more. I am OK with that, it is their loss. I am at peace with my decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. When KwaZulu-Natal’s \u201crally queen\u201d Thembeka Dliwako rubbed shoulders with leaders of different political parties in pursuit of a political home, she not only listened to their manifestos but observed their characteristics. Dliwako, dubbed \u201cNomaRally\u201d, topped social media charts earlier this year when she attended the manifesto launch of major parties dressed in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":67296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-67297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\n\u2018They did not pay me\u2019: NomaRally on choosing to vote for ActionSA - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When KwaZulu-Natal's \u201crally queen\u201d Thembeka Dliwako rubbed shoulders with leaders of different political parties in purs ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/they-did-not-pay-me-nomarally-on-choosing-to-vote-for-actionsa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018They did not pay me\u2019: NomaRally on choosing to vote for ActionSA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When KwaZulu-Natal's \u201crally queen\u201d Thembeka Dliwako rubbed shoulders with leaders of different political parties in purs ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/they-did-not-pay-me-nomarally-on-choosing-to-vote-for-actionsa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-31T06:51:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-31T07:35:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/sm_1717128130.674369.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/they-did-not-pay-me-nomarally-on-choosing-to-vote-for-actionsa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/they-did-not-pay-me-nomarally-on-choosing-to-vote-for-actionsa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018They did not pay me\u2019: NomaRally on choosing to vote for ActionSA\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-31T06:51:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-31T07:35:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/they-did-not-pay-me-nomarally-on-choosing-to-vote-for-actionsa\"},\"wordCount\":402,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/they-did-not-pay-me-nomarally-on-choosing-to-vote-for-actionsa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2024\/05\/sm_1717128130.674369.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/they-did-not-pay-me-nomarally-on-choosing-to-vote-for-actionsa#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/they-did-not-pay-me-nomarally-on-choosing-to-vote-for-actionsa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/they-did-not-pay-me-nomarally-on-choosing-to-vote-for-actionsa\",\"name\":\"\u2018They did not pay me\u2019: NomaRally on choosing to vote for ActionSA - 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