Baxolile Babongile Nodada (born 2 April 1992) is a South African politician for the Democratic Alliance who has been a Member of Parliament since 2019.
[2] He attended Hudson Park High School in East London, Eastern Cape, where he served on the Representative Council of Learners (RCL).
[10] Nodada supported Steenhuisen's campaign to become party leader for a full term ahead of the DA's Federal Congress on 31 October and 1 November 2020.
[11] Following Steenhuisen's victory, Nodada was promoted to Shadow Minister of Basic Education and Parliamentary Counsellor to the Leader of the Opposition.
[12] On 11 December 2020, Nodada said that the North Gauteng High Court's decision to set aside the rewriting of two leaked matric exam papers painted a "damning picture" of the Department of Basic Education's "incompetence".
[13] On 7 April 2021, Nodada became a non-voting member of the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry, which will determine if Busisiwe Mkhwebane should be removed as Public Protector.