Nocwaka Emsie Lamani (née Vantyi; 19 April 1931 – 17 November 2021) was a South African politician and activist.
Lamani was born on 19 April 1931[1] at Pirie Mission outside King William's Town in the former Cape Province.
[3] In 1953, she left the Cape to enrol for training as a nurse at McCord Hospital in Durban.
[6] However, on 3 July 2001, she was sworn in to a seat in the National Assembly, filling the casual vacancy that arose from Serake Leeuw's resignation.
[3][2] She died on 17 November 2021 in hospital in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) after a long illness.