Nomonde Rasmeni

Rachel Nomonde Rasmeni (born 17 April 1957) is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Council of Provinces from 2009 to 2014 and in the North West Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 2009.

[1] From 2004 to 2009, during her third term in office, she also sat on the North West Executive Council under Premier Edna Molewa.

Molewa appointed her to the Executive Council shortly after the 2004 general election, on 30 April 2004, naming her as MEC for Social Development.

[1] The ANC, which was the majority party in Parliament, nominated her to serve as chairperson of the Select Committee on Social Services.

[1] She was South Africa's final resident ambassador to Peru between 2017 and 2021, when the embassy in Lima was permanently closed.