Nomsa Innocencia Tarabella Marchesi (born 2 July 1970) is a South African politician who, as of August 2023 is Rise Mzansi's Free State Convenor.
[4] Marchesi returned to South Africa to obtain an honors degree in Pharmacology and work as a researcher also at the University of the Free State.
On 21 April 2023, Marchesi became Shadow Deputy Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, and an Additional Member on Police with a focus on gender-based violence.
[6] On 15 August 2023, after 10 years as a representative for the DA, Marchesi resigned, giving up her position as a member of parliament.
[7] Marchesi said that Rise Mzansi's value's more closely aligned with her own and that unlike the DA, it was, in her words, "not a one man show".