Daniels is from the Northern Areas of Gqeberha.[1] He was elected to the Nelson Mandela Bay municipal council in 2016 as the Patriotic Alliance won one proportional representation seat.[2]
In August 2017, Daniels was appointed as the member of the Mayoral Committee responsible for Public Health by Mayor Athol Trollip.[3] He did not serve in the position for long as the PA announced its withdrawal from the coalition the following month due to a dispute over which party would get the position of deputy mayor.[4] He returned to the mayoral committee in June 2019 after mayor Mongameli Bobani appointed him MMC for economic development, tourism and agriculture.[5] Daniels was not on the PA list for the 2021 municipal elections and left council.[6]
In October 2022, Daniels was sworn in as a councillor of the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality. After his swearing-in, he said that he had apologised to the minister of basic education Angie Motshekga for a second time after he called her a "bitch".[7]
After the resignations of multiple Patriotic Alliance MPs in October 2024, Daniels was sworn in as a member of the National Assembly of South Africa in November 2024.[1]