Nthako Matiase Explained

Nthako Matiase
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Term Start:21 May 2014
Constituency:Eastern Cape
Birthname:Nthako Sam Matiase
Nationality:South African
Party:Economic Freedom Fighters

Nthako Sam Matiase is a member of the National Assembly of South Africa. He is a member of the Economic Freedom Fighters.[1]

Political career

A member of the Economic Freedom Fighters party, Matiase entered the National Assembly on 21 May 2014 as a replacement for Khumbuza Bavu.[2]

During his first term, he was a member of numerous committees, including the Portfolio Committee on Health, the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services and the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform. He was also an alternate member of the Portfolio Committee on Health, the Standing Committee on Finance and the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services.[3]

Matiase was re-elected in the 2019 general election.[4] He is currently a member of both the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development and the Joint Standing Committee on Defence.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mr Nthako Sam Matiase . Parliament of South Africa.
  2. Web site: National Assembly Members . Parliamentary Monitoring Group . 2 December 2020.
  3. Web site: Mr Nthako Sam Matiase . People's Assembly . 2 December 2020.
  4. News: SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures . 2 December 2020 . News24 . 15 May 2019.