Nthako Sam Matiase is a member of the

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. He is a member of the

Economic Freedom Fighters The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is a South African left-wing to far-left pan-Africanist and Marxist–Leninist political party. It was founded by expelled former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema, and hi ...

Political career

A member of the

party, Matiase entered the

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on 21 May 2014 as a replacement for Khumbuza Bavu. 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. Matiase was re-elected in the 2019 general election. He is currently a member of both the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development and the Joint Standing Committee on Defence.

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Economic Freedom Fighters politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 21st-century South African politicians {{EasternCape-politician-stub