Mr Nthako Sam Matiase

National Assembly

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Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)

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Constituency Offices

Not associated with any constituency offices

Province

Eastern Cape

About Nthako Sam Matiase

What is your political background? My political awareness and activism started around 1988 in Bloemfontein at Botshabelo as a student activist in the Botshabelo Students Congress (BOSCO). BOSCO later became an affiliate of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS). In 1989 I joined the Botshabelo Youth Congress (BOYCO) which was an affiliate of the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO). More...

2019 committee attendance as mp

87% attendance rate

Attended 13 meetings out of 15

2018 committee attendance as mp

92% attendance rate

Attended 24 meetings out of 26

2017 committee attendance as mp

59% attendance rate

Attended 37 meetings out of 63

2016 committee attendance as mp

35% attendance rate

Attended 32 meetings out of 91

2015 committee attendance as mp

30% attendance rate

Attended 17 meetings out of 56

2014 committee attendance as mp

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

92% attendance rate

Attended 22 meetings out of 24

Attendance records reflect Committee not Plenary Attendance
Minister/Deputy Minister attendance is not compulsory.
MP attendance is compulsory unless an apology is given
MPs are recorded as absent whether they have, or have not submitted apologies.
This is not the official committee attendance record of Parliament.
Plenary Attendance is not made public by Parliament although it has been requested.

Recent meetings attended

Defence and Military Veterans — DOD and DMV 2019 Quarter1 perfomance; Report back on Committee recommendations in 2019 budget Report — 18 Sep 2019
Defence — South African Air Force & Navy budget and capacity constraints — 12 Sep 2019
Defence and Military Veterans — Programmes to deliver services to Military Veterans & their beneficiaries; with Minister — 11 Sep 2019
Defence and Military Veterans — Introductory briefings by Military Ombud, Defence Force Service Commission & Reserve Force Council; AGSA Training — 21 Aug 2019
Defence and Military Veterans — Civil-military relations in South Africa; with Minister — 20 Aug 2019

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Joint Standing Committee on Defence (Joint Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) (Party)

Formerly

13rd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
13rd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Eastern Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
13rd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
13rd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Mpumalanga Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
13rd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional Limpopo Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
13rd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
13rd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
13rd Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters Regional North West Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform (National Assembly Committees) from 30th October 2017 until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services (National Assembly Committees) from 30th October 2017 until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Standing Committee on Finance (National Assembly Committees) from 5th May 2016 until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Health (National Assembly Committees) from 7th May 2015 until 7th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services (National Assembly Committees) from 14th September 2016 until 30th October 2017
Member at Portfolio Committee on Health (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 7th May 2015
14th Candidate at Economic Freedom Fighters National Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nature	Name of Company	No	Nominal Value
Ordinary	Sasol	Sasol Inzalo	%

LAND AND PROPERTY

Location	Extent	Description
Pellissier, Bloemfontein	Residence	House

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Private residence	Normal	Pellissier, Bloemfontein

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	Name of Company	Nature
R1.00	Sasol Inzalo	Shares

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location
Residential erf	Bloemfontein

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

No	Name of Company	Nature
100%	Boraro Funeral Service [CC]	Community service
	MTN [Asonge]	Group Shares

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Location
Residential plot	Bloemfontein

Committee appearances

Election of Co-Chairperson; Employment of members of SANDF in service in co-operation with SAPS 25 Jul 2019

Mr S Matiase (EFF) said Members were happy that the Committee finally sat. He welcomed the deployment of the military. However, he lamented that should not be the solution. Government needs to deal with the core socio-economic conditions of our people which breed the kind of conditions that led to ...
Defence and Military Veterans Budget: Committee Report 10 Jul 2019

Mr N Matiase (EFF) pointed out that there had been a drastic reduction in the Military budget allocation and expenditure. The total was currently, approximately R48 billion, which represented about 1.1% of the total GDP. This was minute in contrast to the R213 billion (about 15% of the GDP ...
Department of Defence, DMV, Armscor & Castle Control Board 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan 3 Jul 2019

Mr N Matiase (EFF) said that there needed to be transformation within the military. He referred in particular to the socio-economic responsibility the military had, which may fall outside of its core mandate. He shared a story of himself as a young man in the mid-80s, and recalled how the ...
Election of Chairperson 2 Jul 2019

Mr S Matiase (EFF) suggested there should be a workshop to orientate Members on the Department and its entity components and on what should be anticipated in terms the work of the Committee.
Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform, (National Assembly), with Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Water and Sanitation Land Reform Presidential Advisory Panel briefing 20 Feb 2019

Mr S Matiase (EFF) stated that on behalf of the Economic Freedom Fighters, he welcomed the presentations. He noted some glaring policy weaknesses had been identified, particularly policy shifts over the past couple of years. Government had been consistent only about the acquisition of land, based on market-related prices. That ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND REFORM 18 Apr 2019

(a) What number of hectares of land has been sold by her department to developers in the past 25 years, (b) who was the developer in each case, (c) what was the size of the land that was sold, (d) where is the land located and (e) at what cost ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Environmental Affairs 18 Apr 2019

What (a) number of privately owned game farms are there in the country; and (b) is the (i) location, (ii) size and (iii) Rand value of each game farm?
Questions asked to the Minister of Higher Education and Training 18 Apr 2019

What number of counsellors are employed at each institution of higher learning?

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

NO460E 4 Mar 2015

And when is this chair going to be fixed? This demonstrates the violence which was visited upon us. We want answers to this question now.
NO460E 4 Mar 2015

Madam Chair, on a point of order: I want to demonstrate that the Deputy President's answer is insufficient. It is a fact that the answer is insufficient and we cannot come to terms with an answer of this nature when this House has been ransacked, vandalised ... [Interjections.]

All Plenary Appearances

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