Mothusi Montwedi

Mothusi Montwedi
MP
Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces from the North West
Assumed office
17 July 2025
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
In office
22 May 2019[1] – 15 July 2025
Personal details
Born
Mothusi Kenneth Montwedi
NationalitySouth African
Political partyEconomic Freedom Fighters

Mothusi Kenneth Montwedi is a South African politician. In 2019 he became a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly as a representative of the Economic Freedom Fighters party.[2][3] Montwedi is the deputy provincial chair of the EFF in the North West.[4]

In parliament, he is a member of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.[5]

Montwedi was charged with contempt of parliament in 2020.[6]

In July 2025, he was sworn in as a Permanent Delegate to the National Council of Provinces, the upper house of the South African parliament, after resigning from the National Assembly, the lower house.[7]

References

  1. ^ Mahlati, Zintle (13 May 2019). "Parliament's first sitting scheduled for May 22". IOL. Johannesburg. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. ^ "At least 17 new EFF members in National Assembly". SABC News. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. ^ "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Provincial and Regional Offices - EFF". Economic Freedom Fighters. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development". Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  6. ^ Merten, Marianne (24 November 2020). "EFF fights contempt charges by any legal and procedural means necessary". The Daily Maverick. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  7. ^ @EFFSouthAfrica (17 July 2025). "♦️ In Pictures ♦️Fighter Mothusi Montwedi being sworn in as a Member of the National Council of Provinces, flanked by Commissar Mathapelo Siwisa. #EFFInParliament" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 July 2025 – via Twitter.