Nomakhosazana Meth

Nomakhosazana Meth is a South African politician who is Minister of Employment and Labour. She has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2024, representing the African National Congress. Prior to serving in parliament, Meth was an ANC representative in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature and held posts in the province's Executive Council. She was also previously both the speaker and mayor of the OR Tambo District Municipality and the speaker of the Mbizana Local Municipality.

Quotes

• You are the village it takes to raise a child
  • Meth celebrates Heritage Month with Ntabakhulu community
• when you are deployed to a particular space like the provincial government sphere, you are humbled by the fact that you are one of the chosen few to be mandated to represent your organisation in government.
• I believe that the only way of changing theeconomy of our province is to ensure that development targets the rural space, and agriculture is one sector that can assist with that
  • Meth excited about her deployment
• Whilst government has continued to put in place interventions like addressing load shedding, resolving transport and logistics challenges, the economy is not growing as expected
• Henceforth, the scale at which the partnership between government and business is to be elevated, there is much hope that we will see a turn on economic growth yielding to job creation
  • Meth on partnerships offering hope for jobs
• We remain deeply concerned about the high unemployment rate of 33.5% among South Africans, particularly affecting our youth
  • Meth speaks on unemployment
• Twenty-thousand interns will shortly be appointed as labour inspectors to ensure that businesses are complying with employment equity legislation.
  • Meth responding to questions in the National Assembly