Omphile Maotwe

Biography

Omphile Mankoba Confidence Maotwe is a South African politician. On 14 December 2019, she was elected Treasurer-General of the Economic Freedom Fighters, succeeding Leigh-Ann Mathys. Maotwe became a Member of Parliament on 31 October 2019. She was previously involved with the EFF in Gauteng, serving as the party's spokeswoman and treasurer.

Quotes

• The people of South Africa can expect the EFF to give a practical and implementable solution to all their challenges
• It’s been 30 years into democracy and we have seen a regression on the infrastructure development of our people in general, so the answer lies with the founding manifesto of the EFF which talks about the seven cardinal pillars, with the first being the expropriation of the land. We stand true to the course of land because at the centre of our struggle is the issue of land. For you to talk about the building of infrastructure, you need to have the land
• We must remove the ANC. People of South Africa, Julius Malema is the incumbent president of the country and he is coming to deliver the manifesto today
• We are removing the DA, we are removing the ANC. We are going straight to be number one. We are sending Julius Malema to the union buildings
  • Omphile Maotwe during the EFF campaign
• The EFF is going to grow. Our growth is going to be exponential, it’s going to grow more than any other party in Mpumalanga
  • Maotwe expresses that the EFF is going to unseat ANC in Mpumalanga