Makoti Khawula

Makoti Khawula (born 7 December 1954) is a South African politician and previous anti-apartheid activist from KwaZulu-Natal serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party since 2014. Khawula is known for her insistence on speaking Zulu in Parliament. Quotes I was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) during 1980s and I was actively involved in the fight for freedom. I joined undercover politics during the heightened period of turmoil in Durban in areas like KwaMashu and Inanda. I attended political meetings during the night as this was an appropriate time to discuss a way forward in the fight against the evil apartheid system. I always thank God for how I survived during those times as most did not manage to survive. I was the first one in KwaMashu to come out and became a fully fledged organiser of the ANC in 1990. I only joined the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) after it was established in 2013. I was always a fan of Mr Julius Malema and I immediately knew that I would follow him wherever he goes after he was expelled from the ANC in 2012. It is hard for me to me to resist the need to join political activities in my area. My responsibility as a Member of Parliament is to ensure that everyone in my constituency can be assisted. I always visit people in my constituency so as to see their living conditions and address those in Parliament. I joined politics with the intention of primarily serving the interests of the people and not ourselves. It is painful to see that it is mostly black people who are adversely impacted by abject poverty and still finding it hard to get employment. My responsibility as an MP is to change the conditions of black people. The ruling party is not accommodative to the needs of the people and has been in defense of President Zuma despite him being found to have breached the oath of office. There is no freedom of speech in this Parliament and this pains me as I was involved in the fight for all forms of freedom. The EFF has also been the main victim in most cases as our MPs are sometimes beaten or ejected from the House for expressing their opinions. The beating of our MPs is repulsive and this shows that freedom in the country is yet to be attained. The biasness of the Speaker is contributing to making Parliament non-conducive to furthering the interests of the people. External links Category:Living people Category:Women politicians in South Africa