Matthew Parks

COSATU Parliamentary Coordinator for the past ten years. Coordinate COSATU’s engagements with Parliament and government and the ANC on bills, policies, regulations, taxes etc at Parliament.  As well as at Nedlac and in bilateral engagements with business and industry bodies and companies.

Involved in wide range of other policy engagements with government ranging from labour to finance, budget, taxes, agriculture and land reform, transport, police, home affairs, justice, basic and higher education, health, trade and industry etc.

Have been involved in parliamentary sector for the past two decades in both parliament and the Western Cape provincial legislature.

Have worked for other NGOs as well.

Have been involved in the ANC and its various formations and structures, including having previously served as the ANC’s Deputy Regional Secretary for Cape Town and on its Regional Executive Committee.

Have a Bachelors of Social Science from the University of Cape Town and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Governance from the University of the Western Cape.

Our most important election since 1994

Matthew Parks Opinion 2024-05-09

"The weather could not be any more different from South Africa’s sunny Karoo to the freezing winters in Moscow, where sunlight may be there for only four hours a day!"

COSATU: The solution to corruption is in our hands

Matthew Parks Opinion 2021-04-30

"This fight requires determination and brutal efficiency. Diplomacy does not work with criminals. If the president succeeds, voters will rally around and defend him."

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