Until 2014, Kotzee represented the ANC as a councillor in
Lejweleputswa District Municipality and
Matjhabeng Local Municipality. In the
2014 general election, she was narrowly elected to an ANC seat in the
Free State Provincial Legislature, ranked 22nd on the ANC's provincial party list. She served as Deputy Majority Chief Whip in the legislature until May 2015, when Premier
Ace Magashule announced that she would join the
Free State Executive Council in a reshuffle. She succeeded
Sam Mashinini as MEC for Public Works and Infrastructure. Kotzee continued in that portfolio throughout the rest of Magashule's premiership and into the term of Magashule's successor, Premier
Sisi Ntombela. In Ntombela's first reshuffle, announced in May 2018, Kotzee retained the Public Works and Infrastructure portfolio and was additionally allocated responsibility for the Human Settlements portfolio, making her MEC for Public Works, Infrastructure and Human Settlements. The following year, Kotzee left the legislature and the Executive Council after the
2019 general election; ranked 25th on the ANC's party list, she did not secure re-election to her seat. == References ==