Vusumuzi Cyril Xaba

National Assembly

Formerly: KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature

rmichaels@parliament.gov.za vcxaba@parliament.gov.za

About Vusumuzi Cyril Xaba

Mr Xaba was born in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal in 1967. He previously served in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature as a member of the Executive Council (1994-2009). He also served as a Special Advisor to the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal from 2009 to 2014). Mr Xaba studied BProc at the University of Natal in Durban and holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

2019 committee attendance as mp

92% attendance rate

Attended 12 meetings out of 13

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Minister/Deputy Minister attendance is not compulsory.
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MPs are recorded as absent whether they have, or have not submitted apologies.
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Recent meetings attended

Defence and Military Veterans — Audit outcomes: AGSA briefing; Department of Military Veterans 2018/19 Annual Report — 9 Oct 2019
Defence and Military Veterans — DOD and DMV 2019 Quarter1 performance; Report back on Committee recommendations in 2019 budget Report; with Deputy Minister — 18 Sep 2019
Defence — South African Air Force & Navy budget and capacity constraints — 12 Sep 2019
Defence and Military Veterans — Programmes to deliver services to Military Veterans & their beneficiaries; with Minister — 11 Sep 2019
Defence — Defence Joint Committee Legacy Report; Sector analysis — 23 Aug 2019

All meetings attended

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Currently

Chairperson at Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (National Assembly Committees) since 2nd July 2019
Member at Joint Standing Committee on Defence (Joint Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at Constitutional Review Committee (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at African National Congress (ANC) (Party)

Formerly

1st Candidate at African National Congress Regional KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member-elect at KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
17th Candidate at African National Congress Provincial KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

Committee appearances

DOD and DMV 2019 Quarter1 perfomance; Report back on Committee recommendations in 2019 budget Report 18 Sep 2019

The Chairperson sought clarity on how far a discussion had progressed between the National Treasury, the Department and the Presidency with regard to the funding constraints and on the decision taken a long time ago that the DOD should build its own capital works. The limitation had been that the ...
Programmes to deliver services to Military Veterans & their beneficiaries: briefings by implementing Departments 11 Sep 2019

The Chairperson stated that the Committee would be engaging about the provision of houses to the military veterans and the challenges faced regarding this endeavour. Members could seek to understand what the challenges and problems were so that they could be addressed. The Committee was advised that the Department of ...
Defence Joint Committee Legacy Report; Sector analysis 23 Aug 2019

Mr V Xaba (ANC) chaired the meeting
Civil-military relations in South Africa 20 Aug 2019

The Chairperson provided an orientation on civil-military relations. He said that civil-military relations (CMR) was a contemporary and important issue that related to a complex search of inter-relationships, established norms and practices between the armed forces and other social structures. The broader context of CMR was that it was not ...
Election of Co-Chairperson; Employment of members of SANDF in service in co-operation with SAPS 25 Jul 2019

Mr T Mmutle (ANC), seconded by Ms A Beukes (ANC), nominated Mr V Xaba (ANC) as Chairperson for the NA component.

All Committee Appearances

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