Vusumuzi Cyril Xaba

National Assembly

Formerly: KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature

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About Vusumuzi Cyril Xaba

Mr Xaba was born in KwaZulu-Natal in 1967. Mr Xaba was in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature as a Member (1994-2009 and 2014-2019). He served in the KwaZulu-Natal Executive Council (2014-2016)as MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Mr Xaba studied law at the University of Natal in Durban and holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Mr Xaba has held leadership roles in organisations such as the Congress of South African Students (COSAS), Natal Students Congress, University of Natal Black Students Society, ANC Youth League, ANC Regional Executive Committee and ANC Provincial Executive Committee.

He currently serves as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans

2021 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 20 meetings out of 20

2020 committee attendance as mp

96% attendance rate

Attended 48 meetings out of 50

2019 committee attendance as mp

96% attendance rate

Attended 22 meetings out of 23

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Committee appearances

  • DMV & Armscor 2021/22 APP; Annual Performance Plan and Budget for 2021/22; Feedback on BRRRs 11 May 2021

    The Chairperson asked Ms Mafu to stop because time was running out, since he had allocated 1hr 30 mins for the Department, and they had exceeded their time. He suggested that they send the provincial office addresses and the persons to contact so that the Committee would have this information. ...

  • DOD & CCB 2021/22 APPs; Feedback on BRRRs 5 May 2021

    The Chairperson thanked Ms Kudjoe for her presentation, and the DOD to continue with presenting the budgetary review and recommendations (BRRR) to the Committee.

  • Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: public hearings day 2 24 Mar 2021

    Mr C Xaba (ANC) found it disappointing that Mr Roets would come to Parliament and say that he did not recognise Parliament and yet expected Parliament to take him seriously and to apply its mind to his presentation. Why should a body as big as AfriForum be taken seriously when ...

  • Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: public hearings 23 Mar 2021

    Mr C Xaba (ANC) requested that Mr Parks respond to the statement made by Dr Mulder where he had agreed with him that expropriation was permitted in the Constitution. He referred to the current reference to expropriation within the Constitution whereby the present ‘owner’ was taken into consideration in terms ...

  • Committee Programme 12 Mar 2021

    Mr C Xaba (ANC) stated that he had seen one submission that had essentially requested to make an oral representation, which was Black First Land First (BLF).

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  • Questions asked to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans 17 Sep 2020

    (1)What are the benefits for the Republic’s participation in Operation Copper contained in the Memorandum of Understanding on Maritime Security Cooperation aimed at strengthening anti-piracy efforts that was signed by Mozambique, Tanzania and the Republic in 2012; (2) whether, given the nonparticipation of the other two countries in the operation ...

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Plenary appearances

  • THE RECENT INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE AND CRIMINALITY IN THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THOSE AFFECTING FOREIGN NATIONALS 10 Sep 2019

    Hon Deputy Speaker, hon Deputy President, hon Deputy Ministers, hon Ministers and hon members, let me thank the IFP for this debate. Let us take our memory back to our history as a nation, to remind ourselves of the context for crime and violence in South Africa, in order to ...

  • APPROPRIATION BILL 17 Jul 2019

    Hon Chairperson, hon Minister, hon Deputy Minister, hon Members of Parliament, my predecessor, Mr Motimela, Chief of the Defence Force, the Secretary of the Defence Force, guests in the gallery, the mission of the Department of Defence is to provide, manage, prepare and deploy defence capabilities commensurate with the needs ...

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