Mr Vusumuzi Cyril Xaba

National Assembly

Formerly: KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature

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. He previously served in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature as a Member 1994-2009 & 2014-2019.

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

95% attendance rate

Attended 37 meetings out of 39

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

Attendance Methodology

Recent meetings attended

Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution — Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: finalisation — 3 Sep 2021
Defence — Repair and Maintenance Programme at 1 Military Hospital: Department of Defence & Military Veterans briefing; with Deputy Minister — 2 Sep 2021
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution — Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: deliberations — 1 Sep 2021
Defence and Military Veterans — Progress of Presidential Task Team on Military Veterans; DMV response to matters raised in AGSA Report on status of records review; with Deputy Minister — 1 Sep 2021
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution — Constitution 18th Amendment Bill: proposed amendments; Public submissions report — 27 Aug 2021

All meetings attended

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Currently

non-voting member at Ad Hoc Committee to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution (Ad Hoc Committees) since 10th February 2020
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 (Joint 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

Member at Ad Hoc Committee to initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of the Constitution (Ad Hoc Committees) from 15th July 2020 until 9th September 2021
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

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2019 [Source]

PENSIONS

Public/Private	Source
Private	SANLAM – Glacier

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Type of Business Activity	Directorship/Partnership in any Corporate Body
Property Owning	Argento Trading
Property owning	Rolder C.C

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description of Property	Location – Area	Extent of the Property
House	Westville – Durban	±1800m²
Double storey House	Claremont	±1200m²

Committee appearances

Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: deliberations 3 Sep 2021

Mr C Xaba (ANC) stated that the long title captured what was agreed to at the previous meeting.
Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: deliberations 1 Sep 2021

Mr V Xaba (ANC) said there was “nothing new” that Prof Lotriet was saying. It was consistent with the DA’s position right from the beginning that there was no need for Section 25 to be amended. Prof Lotriet was coming up with points that were not completely new. The ANC’s ...
Progress of Presidential Task Team on Military Veterans; DMV response to matters raised in AGSA Report on status of records review 1 Sep 2021

The Chairperson welcomed everyone to the virtual meeting, and briefly touched on the matters that were to be covered by the Committee. The issue of irregular expenditure was a major concern, and measures needed to be taken because there had been very little consequence management in the Department. The Department ...
Investigations into procurement of Heberon medication from Cuba by DOD: input from Ministerial Task Team, SAHPRA & AGS; DOD Inspector General & Military Police on all cases of financial misconduct 25 Aug 2021

The Chairperson started by giving a brief background on the matter of the procurement process involved in obtaining the heberon medication from Cuba by the Department of Defence (DOD), and then asked the Minister to give opening remarks.
Report on Oversight visit to KwaZulu-Natal & Gauteng to review Military Deployments as part Operation Prosper 30 Jul 2021

The Chairperson handed over to the Committee researcher to present the draft report.

All Committee Appearances

Questions

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 ...

All Questions and Answers

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 ...

All Plenary Appearances

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