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

95% attendance rate

Attended 19 meetings out of 20

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Recent meetings attended

Defence and Military Veterans — Independence of Office of the Military Ombud: input from Parliamentary Legal Adviser & Office of the Military Ombud — 13 Nov 2019
Defence and Military Veterans — Defence Industry in South Africa status and challenges: DOD, Armscor & South African Defence Industry briefing — 6 Nov 2019
Defence — Defence Committee duplication; Military Veterans Act interpretation; DMV Skills Audit progress — 31 Oct 2019
Defence and Military Veterans — Health benefits & Housing allocation list for military veterans: DMV & DoH briefings; BRRR — 23 Oct 2019
Defence — 2015 Defence Review: Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefing — 17 Oct 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 Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at Constitutional Review Committee (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at Joint Standing Committee on Defence (Joint 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

Skills Audit & Data Base challenges: Department briefing; Analysis of Military Veterans Act & Legal Opinion on Committee’s status: Parliamentary Legal Services briefing 31 Oct 2019

Mr V Xaba (ANC) chaired the meeting
Skills Audit & Data Base challenges: Department briefing; Analysis of Military Veterans Act & Legal Opinion on Committee’s status: Parliamentary Legal Services briefing 31 Oct 2019

Mr V Xaba (ANC), Co-chairperson, thanked Adv Njikela for the briefing that touched on all the essential elements of his legal opinion. It is therefore clear what they should look at as a Committee
2015 Defence Review: Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefing 17 Oct 2019

The Chairperson said the purpose of the meeting was to receive a review on the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The original item on the agenda was the renewal of the SANDF’s organisational structure, which would still be touched on. The SANDF delegation at the meeting had played ...
SA Navy on its sea hours and capacity; SA Air Force on its flying-hours and capacity constraints 12 Sep 2019

Mr V Xaba (ANC), NA Co-Chairperson, and the SA Air Force representatives voiced serious concerns about the presence of the media during the meeting as the information discussed was classified confidential. They made it clear that it was inappropriate for the public to have access to confidential information until it ...
SA Navy on its sea hours and capacity; SA Air Force on its flying-hours and capacity constraints 12 Sep 2019

Mr V Xaba (ANC), NA Co-Chairperson, and the SA Air Force representatives voiced serious concerns about the presence of the media during the meeting as the information discussed was classified confidential. They made it clear that it was inappropriate for the public to have access to confidential information until it ...

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