Vusumuzi Cyril Xaba

National Assembly

Formerly: KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature

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African National Congress (ANC)

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KwaZulu-Natal

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 8 meetings out of 8

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 — DA complaint about exclusion of oral submissions; Public Participation Report; Parliamentary Legal Services on legal & drafting matters raised in submissions — 4 Mar 2021
Defence and Military Veterans — DoD 2020/21 Quarter 2 & 3 performance & update on irregular expenditure and consequence management; Maintenance capability at the Armscor Dockyard — 3 Mar 2021
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution — Revised Committee Programme; Public Participation Report: deliberations — 26 Feb 2021
Defence — Joint Oversight Report to select Gauteng military bases & landline border; Report on engagement with SA Defence Industry role players — 25 Feb 2021
Defence and Military Veterans — Follow-up: Procurement of Heberon by DoD — 24 Feb 2021

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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

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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Committee appearances

Legal and drafting matters raised in submissions: discussion 5 Mar 2021

Mr C Xaba (ANC) stated that on the previous Sunday it was announced that the country would move to alert level one from level three. Under level one, South Africans could do things that could not be done under alert level three. This coincidently kicked in shortly after the Committee ...
Public Participation Report: discussion; Parliamentary Legal Services on legal and drafting matters raised in submissions 4 Mar 2021

Mr C Xaba (ANC) asked how submissions received after the deadline were dealt with. He had noted a number of submissions had come way after the formal deadline. From his understanding those submissions were normally not taken into account as it was not fair for those who had complied with ...
Revised Committee Programme; Public Participation Report: deliberations 26 Feb 2021

Mr V Xaba (ANC) confirmed said that after the meeting where the Committee made suggestions on the report the administration, led by Dr Ganyaza-Twalo, looked at the presentations and revised the report. He confirmed that the report did take into account the concerns raised by the Committee. The Committee could ...
Joint Oversight Report to select Gauteng military bases & landline border; Report on engagement with SA Defence Industry role players 25 Feb 2021

The Chairperson interrupted Mr Marais, and said that they needed to stick to the relevant issues at hand.
Follow-up: Procurement of Heberon by DoD 24 Feb 2021

The Chairperson welcomed Members to the virtual meeting, and read out the agenda for the day. He briefly explained that the meeting was to continue the discussions that were not finished the previous week, and Members would have an opportunity to get a response from South African National Defence Force ...

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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 ...

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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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