Cyril Xaba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mayor of eThekwini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 10 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Zandile Myeni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Mxolisi Kaunda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Executive Council for Agriculture and Rural Development | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 26 May 2014 – 6 June 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premier | Senzo Mchunu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Meshack Radebe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Themba Mthembu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Vusumuzi Cyril Xaba 14 February 1967 Clermont, Natal Province South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | African National Congress | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Natal University of KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vusumuzi Cyril Xaba (born 14 February 1967) is a South African politician from KwaZulu-Natal. He has been the Mayor of eThekwini since July 2024. A member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC), he formerly served in the National Assembly of South Africa between July 2019 and May 2024.
Trained as a lawyer, Xaba began his political career in student politics at the University of Natal. He represented the ANC in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature for three consecutive terms between 1994 and 2009, before taking a brief hiatus to serve as head of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Planning Commission and special adviser to the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal. He returned to the provincial legislature between 2014 and 2019, and he served in the Executive Council of KwaZulu-Natal from 2014 to 2016, appointed as Member of the Executive Council for Agriculture and Rural Development under Premier Senzo Mchunu.
He joined the National Assembly in the May 2019 general election and chaired the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans during the Sixth Parliament. During this period, in December 2022, he was elected to the ANC National Executive Committee. Although he failed to win re-election to his parliamentary seat in the May 2024 general election, he became a local councillor in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality shortly after the election, and on 10 July 2024 he was elected to succeed Mxolisi Kaunda as the municipality's mayor.