Sheilla Xego

Last updated
Sheilla Xego

MP
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
Assumed office
2011
Personal details
Born
Sheilla Tembalam Xego

(1960-08-01) 1 August 1960 (age 60)
NationalitySouth African
Political party African National Congress
OccupationEducator
Trade unionist
Politician

Sheilla Tembalam Xego (born 1 August 1960) is a South African politician, educator and trade unionist from the Eastern Cape who has been a member of the National Assembly since 2011. Prior to entering parliament, she was a councillor of the Mbhashe Local Municipality from 2000 to 2006 and the Amathole District Municipality from 2006 to 2010. Xego is a member of the African National Congress.

Contents

Early life and career

Xego was born on 1 August 1960. She holds a diploma in education as well as a diploma in project management. [1] In 1976 and 1977, she became interested in politics. She began teaching in 1980 and then joined a teacher's union. [2]

A member of the African National Congress, Xhego was a councillor in the Mbhashe Local Municipality from 2000 to 2006, when she was elected to the Amathole District Municipality's council. She served as a councillor on the district council until 2010. [2]

Parliamentary career

In 2011, Xego was sworn in as a member of the National Assembly. [2] She was elected to a full term in the National Assembly in the 2014 general election held on 8 May. [3] Xego then became a member of the Portfolio Committee on Transport and the Portfolio Committee on Tourism in June 2014. [4]

In August 2015, Xego voted for a report by the Minister of Police, Nathi Nhleko, that absolved President Jacob Zuma of paying any money towards the controversial multi-million rand upgrades at the Nkandla homestead, his private home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal. [5]

In the 2019 general election, Xego was re-elected for another term in parliament. [6] She now serves on the Portfolio Committee on Communications and the Portfolio Committee on Tourism. [1]

Related Research Articles

Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane South African Minister of Tourism

Mmamoloko Tryphosa Kubayi-Ngubane is a South African politician who is the Minister of Tourism and a Member of the National Assembly for the African National Congress (ANC). She was the Minister of Energy in 2017, the Minister of Communications from 2017 to 2018 and the Minister of Science and Technology from 2018 to 2019.

Makoti Khawula South African politician

Makoti Sibongile Khawula is a South African politician and previous anti-apartheid activist from KwaZulu-Natal serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party since 2014. Khawula is known for her insistence on speaking Zulu in Parliament.

Naledi Chirwa South African feminist, legislator and student activist

Naledi Nokukhanya Chirwa is a South African feminist, legislator and former student activist serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa. A member of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), she was sworn in as an MP on 22 May 2019. She is one of the youngest MPs of the 6th Parliament. Chirwa was involved in the #FeesMustFall student protests that occurred at the University of Pretoria between 2015 and 2016.

Yoliswa Yako South African politician

Yoliswa Nomampondomise Yako is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape who serves as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa. She took office as an MP on 3 September 2018. Yako was previously a PR councillor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality and the chairperson of the municipality's Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC). Yako is a member of the Economic Freedom Fighters.

Nokulunga Primrose Sonti is a South African politician from the North West who has been serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Economic Freedom Fighters since May 2014. Sonti was previously a member of the African National Congress.

Laetitia Arries South African politician

Laetitia Heloise Arries is a South African politician who has served as a Member of the National Assembly since May 2019. Prior to her election to parliament, she served as a councillor of the George Local Municipality. Arries is a member of the Economic Freedom Fighters.

Samantha Jane Graham is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape who was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in the 2019 general election as a member of the Democratic Alliance. Graham has been the party's shadow minister of public works and infrastructure since December 2020. Graham served as the shadow deputy minister of public works and infrastructure from 2019 to 2020. She is a former councillor of the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality.

Lusizo Sharon Makhubela-Mashele is a South Africa politician and a Member of Parliament (MP) in the National Assembly for the African National Congress.

Jane Manganye is a South African politician who has served as a member of the South African National Assembly since May 2019, and previously from May 2009 to May 2014. She was the deputy speaker of the North West Provincial Legislature from May 2014 to May 2019. Manganye is a member of the African National Congress.

Mary-Ann Lindelwa Dunjwa is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. A member of the African National Congress, she was elected to the National Assembly in 2009. After her re-election in 2014, she became the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health, a position she held until 2019, when she was elected Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour.

Audrey Sbongile Zuma is a South African politician, serving as a member of the National Assembly of South Africa since May 2019. She is a member of the African National Congress.

Eleanore Rochelle Jacquelene Spies is a South African politician, currently a Member of Parliament for the opposition Democratic Alliance, and the current Shadow Deputy Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs.

Ndumiso Capa is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape who has served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2014, representing the African National Congress, the ruling party in South Africa.

Dikeledi Rosemary Direko is a South African politician from the Free State who has served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2019. Direko is a member of the African National Congress.

Nompendulo Thobile Mkhatshwa is a South African politician, former student leader and former #FeesMustFall activist currently serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the African National Congress (ANC).

Busisiwe Tshwete is a South African politician and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the African National Congress (ANC).

Patricia Emily Adams is a South African politician who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the African National Congress (ANC) from 2009 to 2014, and again from 2014 to 2019.

Valentia Thokozile Malinga is a South African politician and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from Mpumalanga. She is a member of the African National Congress.

Thanduxolo David Khalipha is a South African politician and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from the Free State. Khalipha is a member of the African National Congress.

Claudia Nonhlanhla Ndaba is a South African politician. A member of the African National Congress, she has served as the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and People with Disabilities since 2019 and has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2014. She served as Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Filling of Vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality twice during her first term in parliament. Prior to her election to parliament, Ndaba served in the Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 2009 to 2014.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ms Sheilla Tembalam Xego". Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Xego, Sheila Tembalam". African National Congress Parliamentary Caucus. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "2014 elections: List of ANC MPs elected to the National Assembly". Politicsweb. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ms Sheilla Tembalam Xego". People's Assembly. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Bramdeo, Aakash (23 August 2015). "The MPs who let Zuma off the hook". IOL. Johannesburg. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "SEE: These are the people who will represent you in Parliament, provincial legislatures". News24. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.