Xolile Nqatha | |
---|---|
Eastern Cape MEC for Transport and Community Safety | |
Assumed office 16 August 2022 | |
Premier | Oscar Mabuyane |
Preceded by | Weziwe Tikana |
Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs | |
In office 29 May 2019 –16 August 2022 | |
Premier | Oscar Mabuyane |
Preceded by | Fikile Xasa |
Succeeded by | Zolile Williams |
Eastern Cape MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform | |
In office 10 May 2018 –29 May 2019 | |
Premier | Phumulo Masualle |
Preceded by | Mlibo Qoboshiyane |
Succeeded by | Nomakhosazana Meth |
Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature | |
Assumed office 6 May 2009 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Xolile Edmund Nqatha 16 February 1967 |
Nationality | South African |
Political party | African National Congress |
Spouse | Lungelwa |
Children | 2 |
Education | Mzoxolo High School |
Alma mater | Rhodes University University of Fort Hare |
Profession | Politician |
Xolile Edmund Nqatha (born 16 February 1967) is a South African politician who has been the Eastern Cape MEC for Transport and Community Safety since 2022. A member of the African National Congress,he has been a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since 2009. Nqatha served as the MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform from 2018 to 2019 and as the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2019 to 2022. He is also the provincial secretary of the South African Communist Party.
Nqatha was born on 16 February 1967. He matriculated from Mzoxolo High School (now Jongile Nompondo High School) in Mlungisi. He earned a diploma in labour relations at Global Business Solution. [1] At Rhodes University,he obtained a certificate in advanced human resources management,a certificate in project management course,a certificate in journalism training and an industrial relations certificate. [1] Nqatha has a post-graduate diploma in Public Management from the University of Fort Hare and is currently[ when? ] studying for a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the university. [2]
Nqatha worked as an underground mineworker and later as an assistant at Amatola Star Bakery from 1988 to 1989. [2] He was employed as a researcher in the Department of Land Affairs for nine years and worked as a community development facilitator in the non-governmental sector for two years. [2] Between August 2005 to September 2009,Nqatha worked as the provincial manager in the Eastern Cape office of the Dora Tamana Co-operative Centre,focusing on research,policy development and co-operative training. [2]
In 2009 Nqatha was elected to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature as a member of the ANC. [3] During his time as an ordinary member of the provincial legislature,he served as the chair of the Transport,Cooperative Governances and Traditional Affairs,Finance and Provincial Expenditure portfolio committees and a member of Standing Committee on Public Accounts,Health,and Economic Development. [1]
During the ANC's 8th provincial conference in 2017,Nqatha was elected to the ANC's provincial executive committee and the provincial working committee. He is also the provincial secretary of the South African Communist Party. [1]
In May 2018,Nqatha was appointed as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for the Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform,succeeding Mlibo Qoboshiyane. [4] [5] [6] After the May 8,2019 elections he was appointed MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. [7]
In November 2020,Nqatha blamed factions at Eastern Cape municipal councils for protecting each other from unpropitious investigative findings in many reports compiled and endorsed by the provincial Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs department. [8]
In January 2021,Nqatha dismissed Ntombizodwa Gamnca,the ANC ward councillor for ward 20 in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality,as a municipal councillor. He said that she was found guilty of contravening the councillors' code of conduct as specified out in the Municipal Systems Act for her conviction for a criminal offence and her alleged involvement in a dubious house sale. [9] On 18 February 2021,Nqatha was announced as the acting MEC for Health following Sindiswa Gomba's axing. He served until Nomakhosazana Meth's appointment in March. [10]
Following the resignation of the MEC for Public Works,Babalo Madikizela,in July 2022,Nqatha was appointed to serve as the acting MEC for the portfolio until Mabuyane appointed a permanent replacement. [11] On 16 August 2022,Nqatha was appointed as the MEC for Transport and Community Safety. [12] He was reappointed as the MEC for this portfolio following his re-election in the 2024 provincial election. [13]
Nqatha is married to Lungelwa and they have two sons. [1]
Godfrey Phumulo Masualle is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly since May 2019. He was Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises from May 2019 to March 2023,and before that he was the sixth Premier of the Eastern Cape from May 2014 to May 2019.
Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane is a South African politician who has been serving as the seventh Premier of the Eastern Cape since May 2019. He was previously Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Economic Development,Environmental Affairs and Tourism in the Eastern Cape provincial government from May 2018 to May 2019.
Sindiswa Griselda Gomba is a South African politician who was the Eastern Cape MEC for Health from 2019 to 2021. She became a Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature in March 2019. Gomba is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and previously served as a municipal councillor of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality.
Babalo Madikizela is a South African urban planner and politician who served as the Eastern Cape MEC for Public Works from May 2019 to July 2022 and as a Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature from November 2018 to August 2022. Madikizela served as the provincial treasurer of the African National Congress (ANC) from October 2017 to May 2022.
Mandla Jeffrey Msibi is a South African politician and educator who has been a Member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature since May 2019. He was the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from May 2019 to February 2021,theMEC for Agriculture,Rural Development,Land and Environmental Affairs from February 2021 until his dismissal in October 2021 and the MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs from October 2022 until June 2024. Prior to serving in the legislature,he was the speaker and a councillor in the Mbombela Local Municipality. Msibi is a member of the African National Congress.
Gerald Mlungisi Mvoko is a South African businessman and politician who was elected deputy provincial chairperson of the African National Congress in the Eastern Cape in October 2017. In February 2018,he was sworn in as a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature. He became the member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Human Settlements in May 2018 before being moved to the Education portfolio in November of the same year. Mvoko became the MEC for Finance,Economic Development and Environmental Affairs in May 2019 and served in the position until May 2024,when he was appointed MEC for Finance.
Fundile David Gade is a South African educator and politician serving as the Eastern Cape MEC for Education since May 2019. He has been a Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature for the African National Congress since May 2014. Gade had previously served as the chairperson of the legislature's Portfolio Committee on Education and as the chief whip of the ANC caucus.
Nomakhosazana Meth is a South African politician who is Minister of Employment and Labour. She has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2024,representing the African National Congress. Prior to serving in parliament,Meth was an ANC representative in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature and held posts in the province's Executive Council. She was also previously both the speaker and mayor of the OR Tambo District Municipality and the speaker of the Mbizana Local Municipality.
Siphosihle Emmanuel Hlomuka is a South African politician who is the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education in KwaZulu-Natal,having been appointed in June 2024. He served as the MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs from May 2019 to August 2022 and then as the MEC for Transport,Community Safety and Liaison from August 2022 until June 2024. Hlomuka was sworn in as a Member of the Provincial Legislature in May 2019. He is the deputy provincial secretary of the African National Congress.
Pumza Patricia Dyantyi was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist. A member of the African National Congress,Dyantyi was elected to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature in 2014. She served as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Health from 2014 to 2018,when she was appointed MEC for Social Development. From 2019 Dyantyi was a member of the South African National Assembly.
Nonceba Kontsiwe is a South African politician and a veteran African National Congress (ANC) member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature. On 9 March 2021,Kontsiwe was appointed as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) responsible for Human Settlements by premier Oscar Mabuyane. During a cabinet reshuffle on 16 August 2022,Kontsiwe was appointed as the MEC for Sports,Recreation,Arts and Culture. She was appointed MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform after the 2024 general election.
Weziwe Tikana-Gxotiwe is a South African politician,educator and trade unionist who has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2024,representing the African National Congress. Prior to her election to parliament,she served in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
Nonkqubela Ntomboxolo Pieters is a South African politician and educator who has been the Eastern Cape's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Economic Development,Environmental Affairs and Tourism since 2024 and a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since 2019,representing the African National Congress (ANC). She previously served as the MEC for Human Settlements from 2019 to 2021 and then as the MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform from 2021 until 2024. Pieters served as the speaker of the Cacadu District Municipality from 2006 to 2018.
Sakhumzi Stoffels Somyo is a South African politician. A member of the African National Congress,he was elected to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature in 2014. He was then appointed as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) responsible for the Finance,Economic Development,Environment and Tourism portfolio. In 2018,he was fired as an MEC. Somyo was elected to Parliament in 2019. Soon after,he was elected Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Auditor General.
Mandla Padney Ndlovu is a South African politician who has served as the sixth Premier of Mpumalanga since June 2024. Between October 2022 and June 2024,he served as Mpumalanga's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Public Works,Roads and Transport. He previously served as the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs May 2022 until October 2022. He has been a member of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature since May 2022. Ndlovu is the provincial chairperson of the African National Congress in Mpumalanga.
Gloria Bukiwe Fanta is a South African politician who has served in the Eastern Cape provincial government as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Social Development since August 2022. She has been a member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since May 2019. Before joining the provincial legislature,Fanta had briefly been a Member of Parliament for less than three months,serving from February until May 2019. Fanta is the current provincial co-ordinator and former provincial chairperson of the African National Congress Women's League.
Zolile Albert Williams is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Eastern Cape's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. He was appointed to that position in August 2022,several weeks after he was elected Provincial Treasurer of the Eastern Cape branch of his political party,the African National Congress (ANC).
The Executive Council of the Eastern Cape is the cabinet of the executive branch of the provincial government in the South African province of the Eastern Cape. The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature by the Premier of the Eastern Cape,an office held since the 2019 general election by Oscar Mabuyane of the African National Congress (ANC).
Mlibo Qoboshiyane is a South African politician who has been serving as Deputy Speaker of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature since 17 May 2018. Before that,he was the Eastern Cape's Member of the Executive Council for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform from 2014 to 2018 under Premier Phumulo Masualle.
Mxolisi Mackson Dimaza is a South African politician and former trade unionist who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature for over a decade. He was formerly the Provincial Secretary of the South African Democratic Teachers' Union in the Eastern Cape.