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Cyril Xaba

Cyril Xaba

Vusumuzi Cyril Xaba (born 1967) is a South African lawyer and politician of the African National Congress (ANC), which sources describe as centrist to centre-left.

Born
1967
Party
African National Congress
Office
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa 2019–
Political position

Centre · Where sources place the party (African National Congress)
Wikipedia: generally considered centrist to centre-left (African National Congress)
Ideology: developmental state, radical economic transformation

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A former KwaZulu-Natal legislator, provincial minister and member of the National Assembly, he has been Mayor of eThekwini (Durban) since July 2024. He is named among the ANC's possible mayoral candidates for eThekwini in the 4 November 2026 local government elections.

Career

Xaba was born in Clermont, Natal, in 1967. He led the ANC Youth League's southern Natal region in the early 1990s and sat in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 1994 to 2009, as ANC education spokesperson and chief whip. He advised the provincial premier from 2009 to 2014, then returned to the legislature and was MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development from May 2014 until Premier Willies Mchunu dismissed him in June 2016. He was a member of the National Assembly from 2019 to 2024, joined the ANC National Executive Committee in December 2022 and was elected unopposed Mayor of eThekwini on 10 July 2024.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia · Wikipedia · Daily Maverick · Daily Maverick

  1. Cyril Xaba 5%
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Mayor of eThekwini (Durban)?

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Haniff HoosenCentre35%
Apostle Mxolisi Phakathi29%
Thabani Nyawose16%
Philani Mavundla10%
Zandile Hlophe-MkhwanaziLeft7%
Mkhuleko HlengwaRight396%
Cyril XabaCentre5%
Zandile GumedeLeft651%
Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi<1%
Zwakele MncwangoCentre-right47<1%
Nomusa Dube-NcubeCentre<1%
Mina Soma-LesomaCentre<1%

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