Xolile Edmund Nqatha was born on 16 February 1967 and is a South African politician who has been the Eastern Cape MEC for Transport and Community Safety since 2022.
17 Facts About Xolile Nqatha
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Xolile Nqatha is the provincial secretary of the South African Communist Party.
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Xolile Nqatha matriculated from Mzoxolo High School in Mlungisi.
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Xolile Nqatha earned a diploma in labour relations at Global Business Solution.
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Xolile Nqatha has a post-graduate diploma in Public Management from the University of Fort Hare and is currently studying for a Master of Public Administration from the university.
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Xolile Nqatha worked as an underground mineworker and later as an assistant at Amatola Star Bakery from 1988 to 1989.
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Xolile Nqatha 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.
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Between August 2005 to September 2009, Xolile 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.
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In 2009 Xolile Nqatha was elected to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature as a member of the ANC.
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Xolile Nqatha is the provincial secretary of the South African Communist Party.
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In May 2018, Xolile Nqatha was appointed as the Member of the Executive Council for the Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform, succeeding Mlibo Qoboshiyane.
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In November 2020, Xolile 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.
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In January 2021, Xolile Nqatha dismissed Ntombizodwa Gamnca, the ANC ward councillor for ward 20 in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, as a municipal councillor.
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On 18 February 2021, Xolile Nqatha was announced as the acting MEC for Health following Sindiswa Gomba's axing.
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On 16 August 2022, Xolile Nqatha was appointed as the MEC for Transport and Community Safety.
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Xolile Nqatha was reappointed as the MEC for this portfolio following his re-election in the 2024 provincial election.
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Xolile Nqatha is married to Lungelwa and they have two sons.