Fikile Xasa | |
Office1: | Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs |
Term Start1: | 31 August 2021 |
Predecessor1: | Faith Muthambi |
Office2: | Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry and Fisheries |
Term Start2: | 2 July 2019 |
Term End2: | 31 August 2021 |
Predecessor2: | Committee established |
Successor2: | Faith Muthambi |
Office3: | Member of the National Assembly of South Africa |
Term Start3: | 22 May 2019 |
Office4: | Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs |
Term Start4: | 23 May 2014 |
Term End4: | 8 May 2019 |
Predecessor4: | Mlibo Qoboshiyane |
Successor4: | Xolile Nqatha |
Birthname: | Fikile Devilliers Xasa |
Nationality: | South African |
Party: | African National Congress |
Fikile Devilliers Xasa is a South African politician currently serving as the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs since 2021. He has been a Member of the National Assembly for the African National Congress since 2019.
Xasa had served as an ANC Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature. In May 2014, he was appointed by premier Phumulo Masualle as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) responsible for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.[1]
Xasa was elected to the National Assembly in the 2019 general election from the ANC's National List.[2] He was elected to chair the Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry and Fisheries.[3]
On 26 August 2021, the ANC announced that Xasa and the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Faith Muthambi, would swap positions.[4] [5]