Xolile Nqatha

Xolile Nqatha
Eastern Cape MEC for Transport and Community Safety
Assumed office
16 August 2022
PremierOscar Mabuyane
Preceded byWeziwe Tikana
Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
In office
29 May 2019 – 16 August 2022
PremierOscar Mabuyane
Preceded byFikile Xasa
Succeeded byZolile Williams
Eastern Cape MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform
In office
10 May 2018 – 29 May 2019
PremierPhumulo Masualle
Preceded byMlibo Qoboshiyane
Succeeded byNomakhosazana Meth
Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature
Assumed office
6 May 2009
Personal details
Born
Xolile Edmund Nqatha

(1967-02-16) 16 February 1967 (age 57)
NationalitySouth African
Political partyAfrican National Congress
SpouseLungelwa
Children2
EducationMzoxolo High School
Alma materRhodes University
University of Fort Hare
ProfessionPolitician
Xolile Nqatha, South African Politician, Charcoal on Paper by Amitabh Mitra

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.