[6] In the 2014 general election, Maxegwana did not stand for re-election to the provincial legislature but instead was elected to a seat in the National Assembly, the lower house of the South African Parliament; he was ranked tenth on the ANC's provincial-to-national party list for the Eastern Cape.
[7] In May 2016, the ANC announced that he would additionally serve as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies, replacing Joyce Moloi-Moropa, who had resigned from Parliament.
[8] He departed that position in late October 2018, when the ANC nominated him to replace Amos Masondo as co-chairperson of the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests.
[9] In the 2019 general election, he was ranked 166th on the ANC's national party list and was not re-elected to his legislative seat.
[10][11] After the local elections of November 2021, IOL reported that Maxegwana was one of three leading contenders for the position of Mayor of Buffalo City.