On her return to South Africa in 1997, Xaba joined the Pact Dance Company before embarking on a freelance career, which allowed her to work with many recognized choreographers, including Robyn Orlin.

Since launching her solo career, Xaba has worked on a number of multimedia projects and has collaborated with visual artists, stylists, theater and television directors, poets and musicians.

In 2008, she collaborated with the Haitian dancer and choreographer Kettly Noël to create Correspondances, a satirical work on relations between women,[2] which was presented in North and South America, Europe and Africa.

[3] Xaba's work is largely influenced by her feminist and anti-racist positions, which challenge stereotypes about the black female body and common notions related to gender.

[5] In her piece, Uncles and Angels, she collaborated with director Mocke J. van Veuren to create an interactive performance mixing dance and video that questions the notions of chastity, purity, virginity testing and tradition.

Since premiering at the FNB Dance Umbrella festival in South Africa, Uncles and Angels has been presented in Germany, France (in 2013 in Avignon) and Austria.