Xolile Nqatha

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.

[3] During his time as an ordinary member of the provincial legislature, he served as the chair of the Transport, Cooperative Governances and Traditional Affairs, Finance and Provincial Expenditure portfolio committees and a member of Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Health, and Economic Development.

[1] In May 2018, Nqatha was appointed as the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for the Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform, succeeding Mlibo Qoboshiyane.

[7] In November 2020, 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.

He said that she was found guilty of contravening the councillors' code of conduct as specified out in the Municipal Systems Act for her conviction for a criminal offence and her alleged involvement in a dubious house sale.