Khaya Magaxa | |
Office: | Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises |
Term Start: | 2 July 2019 |
Term End: | 28 May 2024 |
Predecessor: | Lungi Mnganga-Gcabashe |
Successor: | Position abolsihed |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly of South Africa |
Term Start1: | 22 May 2019 |
Term End1: | 28 May 2024 |
Office2: | Leader of the Opposition in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament |
Premier2: | Helen Zille |
Term Start2: | 16 February 2016 |
Term End2: | 7 May 2019 |
Predecessor2: | Marius Fransman |
Successor2: | Cameron Dugmore |
Office3: | Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament |
Term Start3: | 21 May 2014 |
Term End3: | 7 May 2019 |
Birthname: | Khayalethu Elvis Magaxa |
Birth Date: | 29 January 1964 |
Nationality: | South African |
Party: | African National Congress |
Profession: | Politician |
Khayalethu Elvis "Khaya" Magaxa (born 29 January 1964) is a South African politician who was Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the African National Congress (ANC).[1] He became an MP in May 2019. Magaxa was elected as a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in 2014,[2] and served as the Leader of the Opposition from 2016 to 2019.[3] He was the acting provincial chair of the ANC in the Western Cape from 2016 to 2019.
Magaxa was ranked too low on the ANC's list to secure re-election in 2024.[4]