Thulani Vincent Xulu is a South African politician who has represented the

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(ANC) in the

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since 2019. He was formerly a local councillor in Msunduzi Local Municipality.

Life and career

Nicknamed "Two Ways", Xulu was born and raised in Caluza near Edendale in Msunduzi Local Municipality, which falls under

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's Umgungundlovu District. He formerly represented the ANC as a

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in Msunduzi. In October 2018, he was appointed the interim head of the ANC's Moses Mabhida regional branch in Umgungundlovu, the party's second-largest branch in KwaZulu-Natal; he was appointed as the convenor of the task team that was formed to lead the branch until it could elect a new leadership. He was viewed as the leader of a regional

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which was opposed to former Moses Mabhida Regional Chairperson Mthandeni Dlungwana and also to former Regional Secretary Mzi Zuma. He led the branch until December 2021, when Mzimkhulu Thebolla, the Mayor of Msunduzi, was elected as the new Regional Chairperson. While leading the Moses Mabhida branch, Xulu was elected to the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature in the 2019 general election, ranked 40th on the ANC's

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. In September 2020, there was a minor scandal when the provincial government published its intention to sign a R180-million rental contract with a company owned by Xulu's 28-year-old daughter, Sindile. Another company which had bid on the contract, the Rebosis Property Fund, contracted forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan to investigate the tender process. The investigation reportedly uncovered that Sindile's company had been registered just three weeks before the tender was advertised, did not own any property, and had submitted a bid about R100-million higher than Rebosis's bid. The opposition

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called for the Xulu to be suspended and investigated, but Xulu said that he had not been aware of or involved in the tender process.

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