General Siphiwe Nyanda (Gebuza)

General Siphiwe Nyanda a former head of both MK and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said the rot in the ANC had its roots in a major membership drive in recent years which failed to screen applicants and allowed a large contingent of rent-seekers and criminals to sign up for membership and infiltrate the organisation...

They include: former Chief Financial Officer Anoj Singh Gupta associate Salim Essa former Defence Minister Siphiwe Nyanda former Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba and former Transnet CEO Brian Molefe...

General Siphiwe Nyanda was during the liberation struggle one of Jacob Zuma's closest confidants in the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC) Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) but has turned against him...

Siphiwe Nyanda also came out against him (AC Vol 57 No 7 Night of the generals)...

Influential ‘African nationalists’ in the ANC such as Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Billy Masetlha (former head of the National Intelligence Agency) Tony Yengeni (head of ANC political education) and Siphiwe Nyanda (former head of the South African National Defence Force) also back the call for nationalisation...

When President Jacob Zuma reshuffled his cabinet last month he fired the powerful Communications Minister General Siphiwe Nyanda...

Zuma also fired his incompetent former ally the Communications Minister General Siphiwe Nyanda replacing him with Roy Padayachie an ally from KwaZulu-Natal...

Some in the cabinet and the ANC such as General Siphiwe Nyanda the Communications Minister want to copy Beijing’s tough stance against internal dissenters as well as its development model...

Hard-line presidential allies such as the Communications Minister General Siphiwe Nyanda fear the erosion of the President’s authority...

Behind the scenes Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda one of Zuma’s closest allies has supported Ngubane and Molefe...