Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu

Then Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu made a pitch for the second time with a provocative speech that insulted the judiciary and belittled the constitution for failing to resolve poverty and land redistribution and appeared to win little support (AC Vol 63 No 2 Lindiwe throws a designer hat in the ring)...

Three senior figures in the Ramaphosa camp including Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu are questioning the fundamentals of the constitutional democracy and denouncing the judiciary as an obstruction to political and economic transformation (AC Vol 63 No 2 Lindiwe throws a designer hat in the ring)...

This latest round of policy debates in the ANC follows the confrontation between Ramaphosa and Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu last month over the party's political stance and its anti-corruption campaign...

That much was achieved by Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu's shock attack on the constitution and the judiciary for failing to end inequality and create jobs...

The row between President Cyril Ramaphosa and Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu over her criticism of the country's judges and constitution has opened the race for the top posts in the African National Congress at its elective conference scheduled for 16 December (AC Vol 63 No 2 Lindiwe throws a designer hat in the ring)...

While Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu found some sympathy for her view that there had been little progress with social justice alleviating poverty and creating jobs critics took issue with her blaming the constitution and 'mentally colonised' black judges for the failure of government and the ruling party in which she serves...

Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu's critique of judges and the constitution was a direct bid for the RET to back her in another challenge to Ramaphosa...

But it is possible he could be challenged for the deputy President's position by a woman such as Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma who was narrowly beaten by Ramaphosa in 2017 Defence Minister Thandi Modise or Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu who has previously challenged Ramaphosa and lost...

Such a compromise candidate who could hold together the party's warring factions has not yet emerged but Africa Confidential understands that the front-runners are likely to be ANC Treasurer-General Paul Mashatile or former health minister Zweli Mkhize with Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu or Defence Minister Thandi Modise for deputy...

Lindiwe Sisulu who narrowly lost the deputy presidency to Mabuza in 2017 and Defence Minister Thandi Modise who Africa Confidential understands is Ramaphosa's favoured candidate are likely contenders for the deputy presidency...

Ramaphosa narrowly beat Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Jacob Zuma's ex-wife for ANC president at the elective conference in 2017 while Lindiwe Sisulu who has had more senior cabinet posts than any other woman in the ANC initially challenged Ramaphosa before withdrawing (AC Vol 59 No 1 Pushing Zuma to the exit & Vol 62 No 10 Magashule overplays his hand)...