Mosima Gabriel Sexwale (Tokyo)

Two such individuals - Tokyo Sexwale ex-Premier of Gauteng and Patrick 'Terror' Lekota ex-Premier of the Free State - have been speedily shunted out or sideways and the party's rules have been changed to enable the President of the ANC (and after the elections of South Africa) Thabo Mbeki to determine the choice of provincial premiers...

Motshekga himself with powerful branch support successfully defied the ANC central leadership last year when it tried to impose Amos Masondo (SACP) on Gauteng as successor to Tokyo Sexwale...

In the past two years it has stirred up resentment by intervening in provincial affairs ousting Lekota as Free State Premier resisting moves in the Northern Province to replace Premier Ngoako Ramathlodi trying to prevent Winnie Mandela from being re-elected ANCWL President and this month trying to impose Amos Masondo (SACP) as Gauteng Premier to succeed Tokyo Sexwale who fell foul of Mbeki and took refuge in the business world...

For the time being a more gentlemanly agreement has settled the public airing of animosities between Gauteng Premier Tokyo Sexwale and Mbeki...

That leaves Gauteng Premier Tokyo Sexwale as the other plausible challenger...

Premier of Gauteng Tokyo Sexwale: popular with formidable provincial power base; fourth in ANC ranking...