Gwede Samson Mantashe

The Secretary General of the governing African National Congress (ANC) Gwede Mantashe predictably called Zuma's decisions 'bold and decisive' while the opposition said the new team did not 'inspire confidence'...

Yet he earned a rebuke from ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe when he suggested that the province rope in former President Thabo Mbeki to canvass votes in middle class areas of the province during the election campaign...

Proposed in 2011 it has encountered fierce opposition from ANC allies such as the National Union of Metal Workers but at a post-election press conference ANC General Secretary Gwede Mantashe said the party was committed to the Plan which set out its priorities on jobs education and training...

' ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe responded that Kasrils 'was disruptive reckless and counter-revolutionary' and blamed him for leading a protest that caused the death of nearly 30 demonstrators near Bisho Eastern Cape (then Ciskei) 22 years ago...

Secretary General Gwede Mantashe said its release so close to elections showed an intention to ‘muddy the waters in the election campaign' and called it a ‘political report'...

The ANC's fiery Secretary General Gwede Mantashe played a central role in drawing up the national list and coordinating with the party's branches in the nine provinces...

They detest its staunch tactical support for the Zuma presidency the position articulated by SACP Politburo member and ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe...

Yet the likelihood of a fightback under the determined and effective Secretary General Gwede Mantashe should not be underestimated...

ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe and Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande respectively past and current SACP secretaries general exemplify the influence of the SACP at the highest levels of government and of the ANC...

African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Gwede Mantashe has also weighed in against Vavi saying that Cosatu's problem was the attempt by some to impose ‘a cult of personality'...