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Gwede Samson Mantashe

Date of Birth: 21 June 1955
Place of Birth: Lower Cala Village, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province)


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President under pressure

ANCYL opposes the incumbent Gwede Mantashe who is also National Chairman of the South African Communist Party (SACP)...


Mounting strikes

Two former NUM leaders (and now top ANC officials) Gwede Mantashe and Kgalema Motlanthe face growing attacks from the conservative nationalist wing of the party led by youth leaguers Fikile Mbalula and Julius Malema...


Football fever, faction fever

This spat goes to the heart of the party battle pitting the business nationalists such as Nyanda and ANC Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema against Vavi Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande and ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe (AC Vol 51 No 8)...


In a league of his own

Worse than Mbeki We understand that senior ANC leaders such as Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe ANC Treasurer Mathews Phosa and General Secretary Gwede Mantashe along with Zwelinzima Vavi of the Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (Cosatu) and Blade Nzimande of the SA Communist Party (SACP) asked Zuma to reprimand Malema publicly...


Live by the sword

The ANC has finally demonstrated its intention to rein in the rabble-rousing Malema; Zuma previously a defender has denounced him as have ANC General Secretary Gwede Mantashe and Treasurer Mathews Phosa...


The state of Jacob Zuma

The primary target is the secretary general’s post: ANC Youth League (ANCYL) leader Julius Malema wants to replace incumbent Gwede Mantashe with his friend Deputy Police Commissioner Fikile Mbalula...


Jackie Selebi on trial

The ANC's ambitious Secretary General Gwede Mantashe calls 'the growing intersection between business and politics' the greatest threat to the ANC...


This time it will be different

That role for the unions is not universally popular: the ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe has questioned the loyalty of those in the unions and South African Communist Party (SACP) who are already criticising the Zuma government...


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