Gwede Samson Mantashe

Ramaphosa's allies – including heavyweights like secretary-general hopeful Fikile Mbalula current party chair Gwede Mantashe and deputy presidential nominee Senzo Mchunu – lost out badly in the branches (AC Vol 63 No 22 Ramaphosa names his party allies)...

Their preferred candidate as party chair was ANC policy guru and former cabinet spokesperson Joel Netshitenzhe instead of the frontrunner Gwede Mantashe...

Pandor Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe Defence Minister Thandi Modise Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan are expected to accompany the President on the state visit...

' Alongside Mchunu the team included Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula as secretary-general former Gauteng health chief Gwen Ramokgopa as treasurer-general and Gwede Mantashe to stay on as chairperson...

Current ANC chairman and Mining Minister Gwede Mantashe who is standing again for the position said Zuma making himself available as his replacement is the 'biggest joke of the year'...

On the first day of the conference ANC chair Gwede Mantashe had to intervene on several occasions to stop the KZN faction from disrupting the proceedings by singing pro-Zuma songs...

There is also concern over challenges to Ramaphosa's energy policy from Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe his erstwhile ally who failed to implement a previous emergency energy plan...

These include two Ramaphosa allies: Gwede Mantashe Minister of Minerals and Energy and ANC chair and Zizi Kodwa deputy minister of state security...

The biggest headache for Ramaphosa is his erstwhile fellow Mineworkers Union ally and Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe who currently serves as the ANC chair in the top six...

We hear the only discordant note at Cutifani's well-attended farewell party in Cape Town on 24 March was from Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe who said the Anglo boss had broken promises to remain headquartered in South Africa...