David Dabede Mabuza ('DD')

Lined up against Ramaphosa with Magashule are: Deputy President  David Mabuza; former Premier of North West province  Supra Mahumapelo; former President Jacob Zuma; and the current Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane a Zuma-appointed advocate who formerly worked in intelligence...

On the eve of the expected announcement of his drastically trimmed and revamped cabinet on 27 May a power struggle erupted between President Cyril Ramaphosa and his deputy in the last administration David Mabuza...

'There is no doubt that Ramaphosa's association with David Mabuza has dented his reputation and will continue to damage his campaign to attract foreign investment ' a leading investor in the City of London told Africa Confidential...

The President's first challenge is whether to shift Deputy President David Mabuza to another post in the party or government...

The ANC's Integrity Committee which supports the President has named 22 'compromised' individuals to be asked to resign or to be taken off the list including Deputy President David Mabuza Women's League leader Bathabile Dlamini former Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba and Environmental Affairs Minister Nomvula Mokonyane...

Unusually the ANC's and South African Deputy President David Mabuza has spent most of the time campaigning in Mpumalanga his home province and Zuma's KwaZulu-Natal...

While government officials suspected of corruption can be charged suspended and tried Ramaphosa has fewer means to deal with elected party officials such as Magashule and the Deputy President of the ANC and the country David Mabuza who has previously been accused of fraud corruption and running hit squads to deal with his political opponents (AC Vol 60 No 1 Win first then work)...

In second place after Ramaphosa on the list is Deputy President David Mabuza who facilitated Ramaphosa's victory in 2017 by switching allegiance just before the vote...

Zuma loyalists like ANC secretary general Ace Magashule and Deputy President David Mabuza still wield significant power...

Paramount chairman Ivor Ichikowitz has a business relationship with Robert Gumede a multi-millionaire with strong ties to the Zuma elite who switched allegiance to new Deputy President David Mabuza the former Premier of Mpumalanga Province...

Ramaphosa's advisory panel on land reform Vuyokazi 'Vuyo' Mahlati member of the National Planning Commission and president of the African Farmers' Association of South Africa (chair of panel) Ruth Hall researcher and professor at the University of the Western Cape's Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies Professor Abdus Salam Mohammad Karaan professor in agricultural economics at Stellenbosch University Daniel Kriek Free State commercial livestock farmer and president of AgriSA an umbrella group of farming associations Bulelwa Mabasa attorney with expertise in land restitution and reform Thato Moagi young emerging farmer (aged 27) and entrepreneur Thandi Ngcobo chief executive and founder of the Dr J L Dube Institute for Humanitarian and Development Praxis at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Tembeka Ngcukaitobi advocate public speaker and author whose work for the Legal Resources Centre and Johannesburg Bar spans public law labour law and competition Nick Serfontein chairman of Sernick Group which is cooperating with Ramaphosa; 2016 Free State Farmer of the Year and Mentor of the Year Wandile Sihlobo agricultural economist head of research at the Agricultural Business Chamber independent advisor to Afgrain Food Groups Called to account Opposition leader Mmusi Maimane of the Democratic Alliance has requested confirmation from the Zondo Commission into state capture that the following former and serving state officials be called to testify: Lynne Brown former Energy Minister Jessie Duarte ANC Deputy Secretary-General Arthur Fraser former spy chief/Director-General of the State Security Agency now National Commissioner of Correctional Services Malusi Gigaba former Finance Minister now Minister of Home Affairs David 'DD' Mabuza current Deputy President of the ANC and South Africa David Mahlobo former State Security Minister Gwede Mantashe Chairman of the African National Congress Tom Moyane former head of the South African Revenue Service the national tax collection agency Cyril Ramaphosa current ANC President and President of South Africa David Douglas 'Des' van Rooyen former Minister of Local Government Jacob Zuma former ANC President and President of the Republic of South Africa Mosebenzi Zwane former Minister of Mineral Resources ...

The third member was Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza now the Deputy President of the ANC and the country who threw in his lot with Ramaphosa at the eleventh hour (AC Vol 59 No 1 Pushing Zuma to the exit)...