David Dabede Mabuza ('DD')

Several names are being pushed for the job including treasurer and acting secretary-general Paul Mashatile Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi Co-operative and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma deputy president David 'DD' Mabuza and Justice Minister Ronald Lamola (see Box Whose hats are in the ring...

ANC deputy president David Mabuza has not ruled himself out of the race either and his lobby group has been seeking advice on the economy Africa Confidential hears...

It was he who won DD Mabuza to the Cyril camp during the elective conference in 2017 when Mabuza ordered his supporters to shift their votes from Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to Ramaphosa ' an insider said (AC Vol 59 No 1 Pushing Zuma to the exit)...

Ramaphosa can still rely on senior government figures such as Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola Deputy President David 'DD' Mabuza and Higher Education Minister and former SACP secretary-general Blade Nzimande...

Controversial Deputy President David Mabuza who has lost influence in his home province of Mpumalanga looks increasingly unlikely to get the ANC nod from the new provincial leadership to stand for a second five-year term analysts say...

Mantashe would also have been involved in talks about the Russian project as would Deputy President David Mabuza facing separate accusations of corruption who has strong ties to Russia and has made several visits to the country in recent years (AC Vol 62 No 16 After the insurrection)...

The discredited incumbent Deputy President David Mabuza will also first have to be persuaded to step down if a potentially damaging contest is to be avoided (AC Vol 63 No 3 Candidates and kingmakers break cover in succession drama)...

On paper the deputy president should be able to pitch for the presidency but this is unlikely for incumbent David Mabuza...

On paper the deputy president should be able to pitch for the presidency but this is unlikely for incumbent David Mabuza...

The minutes represented the period when Deputy President David Mabuza chaired the committee but the period from 2012 to May 2018 – when Ramaphosa was the Deputy President and committee chair – were not released...

In 2017 Sisulu withdrew from challenging Ramaphosa for the ANC leadership and then narrowly lost to the David Mabuza after switching to challenge for deputy president (AC Vol 62 No 21 Mabuza stirs a hornets' nest)...

Deputy President David Mabuza a former Zuma supporter who switched at the last minute in 2017 and clinched victory for Ramaphosa is compromised by allegations of corruption while Premier of Mpumalanga province and suffers from poor health (AC Vol 62 No 21 Mabuza stirs a hornets' nest)...