A surprise appointment as head of the social transformation committee is former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize who lost out to Ramaphosa for the ANC presidency in December (AC Vol 63 No 25 President's fate rests with party)...

In spite of some last minute ructions it looks a matter of time before Paul Mashatile who outsmarted the Cyril Ramaphosa and Zweli Mkhize camps at the African National Congress's elective conference in December is sworn in as Deputy President (AC Vol 63 No 25 elective conference President's fate rests with party)...

Sisulu walked out before the vote and presidential candidate Zweli Mkhize was absent...

He had won 2 037 nominations for the ANC presidency easily beating his former health minister Zweli Mkhize who got 916...

' They have been heartened that Ramaphosa's rival former health minister Zweli Mkhize is facing his own corruption probe into a Covid communications contract with a company called Digital Vibes (AC Vol 63 No 20 Zuma humiliated on his home turf)...

In a surprise move the ANCYL favoured former health minister Zweli Mkhize for president and party Treasurer-General and acting Secretary-General Paul Mashatile for deputy president...

KZN put him forward as deputy president on the slate of Ramaphosa's main challenger former health minister Zweli Mkhize...

The decision by the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) South Africa's second biggest province and its largest reservoir of party members to choose former health minister Zweli Mkhize as its preferred candidate for party president has come as a shock to supporters of President Cyril Ramaphosa...

The topic of the day is who is best placed to challenge Cyril Ramaphosa for the leadership of the ANC – Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma or Zweli Mkhize...

The speech launched his campaign to be chosen to stand for the party leadership but there are doubts the former favourite can muster enough support (see Box The rise and stall of Zweli Mkhize)...

The rise and stall of Zweli Mkhize Former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize helped lead the country through the Covid crisis and many had believed he would take over from President Cyril Ramaphosa before he was forced to resign after a corruption scandal over a communications company hired by his department at the height of the pandemic (AC Vol 61 No 8 Heroes and villains in the pandemic)...