We hear that Mashatile's team has contacted the camp of KZN heavyweight Zweli Mkhize for help but after Mashatile's home province of Gauteng went back on its promise to vote for Mkhize as their preferred presidential candidate in December there is some reluctance to assist...

Mashatile did not take sides in the leadership contest between Ramaphosa and Zweli Mkhize...

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...