Sihle Zikalala

Sihle Zikalala a former Zuma loyalist who has awkwardly transitioned to the Ramaphosa camp is facing a bitter struggle to retain his position as KZN premier...

A Ramaphosa insider said it was not impossible that the ambitious and influential Sihle Zikalala – KwaZulu-Natal's Premier – could be in line for either a cabinet or top-six post to stabilise relations with KZN and keep youth on board...

The latest broadside came from Sihle Zikalala premier of Zuma-supporting province KwaZulu-Natal who called for a debate within the ANC about returning to a parliamentary democracy – which existed under apartheid – where judges are less able in his view to countermand decisions of the executive...

Two Zuma loyalists – incumbent KZN premier Sihle Zikalala and billionaire challenger Sandile Zungu – are also vying to lead the province...

Two Zuma loyalists – incumbent KZN premier Sihle Zikalala and billionaire challenger Sandile Zungu – are also vying to lead the province...

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala said service delivery would waeken further if there was no majority party in eThekwini (Durban)...

Sihle Zikalala premier of Zuma's home province of KZN said that the mayhem began as a protest against Zuma's arrest but later 'ran out of control'...

Premier Sihle Zikalala 48 is a Ramaphosa man but persists in gamely trying to prove his bona fides to Zuma and his faction turning up to support the former president at his court appearances counselling in near-apocalyptic terms against his incarceration and now repeatedly calling for Zuma's pardon...

But it will complicate efforts to bring Zuma-loyalists in the province such as provincial premier Sihle Zikalala into the president's circle...

In the regionsFrom handing out hand-sanitisers and masks at taxi ranks to doing door-to-door visits and even overseeing mobile testing KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has been one of the most prominent premiers during the Covid-19 response...