Opinion polls suggest he would command more support from both ANC voters and the wider public than either Deputy President Paul Mashatile or ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula (AC Vol 67 No 8 DA triumvirate bets on black votes to break its political ceiling)...

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula occupies a different space altogether...

The most serious allegations concern notes of meetings between Kremlin ‘political technologist' Maxim Sokolov and African National Congress Secretary-General and presidential hopeful Fikile Mbalula along with his advisor Bongani Mbindwane...

Either of the leading internal contenders for the succession – Deputy President Paul Mashatile or Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula – risk hastening the party's descent say outsiders (AC Vol 67 No 5 Patrice Motsepe isn't running for the Presidency – but his campaign won't listen & Vol 67 No 6 Madlanga tests presidential power)...

But the campaign has rattled ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula who has repeatedly tried to quash any succession debate before local government elections later this year when the ANC is expected to suffer further losses after its poor 40% showing in the 2024 national poll (AC Vol 65 No 12 Choices get starker after the ANC vote crash)...

It is no secret within the ANC that Ramaphosa is unenthused about the current choices on offer for the party's next president: Vice-President Paul Mashatile or ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula...

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula – though loyal to Ramaphosa – is widely regarded as over-zealous and an unconvincing leadership contender...

More combative officials and open critics of Trump such as ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula and Mining Minister Gwede Mantashe were kept out of the delegation to prevent a confrontation we understand...

Deputy President Paul Mashatile criticised Democratic Alliance (DA) ministers who opposed the budget saying they should be ‘ashamed' to remain in office while African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula called for a ‘reset'...