Bathabile Olive Dlamini

Women's League President Bathabile Dlamini and former Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba were disqualified in the first category; the 19 named in the second category included current ANC chair Gwede Mantashe Supra Mahumapelo former Premier of North West province and former ministers Bongani Bongo Faith Muthambi Mosebenzi Zwane and Nomvula Mokonyane...

The ANC's Integrity Committee which supports the President has named 22 'compromised' individuals to be asked to resign or to be taken off the list including Deputy President David Mabuza Women's League leader Bathabile Dlamini former Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba and Environmental Affairs Minister Nomvula Mokonyane...

Environment Minister Nomvula Mokonyane who is alleged to have received bribes for facilitating access to state contracts and Minister in the Presidency for Women Bathabile Dlamini who is at the centre of a social welfare payments fiasco under Zuma are both included...

Other senior ANC figures seen to be undermining the President behind the scenes include the ANC Women's League head and Minister for Women Bathabile Dlamini Land Reform Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane and Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu...

Arguably the most incompetent member of cabinet the former Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini who created serial crises with welfare payments for 17 million people was promoted to the post of minister at the presidency responsible for women...

Government at a glance President: Cyril Ramaphosa Deputy President: David 'DD' Mabuza Minister in the Presidency: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Minister for Women and Disability: Bathabile Dlamini Finance: Nhlanhla Nene Deputy: Mondli Gungubele Energy: Jeff Radebe State Security: Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba Public Enterprise: Pravin Gordhan Home Affairs: Malusi Gigaba DIRCO – International Relations and Cooperation: Lindiwe Sisulu Deputy: Reginah Mhaule DPW – Public Works: Thulas Nxesi Water Affairs and Sanitation: Gugile Nkwinti Transport: Blade Nzimande Sports and Recreation: Tokozile Xasa Communications: Nomvula Mokonyane Deputy: Pinky Kekana Social Development: Susan Shabangu Mineral Resources: Gwede Mantashe COGTA – Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: Zweli Mkhize Science and Technology: Nkhensani Kubayi-Ngubane Police: Bheki Cele Higher Education: Naledi Pandor Basic Education: Angie Motshekga Defence and Military Veterans: Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Small Business Development: Lindiwe Zulu Deputy: Cassel Mathale Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries: Senzeni Zokwana Deputy: Sfiso Buthelezi Human Settlements: Nomaindia Mfeketo Rural Development and Land Reform: Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Public Service and Administration: Ayanda Dlodlo Deputy: Chana Pilane-Majake Economic Development: Ebrahim Patel Trade and Industry: Rob Davies Tourism: Derek Hanekom Health: Aaron Motsoaledi Telecommunications: Siyabonga Cwele Labour: Mildred Oliphant Justice and Correctional Services: Tshililo Masutha ...

However some Zuma loyalists – such as Nomvula Mokonyane Edna Molewa and Bathabile Dlamini – also won seats on the NWC...

First in the firing line would be: Public Service and Administration Minister Faith Muthambi; Minerals and Mining Minister Mosebenzi Zwane; Energy Minister David Mahlobo; Minister of Public Enterprises Lynne Brown; Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini; Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des van Rooyen; State Security Minister Bongani Bongo; and Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane...

The notion that the next President should be a woman had become something of a holy grail for the discredited but institutionally powerful ANC Women's League headed by the widely criticised Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini a relative of Dlamini-Zuma...

Social Welfare Minister Bathabile Dlamini has consistently refused to make alternative arrangements for the payments...

' Suspicions about Bathabile Dlamini's motives run so deep that the musings of a Rand Daily Mail anonymous columnist 'Lily Gosam' are spreading well beyond the paper's traditional readership...

Dlamini-Zuma has backing from the ANC Woman's League headed by Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini; the two are relatives...