Bathabile Olive Dlamini

Within minutes of being elected as the new ANCWL President on 8 August Bathabile Dlamini told the nearly 3 000 members she would be 'working tirelessly' towards this goal during her five-year term...

Also in the top ten are other trusted Zuma-allies such as Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande Justice Minister Jeff Radebe Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini and Minister for Public Service and Administration Lindiwe Sisulu...

Its members are Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini Cooperative Governance Minister Richard Baloyi and North-West Premier Thandi Modise...

As Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini replaced the struggling Edna Molewa moved sideways to Water and Environmental Affairs...

There has also been a purge in the ANC Women's League whose new President Angie Motshekga is an ally of Zuma; her defeated rival was Bathabile Dlamini the ANCWL's pro-Mbeki former General Secretary...