' A former ANC executive member who worked with Mbalula Mashatile and ANC First Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane at Luthuli House told Africa Confidential that the real contest is now between Mbalula and Mashatile who are vying for the ANC presidency in 2027 when Cyril Ramaphosa steps down after two terms...

Yet his backing in Gauteng is fractured and he is courting ANC First Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane and Lesufi...

Both ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula and Deputy Secretary General Nomvula Mokonyane admitted the ANC had been humbled by the electorate but of course was learning the necessary lessons...

Lesufi is supported by Mabuza ANC Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane – both of whom have been accused of corruption – Dlamini-Zuma and much of the ANC leadership in KZN province (AC Vol 64 No 25 Growing dissent pressures ANC from all angles)...

The two are Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe and ANC Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane...

We hear he has reorganised the party's structure redefining the roles of the two deputy secretaries general one of which is the former Premier of Gauteng and Housing Minister Nomvula Mokonyane...

ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile who has been waiting to be appointed as Ramaphosa's deputy president is now chair of the powerful deployment committee with his close political ally Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane also appointed to the committee (AC Vol 64 No 4 Mashatile set to be the heir presumptive)...

'Mbalula is also keeping a close eye on Mashatile and Nomvula Mokonyane and for now has the ear of the Chris Hani grouping...

Other in Mashatile's camp include senior ANC figures such as Panyaza Lesufi the ANC chairman in Gauteng and Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane...

Three of the province's top politicians made it into the ANC's top seven positions: Mashatile as Deputy President; Nomvula Mokonyane as Deputy Secretary-General; and Dr Gwen Ramokgopa as Treasurer-General...

He was flanked by treasurer-general nominee Mzwandile Masina a key figure in the party's RET faction and the deputy secretary-general nominee Nomvula Mokonyane former Gauteng premier and government minister...

At the moment the secretariat is being run by Mashatile with the help of Nomvula Mokonyane...