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New cropInsiders say that major changes are due at ANC headquarters as the likes of Senzo Mchunu narrowly beaten to the post of Secretary-General by Magashule in the 2017 election Kodwa and ANC election chief Fikile Mbalula a former Zuma loyalist turned Ramaphosa fan leave for government positions...

David Mahlobo a Zuma ally who ran the intelligence and the energy ministries has been proposed for Environment Minister; Senzo Mchunu Ramaphosa's main ally in KwaZulu-Natal is punted for Energy Minister unless he wins the ANC's Secretary General position in a recount of the votes being considered by the party...

The Secretary General post would go to Zuma arch-rival and former KZN Premier Senzo Mchunu with former Gauteng premier and current chairman Paul Mashatile as Treasurer General (AC Vol 58 No 14 Cyril's musical chairs)...

Premier league replayLast month Mabuza convened a public meeting of the Premier League together with the anti-Zuma premiers of Gauteng and the pro-Ramaphosa former premier of KwaZulu-Natal Senzo Mchunu in a rare show of unity...

The court case was brought by Senzo Mchunu former ANC provincial chairperson and Premier of KZN and several regional leaders as well as Bheki Cele the former police commissioner after Mchunu lost the leadership contest to Zikalala in 2015 (AC Vol 57 No 23 Starting the post-Zuma race)...

Music stopsSimilar difficulties attend the Ramaphosa group in its quest for adequate berths for two other influential ANC leaders: Paul Mashatile the current Gauteng Provincial Chairman and Senzo Mchunu the former ANC KZN Premier...

In November 2015 the pro-Ramaphosa former KZN Chairman Senzo Mchunu lost the provincial ANC leadership in controversial circumstances and by a tiny margin to his pro-Zuma rival Sihle Zikalala...

That came a month after he had forced the pro-Ramaphosa KZN Premier Edward Senzo Mchunu to resign for supposedly plotting against his leadership...

Ramaphosa's supporters who have been campaigning in the province this month include former Premier Edward Senzo Mchunu who was ousted by a pro-Zuma candidate Sihle Zikalala in a controversial poll earlier in the year...

Former Youth league leader Sihle Zikalala toppled former provincial Premier Senzo Mchunu at the provincial conference a year ago...