Andrek Panyaza Lesufi

Other contenders include ANC Gauteng Chair and Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Ramokgopa...

He can count on the support of his home province of Gauteng including provincial Finance Member of the Executive Council and close ally Lebogang Maile but he cannot be sure of backing from Panyaza Lesufi the ambitious Gauteng premier who defied Ramaphosa by forming a minority government in the province excluding the DA which had emerged as the second largest party in the election...

But the race remains open with Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi and International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola also being mentioned...

Mashatile is close to the ‘Alex Mafia' from their early days in Alexandra township: that includes men such as Lebogang and Mike Maile and Bridgman Sithole who are in turn allies of Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi accused of grand corruption...

The ANC's premier in Gauteng Panyaza Lesufi has been in an informal coalition with the EFF...

Gauteng leads the chargeGauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi is focusing his campaign on jobs...

An ANC insider told us that Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi 'is doing his own thing and the national leadership is not in agreement with his close working relationship' with the EFF when the ruling party has not yet worked out its own coalition plans...

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

Mkhize supporters say they can also count on Gauteng claiming they have the support of the Adiwele (young lions) grouping headed by Lebogang Maile who lost in the election for provincial party chair in June to Panyaza Lesufi (AC Vol 63 No 16 Zuma allies wound Ramaphosa at KwaZulu-Natal conference)...

The ‘Taliban' grouping is tied to the ‘Adiwele' grouping in Gauteng led by the Co-operative Governance provincial minister RET supporter Lebogang Maile who lost out to Panyaza Lesufi at the Gauteng conference (AC Vol 63 No 14 The ANC is losing out to populists and radicals in Gauteng)...