Raymond Mphakamisi Mhlaba

Yet in the seven ANC-controlled provinces serious problems are emerging: Raymond Mhlaba was indecorously eased out of the Eastern Cape premiership; trickier still was the ousting of the popular Patrick 'Terror' Lekota from the Free State premiership after repeated clashes with ANC provincial Chairman Pat Matosa and deputy Chairman Ace Magashule...

The man now blamed for the province's problems is its ANC Premier Raymond Mhlaba often known as 'Teddy Bear'...

In the Eastern Cape there is widespread dissatisfaction with septuagenarian Premier Raymond Mhlaba who lacks the authority to control the squabbling party factions...