Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma

The Zuma faction is understood to be placing their hopes in David Mabuza deputy president of the ANC and South Africa to take over from Ramaphosa and then for Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma former African Union chair and Zuma's ex-wife to take over from Mabuza...

Chihombori was appointed by Moussa Faki's predecessor as AU Commission Chair South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to succeed the Tanzanian politician Amina Salum Ali who had held the Washington DC post since 2007...

The Western Cape PTT also includes the respected former head of the police investigating unit the Hawks Anwa  Dramat and other old party hands including the former head of justice in the province Hishaam Mohamed and the former provincial secretary Songezo Mjongile a supporter of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's leadership bid and a Magashule supporter...

The appeal to the wealthy elite was based on preventing Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma the former chair of the African Union and Zuma's ex-wife becoming leader of the ANC...

The strategy involved at least temporarily side-lining Mabuza by replacing him with Minister in the Presidency Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma who fought Ramaphosa for the ANC leadership but has been supportive of Ramaphosa's leadership and declared that she would gratefully carry out any task she was given...

The most likely candidates to replace him are International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu or the former wife of former President Jacob Zuma Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma who as a senior minister in the Presidency has been supportive of Ramaphosa...

ANC chairman and Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe seen as a Ramaphosa supporter is third on the list and Zuma's ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is in fourth place...

Chergui was accustomed to having his own way on security issues under Moussa Faki's predecessor Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma who took little interest in them but now he feels Moussa Faki is treading on his toes officials in Addis Ababa are saying (AC Vol 58 No 3 The scramble for the chair)...

Yet Pretoria's efforts to get a much bigger role for the African Union in resolving the conflict have faltered since Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma stood down as AU Commission chair and Morocco was readmitted to the body in January 2017 ending a boycott called by the late King Hassan II in 1984 after Polisario's Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) was admitted as a full member...

In what is seen as a somewhat Machiavellian move Ramaphosa has appointed his main rival in the ANC leadership election last December Zuma's ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma now a senior minister at the Presidency to lead the task group...