Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma

An approach was made to see whether Ramaphosa would be willing to continue as Deputy President should Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Jacob Zuma's ex-wife and his favourite in the succession stakes become party and then national President we hear...

Staying in the shadowsWith the clock ticking to the ANC elective conference in December 2017 Ramaphosa is suffering from the lobbying efforts of the Premier League the informal lobby group that includes powerful provincial leaders and supports African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for the presidential succession (AC Vol 57 No 16 Nkosazana's trial balloon)...

On 28 August in Ntshanga west of Durban the provincial ANCYL's Thanduxolo Sabelo repeated the call for an early conference saying there 'are lots of women in the party but Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma tops the list'...

A calm undemonstrative man his manner is conciliatory which is attractive to those who are unhappy with the prospect of either Cyril Ramaphosa who has impressed less as time goes on or Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma whom they see as President Jacob Zuma's political heir leading the country...

It has publicly backed the outgoing African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for party president...

The USA United Nations European Union and International Organisation of Francophonie all back the initiative by Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma the Chairwoman of the African Union Commission to appoint former Togolese Prime Minister Edem Kodjo as facilitator of the Dialogue...

Led by its South African Chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma the AU has taken a more active interest in the conflict much to Moroccan discomfort...

So far he has pushed both his former wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma the head of the African Union Commission and Baleka Mbete the ANC Chairperson to protect him from prosecution after he leaves office (AC Vol 56 No 23 Dlamini-Zuma bandwagon speeds up)...

Zuma's former wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma the main rival of Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa in the succession stakes expressed shock that the President could be addressed in such a way...

He is married to Patrice Motsepe's sister Tshepo but is trailing Zuma's former wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in the succession stakes...

The episode hasn't done much for the reputation of PSC Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma ex-wife of South African President Jacob Zuma and a possible candidate to succeed him (see Feature)...

Much to the ire of opposition parties African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma recently gave her public backing to the dialogue process and so too has the Catholic Church apparently on the orders of the Vatican...