He was extremely close to the late Eric Molobi ANC activist and founder of the Kagiso Trust; as well as the late Ignatius Jacobs ANC general manager; and Jessie Duarte the late deputy secretary-general of the ANC...

Mbalula and coSince he ascended to the secretary-general position Fikile Mbalula has been trying to reorganise the secretariat following the suspension of Ace Magashule and the death of Jessie Duarte...

After Ace Magashule was suspended as secretary-general in May last year over corruption charges his deputy Jessie Duarte took on the role alongside her own (AC Vol 62 No 10 Magashule overplays his hand)...

Deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte died of cancer in July leaving Mashatile to run day-to-day operations at Luthuli House...

The current top six posts have only four active officials as former ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule has been suspended and Deputy Secretary-General Jessie Duarte is on sick leave and likely to retire in December we hear...

Secretary-General Ace Magashule has been suspended pending the outcome of his fraud and corruption trial while Deputy-Secretary Jessie Duarte the only woman in the top six has indicated she will be retiring at the end of the year...

ANC Secretary-General Jessie Duarte vented her frustration at the disruption to everyday life caused by such severe and sustained power cuts...

Acting ANC Secretary-General Jessie Duarte insists the ANC is not bankrupt but concedes that it has a 'cashflow problem' as a result of donations shrinking following the introduction in April this year of the new Political Party Funding Act...

Acting Secretary-General Jessie Duarte has conceded that the organisation has a 'cash-flow' problem and that donations have all but dried up since a law came into effect on 1 April compelling political parties to disclose funding sources...

Magashule's suspension was conveyed in a letter from his deputy Jessie Duarte following a meeting of the ANC's 20-strong National Working Committee on 3 May...