Sihle Zikalala

Sihle Zikalala premier of Zuma's home province of KZN said that the mayhem began as a protest against Zuma's arrest but later 'ran out of control'...

Premier Sihle Zikalala 48 is a Ramaphosa man but persists in gamely trying to prove his bona fides to Zuma and his faction turning up to support the former president at his court appearances counselling in near-apocalyptic terms against his incarceration and now repeatedly calling for Zuma's pardon...

But it will complicate efforts to bring Zuma-loyalists in the province such as provincial premier Sihle Zikalala into the president's circle...

In the regionsFrom handing out hand-sanitisers and masks at taxi ranks to doing door-to-door visits and even overseeing mobile testing KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has been one of the most prominent premiers during the Covid-19 response...

 However ANC KZN chair Sihle Zikalala is loyal to Ramaphosa meaning the move is unlikely to succeed...

Resentment is growing as rumours gather that ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule may face arrest soon and since ANC KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala forced the resignation of the eThekwini (Durban) mayor Zandile Gumede...

Since the courts ruled in September that the KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala a Zuma loyalist and his commissioners were not legitimately elected in 2015 there has been a battle over how to install a new local government...

It's unclear whether Sihle Zikalala the pro-Zuma incumbent would retain his leadership position in one of the country's most deeply divided provinces...

Magashule won with the support of the KZN ANC and its leader Sihle Zikalala who has still not fully accepted Ramaphosa as ANC president...

He also appears to be delaying leadership elections in KwaZulu-Natal North-West Province and Free State whose leaders or most prominent figures are all Zuma sympathisers: Sihle Zikalala Supra Mahumapelo and Ace Magashule (AC Vol 58 No 21 Mabuza changes the race)...