RET sleepers in the ANC such as Tony Yengeni Lindiwe Sisulu Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Zuma's ex-wife and Bathabile Dlamini could join the new bloc after the election...

The voluminous Zondo reports which include tens of thousands of pages of evidence gathered over four years of testimony have already implicated more than 130 officials in corruption leading to scores of pending charges and court remands but few convictions other than Zuma for contempt of court and the ANC Women's League head Bathabile Dlamini for perjury...

The conviction of Women's League President Bathabile Dlamini for perjury has effectively rendered the League both leaderless and ineffective...

Another setback for the RET faction was the charging of ANC Women's League head Bathabile Dlamini former social development minister with perjury over the evidence she gave to a court about her role in a social benefits scandal which rocked the country in 2017...

They include: former Eskom and Transnet chair Brian Molefe and Eskom officials Anoj Singh and Matshela Koko; former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) chief Lucky Montana; former Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba; former Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Mosebenzi Zwane; former Minister of Social Security Bathabile Dlamini; and former Minister of Environmental Affairs Nomvula Mokonyane...

A by-product of the battle between Ace Magashule and Ramaphosa is the sidelining of Bathabile Dlamini President of the ANC's Women's League...

The NEC refusal even to discuss the issue is regarded as a victory over President Cyril Ramaphosa and his allies by Magashule's supporters in the NEC who include: Zuma former Minister of Environmental Affairs Nomvula Mokonyane former Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini former North West premier Supra Mahumapelo and former ANC Secretary General in the Western Cape Tony Yengeni...

Others deemed unsuitable by the commission include former state security Minister Bongani Bongo who has been charged with bribery and has stepped aside as an MP; former minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson; Beauty Dlulane; Ruth Bhengu; and former State Security Minister David Mahlobo; Thabang Makwetla former Minister of Correctional Services; former Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane and former ministers Faith Muthambi and Bathabile Dlamini head of the ANC Women's League...

These include Mosebenzi Zwane Nomvula Mokonyane Faith Muthambi and Des van Rooyen as well as senior party officials such as Secretary-General Ace Magashule ANC Women's League leader Bathabile Dlamini and Deputy President David Mabuza...