Bathabile Olive Dlamini

Other senior ANC figures seen to be undermining the President behind the scenes include the ANC Women's League head and Minister for Women Bathabile Dlamini Land Reform Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane and Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu...

Arguably the most incompetent member of cabinet the former Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini who created serial crises with welfare payments for 17 million people was promoted to the post of minister at the presidency responsible for women...

Government at a glance President: Cyril Ramaphosa Deputy President: David 'DD' Mabuza Minister in the Presidency: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Minister for Women and Disability: Bathabile Dlamini Finance: Nhlanhla Nene Deputy: Mondli Gungubele Energy: Jeff Radebe State Security: Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba Public Enterprise: Pravin Gordhan Home Affairs: Malusi Gigaba DIRCO – International Relations and Cooperation: Lindiwe Sisulu Deputy: Reginah Mhaule DPW – Public Works: Thulas Nxesi Water Affairs and Sanitation: Gugile Nkwinti Transport: Blade Nzimande Sports and Recreation: Tokozile Xasa Communications: Nomvula Mokonyane Deputy: Pinky Kekana Social Development: Susan Shabangu Mineral Resources: Gwede Mantashe COGTA – Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: Zweli Mkhize Science and Technology: Nkhensani Kubayi-Ngubane Police: Bheki Cele Higher Education: Naledi Pandor Basic Education: Angie Motshekga Defence and Military Veterans: Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Small Business Development: Lindiwe Zulu Deputy: Cassel Mathale Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries: Senzeni Zokwana Deputy: Sfiso Buthelezi Human Settlements: Nomaindia Mfeketo Rural Development and Land Reform: Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Public Service and Administration: Ayanda Dlodlo Deputy: Chana Pilane-Majake Economic Development: Ebrahim Patel Trade and Industry: Rob Davies Tourism: Derek Hanekom Health: Aaron Motsoaledi Telecommunications: Siyabonga Cwele Labour: Mildred Oliphant Justice and Correctional Services: Tshililo Masutha ...

However some Zuma loyalists – such as Nomvula Mokonyane Edna Molewa and Bathabile Dlamini – also won seats on the NWC...

First in the firing line would be: Public Service and Administration Minister Faith Muthambi; Minerals and Mining Minister Mosebenzi Zwane; Energy Minister David Mahlobo; Minister of Public Enterprises Lynne Brown; Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini; Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des van Rooyen; State Security Minister Bongani Bongo; and Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane...

The notion that the next President should be a woman had become something of a holy grail for the discredited but institutionally powerful ANC Women's League headed by the widely criticised Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini a relative of Dlamini-Zuma...

Social Welfare Minister Bathabile Dlamini has consistently refused to make alternative arrangements for the payments...

' Suspicions about Bathabile Dlamini's motives run so deep that the musings of a Rand Daily Mail anonymous columnist 'Lily Gosam' are spreading well beyond the paper's traditional readership...

Dlamini-Zuma has backing from the ANC Woman's League headed by Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini; the two are relatives...

This group which also saw its candidate Bathabile Dlamini elected as President of the ANC Women's League last month is consolidating its influence in the governing party before the 2017 elective conference (AC Vol 56 No 17 The woman most likely…)...

Within minutes of being elected as the new ANCWL President on 8 August Bathabile Dlamini told the nearly 3 000 members she would be 'working tirelessly' towards this goal during her five-year term...

Also in the top ten are other trusted Zuma-allies such as Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande Justice Minister Jeff Radebe Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini and Minister for Public Service and Administration Lindiwe Sisulu...