Maite Emily Nkoana-Mashabane

The appointment of the inexperienced Maite Nkoana-Mashabane as Foreign Minister in the new African National Congress (ANC) government suggests that President Jacob Zuma will dominate foreign policy with his strong economic team of Planning Minister Trevor Manuel and Trade Minister Rob Davie (AC Vol 50 Nos 11 & 12)...

The Ministry for International Affairs and Cooperation (the former Foreign Ministry) went to a long-time Zuma supporter Maite Nkoana-Mashabane...

In Limpopo Zuma allies backing Provincial Secretary Cassel Mathale want to unseat Premier and Chairman Sello Moloto in the upcoming provincial conference and Norman Mashabane’s widow Maite Nkoana-Mashabane is being vetted as a compromise candidate...

Mashabane immediately gave up his job as political advisor but his wife Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Local Government and Housing Minister in Limpopo is seeking to challenge the decision against her husband through the labour courts and may show her gratitude to Dlamini-Zuma by mobilising local ANC branches...