Fikile April Mbalula

The ANC's electoral war chest is ready and the party has appointed former Police Minister Fikile Mbalula to run the campaign...

Those fired include Fikile Mbalula (Police) Mosebenzi Zwane (Mineral Resources) Des van Rooyen (Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs) Lynne Brown (Public Enterprises) Faith Muthambi (Public Service and Administration) David Mahlobo (Energy) and Bongani Bongo (State Security)...

Fikile Mbalula current police minister and Dlamini-Zuma supporter would get the Sports portfolio; Bheki Cele the former national police commissioner and Ramaphosa backer is punted to get the Police Ministry; Thoko Didiza whom Zuma tried to install as Tshwane Mayor is proposed as Public Works Minister...

Mantashe who has been in the job for more than a decade thwarted attempts to suspend him at last weekend's chaotic meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) but the appointment of maverick Police Minister Fikile Mbalula to head the task group along with the inclusion of the Zuma-loyalist former Security Minister David Mahlobo is not seen by Mantashe's supporters as a good omen...

Ramaphosa's people are also working on the Police Minister Fikile Mbalula whose name was put forward by the ANC Youth League as Dlamini-Zuma's second deputy secretary general a post which does not exist but is being debated at this week's ANC policy conference which was due to end on 5 July...

The ANCYL has proposed that Fikile Mbalula the Sports Minister and another former ANCYL President join the Gigaba slate as candidate for the ANC general secretary's position...

Ramaphosa was the keynote speaker at Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's glittering 80th birthday celebration which boasted an elite guest list including Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula the Independent Group newspaper boss Iqbal Survé Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and Dali Mpofu...

In the run-up to the highly contested conference the KZN Youth League declared strongly for Zikalala who used to be Secretary General of the ANC Youth League and served under a former leader Fikile Mbalula...

'It is not true that comrades are imposed they emerged from the democratic processes of the organisation… We must debunk that notion ' said Fikile Mbalula former ANCYL President and current Minister of Sports and Recreation...

Nevertheless he has support from a broad spectrum of ANC constituencies and is ahead of other possible successors Among these are African Union Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma ambitious Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula and the Arts and Culture (formerly Police) Minister Nathi Mthethwa...