Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa

Neither has a clear lead and alternative candidates led by the new tycoons Cyril Ramaphosa and Tokyo Sexwale are making headway...

It also owns a noncontrolling stake of Caxton/CTP and says it is looking for a black partner; a deal involving Johncom Caxton/CTP and BEE companies run by Cyril Ramaphosa and Tokyo Sexwale which sought to acquire 20-30% of Johncom fell flat at the end of October...

Gauteng ANC has a long-list of presidential candidates – Mbeki Zuma Sexwale Cyril Ramaphosa Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and the government’s policy czar Joel Netshitenzhe – but cannot agree on who should be president...

The NUM's former leader Cyril Ramaphosa although a lawyer was not disqualified...

Two high-profile business candidates with deep pockets - Tokyo Sexwale and Cyril Ramaphosa - have joined the presidential succession race but they face suspicion from several senior African National Congress officials who want the party to keep its distance from commercial influences...

To that list is now added two ANC politicians-turned-businessmen: Cyril Ramaphosa and Tokyo Sexwale...

ANC leaders including Nelson Mandela's long-time ally Walter Sisulu overruled Mandela whose choice was Cyril Ramaphosa...

Cyril Ramaphosa's personal fortune is listed as 500 million rand (US$72 mn) but informal estimates put it at around R2 billion...

Union leader turned tycoon Cyril Ramaphosa has discreetly informed senior members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) that he is prepared to be a candidate for the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC) at its national conference in December...

Cyril Ramaphosa the former ANC General Secretary who was a leading figure in the UDF is frequently touted as a candidate...

Other candidates for the ANC's presidential nomination - such as former ANC Secretary General Cyril Ramaphosa Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota and Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni - will only emerge in the coming months...

That worried contenders such as the former Premier of Gauteng Province Tokyo Sexwale former ANC General Secretary Cyril Ramaphosa and former Mpumalanga Premier Mathews Phosa...