Gwede Samson Mantashe

They are believed to include ANC General Secretary Gwede Mantashe Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande ANC Treasurer Zweli Mkhize and National Planning Commission Minister Jeff Radebe...

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...

The team which includes ANC Deputy Secretary Jessie Duarte former Mines Minister Susan Shabangu and ANC General Secretary and former NUM leader Gwede Mantashe have been attempting to broker a peace deal between the affiliates since April...

The ANC then appointed an interim League under General Secretary Gwede Mantashe to prepare for the ANC's national conference...

The ANC also defended the decision with Secretary General Gwede Mantashe saying 'the child must be given space to grow and develop as herself and take opportunities' though he added that 'politicians' children should not depend on their name to get ahead in life...

Analysts see the hand in this of the former SACP Chairperson and current ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe who they say is angry that Zuma intervened at the SABC in favour of his own inner circle...

ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe called it an 'action-oriented' speech but the Opposition was not impressed...

The Secretary General of the governing African National Congress (ANC) Gwede Mantashe predictably called Zuma's decisions 'bold and decisive' while the opposition said the new team did not 'inspire confidence'...

Yet he earned a rebuke from ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe when he suggested that the province rope in former President Thabo Mbeki to canvass votes in middle class areas of the province during the election campaign...

Proposed in 2011 it has encountered fierce opposition from ANC allies such as the National Union of Metal Workers but at a post-election press conference ANC General Secretary Gwede Mantashe said the party was committed to the Plan which set out its priorities on jobs education and training...