Zwelini Lawrence Mkhize (Zweli)

The deal provides for Ramaphosa’s election as ANC President in 2017 with Zuma’s support and as running mate Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (Zuma’s ex-wife now Chairperson of the African Union Commission) or Zweli Mkhize (the ANC KwaZulu-Natal provincial leader)...

Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor a Zuma-ally was elected head of the Education and Health Committee replacing KwaZulu-Natal Premier Zweli Mkhize the party’s new Treasurer...

Despite outward shows of loyalty the three newcomers or returnees to the ANC’s top team – Ramaphosa Treasurer General Zweli Mkhize and Deputy Secretary General Jessie Yasmin Duarte – have their own criticisms of Zuma’s leadership...

President Jacob Zuma’s cabinet has set up an Inter-Ministerial Committee of 15 members including KwaZulu-Natal Premier Zweli Mkhize...

The KZN ANC led by Zweli Mkhize wanted the Gauteng ANC led by Paul Mashatile to merge their slate of nominations for the top six leadership positions in the ANC but to retain Zuma as President Motlanthe as ANC Vice-President and Gwede Mantashe as ANC Secretary General...

The province has put forward Ramaphosa for Deputy President Duarte for Deputy Secretary General and KZN Premier Zweli Mkhize for Treasurer...

Yet the Province’s ANC leader Zweli Mkhize whom some suspect of secretly supporting Sexwale said that although KZN was now publicly backing Zuma ‘anything may change’ at the Mangaung conference...

Mdluli last year ‘exposed’ a plot by former allies of Zuma including Human Settlements (Housing) Minister Tokyo Sexwale and KwaZulu-Natal African National Congress leader Zweli Mkhize to depose Zuma as ANC President...

Two of the more credible longer-term presidential candidates come from KZN Premier Zweli Mkhize and Justice Minister Jeff Radebe but have no interest in breaking with Zuma before 2014...

In his native KZN Zuma has been busy making speeches; provincial party leader Zweli Mkhize accused of changing sides to join Sexwale insists he is not against Zuma...

He points the finger at Tokyo Sexwale who denies the plot as do Zweli Mkhize ANC Premier of KwaZulu-Natal and Bheki Cele the national Police Commissioner...