Vol 65 No 15 |
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They are the ambitious and vocal Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula who backs up the president and whose job it is to promote unity among the factions and ANC chair and Mining and Petroleum Minister Gwede Mantashe who reached out to the populist MK and EFF parties in a failed bid go bring them into the GNU fold...
Vol 65 No 13 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Fikile Mbalula ANC Secretary-General is also making the most of the political fluidity positioning himself as negotiator in chief...
Vol 65 No 13 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula acknowledged there were some dissenters on all sides: ‘We have agreed that as political parties we need to gravitate towards the centre except a few who did not expressly support the GNU'...
Vol 65 No 12 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Both ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula and Deputy Secretary General Nomvula Mokonyane admitted the ANC had been humbled by the electorate but of course was learning the necessary lessons...
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Vol 65 No 11 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula – by the nature of his post having to straddle all factions – is a more ambiguous shoot-from-the-hip style of politician who is seen as more populist than not...
Vol 65 No 4 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
But on 29 January the ANC's National Executive Committee (NEC) suspended Zuma with secretary-general Fikile Mbalula saying it was to 'protect and preserve' the ANC's 'integrity' in line with its constitution...
Vol 65 No 1 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula said that the party was already taking legal action to protect the name of its former military wing which the ANC 'owned'...
Vol 65 No 1 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Led by ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula party officials have already been trotting out these talking points: accusing politicians who leave the ANC such as Roger Jardine as being in the pay of 'white monopoly capital'...
Vol 64 No 24 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
' The ANC's Secretary-General and de facto Chief Executive Fikile Mbalula also known as 'Mbaks' is benefiting from the uncertainty about the party's direction...
Vol 64 No 19 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Under ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula Luthuli House has been the driving force...
Mbalula on the riseAnother name mooted as an ANC presidential contender is Fikile Mbalula who has re-organised the office of secretary-general and speaks out on domestic and international issues (AC Vol 64 No 5 ANC cabinet contenders step up lobbying)...