Khusela Diko

Supra Mahumapelo Khusela Diko and Mdumiseni Ntuli the party's head of elections were some of the ANC National Executive Committee members who campaigned alongside Ramaphosa as part of the ruling party team (Vol 60 No 9 ANC split threatens campaign)...

Diko's wife is Khusela Diko who was at the time Ramaphosa's spokesperson (AC Vol 61 No 17 Graft puts ANC on the spot)...

Ramaphosa's spokeswoman Khusela Diko stood aside from her post when it was disclosed that her husband made huge profits from an unauthorised state tender for Covid-19 protective equipment...

One of the officials investigated over questionable PPE contracts is Madzikane Thandisizwe Diko husband of the President's spokeswoman Khusela Diko...

In one recent case Madzikane Diko who styles himself the King of the Bhaca (a claim the Eastern Cape provincial government disputes) and whose wife Khusela Diko was a spokesperson for Ramaphosa and sits on the ANC's Gauteng provincial executive committee (PEC) secured a R125 million contract with the Gauteng provincial administration to supply PPE...

Khusela Diko went on 'leave of absence' after the scandal broke the contract was allegedly cancelled – though it has subsequently emerged that a hefty chunk of the money has already been paid by the Gauteng government - and the Diko couple issued a statement regretting their 'poor judgement'...

Africa Confidential hears that Khusela Diko will soon be quietly re-assigned to a new job in the government's communication service...

Presidential spokesman Khusela Diko described the leaked emails as 'smokescreens and mirrors' insisting Ramaphosa had committed no crime...