Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa

Cyril Ramaphosa and ANC General Secretary Gwede Mantashe took the unprecedented step of publicly opposing the removal of Gordhan and Jonas...

The split between KZN's anti- and pro-Zuma factions has given strategists for Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa as well as other potential rivals real hope of breaking the backbone of Zuma's support and leaving him unable to control the Conference...

Dlamini-Zuma remains her ex-husband's most probable successor because her regional constituency is more solid than that of her rival Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa...

The faction supporting Cyril Ramaphosa helped to defeat the motion and is believed to be in effective control of the ANC's parliamentary caucus...

The prospect of Molefe becoming Finance Minister or even Deputy has brought the governing party almost to the point of open warfare and could even lead to a split led by the reformist Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's main rival for the succession...

The clearest policy in Zuma's address – a minimum hourly wage of R20 or R3 500 a month – had in fact been launched the previous day by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa...

A veteran of the liberation struggle Gordhan has resisted with the support of several senior government members including Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa Secretary General of the African National Congress Gwede Mantashe and ANC Treasurer General Zweli Mkhize...

Dlamini-Zuma's strongest rival is likely to be ANC Vice-President Cyril Ramaphosa...

Nzimande's attack followed a speech by ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa who chose the third anniversary of President Nelson Mandela's death on 5 December to condemn 'arrogant and corrupt' leaders who 'put their own interests above the interests of the people'...

As befitted the person most likely to benefit from Zuma's removal Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa did not speak during a stormy meeting which surprised the participants by its unprecedented bitterness...

Although Mantashe didn't name them we understand from other ANC sources that the contenders break down as follows: • Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Chairperson of the African Union Commission: due to return home in January to run for the ANC presidency; • Baleka Mbete Speaker of Parliament: unambiguously pro-Zuma; • Cyril Ramaphosa Deputy President: the successor favoured by the ruling hierarchy; backed by business and trying to broaden his appeal to grassroots; • Zweli Mkhize ANC Treasurer General: former Premier of KwaZulu-Natal province with the highest ANC membership; • Kgalema Motlanthe former interim President of the ANC and the country: lost to Zuma in a bid for the party presidency in 2012 and has become an outspoken critic of his rule; and • Lindiwe Sisulu Minister for Human Settlements: former Chief of Staff in Zuma's Presidency...