Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu

The Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has said privately that she will stand as a female alternative to Dlamini-Zuma having been nominated by the Keiskammahoek branch in the Eastern Cape and the Lilliesleaf branch in Gauteng...

In addition to him and Dlamini-Zuma other presidential hopefuls include Parliament Speaker Baleka Mbete ANC Treasurer General Zweli Mkhize Presidency Minister Jeff Radebe and Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu...

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...

In the past senior ANC National Executive members such as Lindiwe Sisulu and Ronnie Kasrils held the portfolio...

The then Minister of Public Services and Administration Lindiwe Sisulu launched an investigation into his salary which fizzled out...

The ANC's Lindiwe Sisulu hugged the EFF's Julius Malema but former cabinet minister and SACP chief Blade Nzimande blanked him as he walked past...

Also in the top ten are other trusted Zuma-allies such as Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande Justice Minister Jeff Radebe Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini and Minister for Public Service and Administration Lindiwe Sisulu...

After Public Service Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande both African National Congress loyalists disengaged from an ostentatious clinch on 4 February they predicted they would be together for the long haul...

They may offer a deputy presidency to Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu the Defence Minister and Zuma’s ally...

Uncertain terms Most of the younger presidential hopefuls such as Deputy President Motlanthe ANC national Treasurer Mathews Phosa Tokyo Sexwale and Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu supported (or stayed neutral) during Zuma’s triumph over Thabo Mbeki...

He is increasingly suspicious of Lindiwe Sisulu whose supporters wanted Zuma to anoint her as his successor...