Their preferred candidate as party chair was ANC policy guru and former cabinet spokesperson Joel Netshitenzhe instead of the frontrunner Gwede Mantashe...

The other members are: Justice Minister Ronald Lamola; Joel Netshitenzhe a former policy head in the government of Thabo Mbeki; and Lindiwe Maseko an official of the Gauteng provincial government...

Former President Thabo Mbeki who usually keeps a low profile at executive meetings made an impassioned plea for the ANC to throw down the gauntlet to Magashule after his former head of government policy Joel Netshitenzhe had delivered a scathing attack on Magashule branding him a counter-revolutionary in an opinion article...

He is likely to be joined by those who have led the campaign to have Zuma recalled at various NEC meetings: David Masondo Bheki Cele Derek Hanekom Aaron Motsoaledi Naledi Pandor and Joel Netshitenzhe...

Pravin Gordhan the former Finance Minister sacked by Zuma would become Minister of Public Enterprises; Joel Netshitenzhe former policy advisor to Nelson Mandela Thabo Mbeki and a Ramaphosa strategist would be Minister in the Presidency for monitoring and evaluation...

Mboweni combines his membership of the ANC's National Executive Committee with a presence on the NEC's influential Economic Transformation Policy Committee which also features Gordhan Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies and economic policy heavyweight Joel Netshitenzhe The spending promises • Six million job opportunities to be created over the next five years...

The province could not make up its mind on the other positions; it recommended both Sexwale and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for Deputy President Joel Netshitenzhe and Mantashe for Secretary General and Modise or Pandor as Chairwoman...

Joel Netshitenzhe Director General of Policy Coordination in the Presidency was forced out late last year...

Manuel also brought in his centrist ally Joel Netshitenzhe the policy guru under Mbeki who resigned last year as the head of the policy unit in the presidency; Zuma had been preparing to demote him after complaints that a man seen as Mbeki’s protégé was too deeply entrenched in the President’s office...