Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma

If Ramaphosa had not narrowly beaten Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma at the 2017 conference the ANC and South Africa would already be led by a woman (AC Vol 61 No 12 Ruling party wants a reset & Vol 58 No 25 A fight to the photo-finish)...

But it is possible he could be challenged for the deputy President's position by a woman such as Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma who was narrowly beaten by Ramaphosa in 2017 Defence Minister Thandi Modise or Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu who has previously challenged Ramaphosa and lost...

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma who was narrowly defeated by Ramaphosa for the leadership in 2017 could also make a pitch for the post...

Ramaphosa narrowly beat Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Jacob Zuma's ex-wife for ANC president at the elective conference in 2017 while Lindiwe Sisulu who has had more senior cabinet posts than any other woman in the ANC initially challenged Ramaphosa before withdrawing (AC Vol 59 No 1 Pushing Zuma to the exit & Vol 62 No 10 Magashule overplays his hand)...

Mkhize challenged Ramaphosa in the early stages of the leadership election in 2017 and later withdrew and deferred to Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as the main challenger...

Or he could pick his rival for the presidency at the 2017 elective conference Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma...

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs who narrowly lost to Ramaphosa in the ANC leadership contest has contradicted the President within the cabinet and in public leading him to back down on his own policies...

The finance minister has clashed fiercely with ANC cabinet colleagues over the government's Covid-19 strategy especially with Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma over her decision to ban alcohol and tobacco sales for several months during the lockdown periods our sources say...

Public sector unions now form the largest section of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and were among the biggest supporters of Ramaphosa in his battle for leadership of the ANC against Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in 2017...

Minister of Cooperative Governance and former Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma an ex-wife of Zuma's was Ramaphosa's closest rival...

The two favourites are Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor and Minister in the Presidency Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma who has been extending her authority during the pandemic...