The incoming Top Seven of the ANC sees a return of three members, with four new arrivals. We take a look at the new team at the top of the ruling party.
Extraordinary levels of self-belief. Famously flexible when it comes to his political principles, and has a real genius for reading the political winds and adjusting accordingly.67-year-old Mantashe is Eastern Cape born and bred. Like Ramaphosa, Mantashe came up through the union movement; in fact, he held positions in NUM until 2006. Despite leaving the mineworkers’ union then, Mantashe has — so to speak — remained at the coalface of organisational politics since.
59-year-old Mokonyane is known as Mama Action by her supporters for her reputation for getting things done. She was the sole member of Zweli Mkhize’s slate to ascend to the Top Six, and her election will be viewed with concern by proponents of clean governance, because Mokonyane is pretty much as tainted as they get. Mama Action is from Gauteng and, like Mashatile, has derived much of her political power from the province.
42-year-old Ramokgopa is by some margin the youngest member of the new Top Seven, and is also a largely unknown quantity. Ramokgopa currently works as Ramaphosa’s adviser on international relations. More significantly, since June 2022 she has been serving as national coordinator of the ANC Women’s League, which may explain her impressive electoral showing as a candidate who has been in the public eye very little.
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