Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African businessman and politician who is serving as the fifth democratically elected president of South Africa. A former anti-apartheid activist,trade union leader,and businessman,Ramaphosa is also the president of the African National Congress (ANC).
Trevor Andrew Manuel is a South African politician who served in the government of South Africa as Minister of Finance from 1996 to 2009,during the presidencies of Nelson Mandela,Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Motlanthe,and subsequently as Minister in the Presidency for the National Planning Commission from 2009 to 2014 under former President Jacob Zuma.
Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada,sometimes known by the nickname "Kathy",was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist.
Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma,sometimes referred to by her initials NDZ,is a South African politician,medical doctor and former anti-apartheid activist. A longstanding member of the African National Congress (ANC),she currently serves as Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women,Youth and Persons with Disabilities and is the Chancellor of the University of Limpopo.
The Cabinet of South Africa is the most senior level of the executive branch of the Government of South Africa. It is made up of the President,the Deputy President,and the Ministers.
Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor is a South African politician,educator and academic serving as the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since 2019. She has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the African National Congress (ANC) since 1994.
South Africa since 1994 transitioned from the system of apartheid to one of majority rule. The election of 1994 resulted in a change in government with the African National Congress (ANC) coming to power. The ANC retained power after subsequent elections in 1999,2004,2009,2014,and 2019. Children born during this period are known as the born-free generation,and those aged eighteen or older,were able to vote for the first time in 2014.
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) is the party's chief executive organ. It is elected every five years at the party’s national conference;the executive committee,in turn,elects a National Working Committee for day-to-day decision-making responsibilities. At the NEC's head is the president of the ANC,and it also contains the other so-called "Top Seven" leaders:the deputy president,chairperson,secretary-general,two deputy secretaries-general and treasurer-general.
Samson Gwede Mantashe,popularly known as Gwede Mantashe,is a South African politician and trade unionist,who as of 18 December 2017,serves as the National Chairperson of the African National Congress. He is also a former chairperson of the South African Communist Party and Secretary General of the ANC. On the 26th of February 2018,during a cabinet reshuffle by president Cyril Ramaphosa,Mantashe was appointed Minister of Mineral Resources. In May 2019,he became Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy,when his earlier portfolio was merged with the energy portfolio.
Fikile April Mbalula is a South African politician who is the 17th Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC). A long-serving cabinet minister,he previously served as Minister of Sports and Recreation from 2010 to 2017,as Minister of Police from 2017 to 2018 and as Minister of Transport between 2019 and 2023. Mbalula is a former leader of the African National Congress Youth League. Mbalula also serves as the head of elections for the African National Congress.
Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan is a politician and anti-apartheid activist who has held various ministerial posts in the Cabinet of South Africa. He served as Minister of Finance from 2009 until 2014 and again from 2015 until 2017,as Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2014 until 2015,and as Minister of Public Enterprises since February 2018.
Maite Emily Nkoana-Mashabane is a South African politician who served as the Minister of Women,Youth and Persons with Disabilities. She was Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform from 2018 to 2019,and previously served as Minister of International Relations and Cooperation from 2009 to 2018. Nkoana-Mashabane is also a former member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC).
David Mahlobo is a South African politician and Deputy Ministry of Human Settlements,Water and Sanitation. He is a former Minister of Energy and former Minister of State Security.
The 49th National Conference of the African National Congress (ANC) was held from 17 to 22 December 1994 in Bloemfontein,the city in which the ANC was founded. The conference took place several months after the South Africa's first democratic elections,at which the ANC had won 62.65% of the national vote and incumbent ANC President Nelson Mandela had been elected national President. It was therefore the ANC's first national conference as a ruling party,and only its second national conference since its unbanning in 1990. The theme of the conference was "From Resistance to Reconstruction and Nation-Building." Attended by 2,719 voting delegates,it was held at the University of the Free State,which Mandela said was remarkable,given that the university had "condemned [the ANC] as subversive,as treasonable" during apartheid.
Mondli Gungubele is a South African politician,trade union leader and educator who is the current Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies and a member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the African National Congress. He previously served as Executive Mayor of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (2010–2016),as Deputy Minister of Finance (2018–2019),as Chairperson of the Social Development Committee (2019–2021) and as Minister in the Presidency (2021–2023).
Sihle Zikalala is a South African politician from KwaZulu-Natal who has been the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2023,representing the African National Congress. Before his redeployment to the national government,he had been the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal and a Member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature.
Ronald Ozzy Lamola is a South African lawyer and politician,Minister of Justice and Correctional Services,and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). He has also been serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 22 May 2019. He is a member of the ANC's National Executive Committee and National Working Committee. Lamola had previously been involved in the African National Congress Youth League.
Mmamoloko Tryphosa Kubayi is a South African politician who is the Minister of Human Settlements and a Member of the National Assembly for the African National Congress (ANC). She is also the current head of the African National Congress's economic transformation subcommittee in the national executive committee (NEC). She was the Minister of Energy in 2017,the Minister of Communications from 2017 to 2018,the Minister of Science and Technology from 2018 to 2019,and the Minister of Tourism from 2019 to 2021.
Zizi Kodwa is a South African politician and a Member of Parliament (MP) for the African National Congress.
Rejoice Thizwilondi Mabudafhasi is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 until her resignation in April 2017. She was appointed as South Africa's Ambassador to Zimbabwe in 2021.
