Trevor Andrew Manuel is a retired South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who served in the cabinet of South Africa between 1994 and 2014. He was the Minister of Finance from 1996 to 2009 under three successive presidents. He was also the first post-apartheid Minister of Trade and Industry from 1994 to 1996 and later the Minister in the Presidency for the National Planning Commission from 2009 to 2014. He was a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1991 to 2012.
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is a South African politician who served as the fourth president of South Africa from 2009 to 2018. He is also referred to by his initials JZ and clan names Nxamalala and Msholozi. Zuma was a former anti-apartheid activist,member of uMkhonto we Sizwe,and president of the African National Congress (ANC) from 2007 to 2017.
Nkosinathi Phiwayinkosi Thamsanqa Nhleko is a South African politician and former trade unionist from KwaZulu-Natal. He was the Minister of Police and Minister of Public Works in the second cabinet of President Jacob Zuma. In March 2024,he resigned from the African National Congress (ANC) and became the national organiser for Zuma's Umkhonto we Sizwe Party.
Samson Gwede Mantashe is a South African politician and former trade unionist who is currently serving as the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy. He was Minister of Mineral Resources from February 2018 to May 2019,when his current portfolio was created. He is also serving his second term as the national chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC).
Lynne Brown is a South African politician who is a former Minister of Public Enterprises and former Premier of the Western Cape Province. She was born in Cape Town and grew up in Mitchells Plain. She was appointed Premier of the Western Cape following the resignation of Ebrahim Rasool in July 2008. Previously,she was Minister for Economic Development and Tourism. She is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and an elected member of its National Executive Committee in 2007 and 2012. She is from a coloured background and was the fourth coloured premier of the Western Cape,the second from the ANC,and the first openly gay person to be appointed to a cabinet post in any African government.
Fikile April Mbalula is a South African politician and current Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC) since December 2022. He was a cabinet minister between 2010 and 2023,most proximately as Minister of Transport from 2019 to 2023.
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.
State capture is a type of systemic political corruption in which private interests significantly influence a state's decision-making processes to their own advantage.
ANN7,later renamed to Afro Worldview,was a 24-hour satellite TV news channel that operated from August 2013 to August 2018 in South Africa. It was established and owned by the Gupta family. The channel was broadcast on the DStv satellite television service owned by Multichoice.
Azwihangwisi Faith Muthambi is a South African politician who was the Minister of Public Service and Administration and Minister of Communications under President Jacob Zuma. She represented the African National Congress in the National Assembly from May 2009 to November 2022,and she has been a member of the party's National Executive Committee since December 2017.
Siyabonga Cyprian Cwele is a South African politician who served in the cabinet of South Africa from September 2008 to May 2019,most recently as the Minister of Home Affairs between 2018 and 2019. He was appointed as the South African Ambassador to China in December 2020. He is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and represented the party in Parliament from 1994 to 2019.
Ngoako Ramatlhodi,a senior member of the African National Congress,was South Africa's Minister of Public Service and Administration from 2015 to March 2017. In the first Zuma administration he had been an MP and a controversial member of the Judicial Service Commission. He resigned as MP in 2017.
Godfrey Phumulo Masualle is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly since May 2019. He was Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises from May 2019 to March 2023,and before that he was the sixth Premier of the Eastern Cape from May 2014 to May 2019.
The Gupta family is a wealthy and influential business family from India,with close ties to former South African President Jacob Zuma and his administration. The family's most notable members are the brothers Ajay,Atul,and Rajesh "Tony" Gupta—as well as Atul's nephews Varun,and US-based Ashish and Amol.
Jacob Zuma's tenure as South Africa's fourth post-apartheid president began on 9 May 2009 and ended on 14 February 2018. He held office under a mandate from the parliamentary caucus of the African National Congress (ANC),which had governed South Africa since 1994 and which won comfortable majorities in the 2009 and 2014 national elections. His presidency was beset by controversy,and he faced,and defeated,an impeachment attempt and a record eight motions of no confidence in the South African Parliament,four of which went to a vote. His party asked him to resign in February 2018,ahead of the constitutional end of his second term.
Tokozile Xasa is a South African politician who was the Minister of Sport and Recreation from February 2018 to May 2019. Before that,she was the Minister of Tourism from March 2017 to February 2018. A member of the National Assembly between 2009 and 2019,she took office as South African Ambassador to Belgium in February 2021.
The 54th National Conference of the African National Congress (ANC) took place from 16 to 20 December 2017 at the Johannesburg Expo Centre in Nasrec,Gauteng. At the conference,the ANC elected its National Executive Committee (NEC) and other top internal leaders. Often referred to as the Nasrec Conference,it was held during the centenary of the birth of former ANC President Oliver Tambo and was convened under the theme,"Remember Tambo:Towards Unity,Renewal and Radical Socioeconomic Transformation."
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture,Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State,better known as the Zondo Commission or State Capture Commission,was a public inquiry established in January 2018 by former President Jacob Zuma to investigate allegations of state capture,corruption,and fraud in the public sector in South Africa.
Enoch Godongwana is a South African politician and former trade unionist who is currently serving as the Minister of Finance since August 2021. He is a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC).
Ncediso Goodenough "Zizi" Kodwa is a South African politician and communications strategist who served as the Minister of Sports,Arts and Culture from March 2023 until his resignation in June 2024. Before that,he was the Deputy Minister of State Security from 2019 to 2023. He was formerly the national spokesperson of the African National Congress (ANC) from 2014 to 2018.
