Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African businessman and politician who,since 2018,is serving as the fifth democratically elected president of South Africa,as well as president of the African National Congress (ANC) since 2017. Previously an anti-apartheid activist,trade union leader and businessman,Ramaphosa served as secretary general to ANC president Nelson Mandela,deputy president to President Jacob Zuma,and chairman of the National Planning Commission from 2014 to 2018.
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 of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and is the Chancellor of the University of Limpopo.
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.
Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe is a South African politician who was South Africa's third president between 25 September 2008 and 9 May 2009,following Thabo Mbeki’s resignation. Thereafter,he was deputy president under Jacob Zuma until 26 May 2014.
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.
Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu is a South African politician,member of parliament since 1994,and member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress currently serving as Minister of Tourism since August 2021. She previously served as Minister of Housing,Minister of Defence and Military Veterans,Minister of Public Service and Administration from 2012 to 2014. and Minister of Human Settlements,Water &Sanitation from 2014 to 2021.
Matsie Angelina "Angie" Motshekga is a South African politician and educator,serving as the Minister of Basic Education since May 2009. She was also appointed as an acting president of the Republic of South Africa on 2 July 2021,as President Cyril Ramaphosa attended the state funeral of Kenneth Kaunda in Zambia. She was previously a Member of the Executive Council in the Gauteng provincial government. Motshekga is a member of the African National Congress. She is a former president of the party's women's league.
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.
The Minister of Public Service and Administration is a Minister in the Cabinet of South Africa. As of April 2022,the Minister of Employment and Labour,Thulas Nxesi,has been acting in the position following Minister Ayanda Dlodlo's resignation to become an executive director on the board of the World Bank.
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 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."
Mondli Gungubele is a South African politician,trade union leader and educator who is the current Minister in the Presidency 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) and as Chairperson of the Social Development Committee (2019–2021).
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,is 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.
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.
Khumbudzo Phophi Silence Ntshavheni is a South African politician serving as Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies within the National Assembly of South Africa. She served as Minister of Small Business Development from 2019 to 2021. She is a member of the African National Congress.
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.
Bavelile Gloria Hlongwa was a South African chemical engineer and politician from KwaZulu-Natal and a party member of the African National Congress (ANC). She was the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from May 2019 until her death in September 2019.
Leon Amos Schreiber is a South African author and Democratic Alliance (DA) politician serving as the Shadow Minister of Public Service and Administration since June 2019. He has been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since May 2019.
Tandi Mahambehlala is a South African politician who has served as the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Tourism since 2021. A member of the African National Congress (ANC),she served as the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation from 2019 to 2021. Mahambehlala was Deputy Minister of Communications between 2017 and 2018. She has been a Member of Parliament since 2014.
The uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans' Association (MKMVA) was an auxiliary political organisation affiliated to South Africa's African National Congress (ANC). It was founded in 1996 to represent the interests of individuals who had participated in the armed struggle against apartheid as members of Umkhonto weSizwe (MK),the ANC's armed wing. Although its relationship to the ANC and MK was not formally or legally codified,the organisation received a degree of de facto recognition both from the ANC and from the ANC-led government.
