
Zweli Mkhize is a rising star in the ANC – and certain influential people think he has the makings of a successor to President Zuma.
As Number One’s star dims and ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa tumbles from grace after his series of blunders, the name of Zweli Mkhize is the one echoing in the corridors of power as a potential successor. Not unexpectedly, considering the risky political territory in which he moves, Mkhize insists presidential ambitions are not on his agenda, though that doesn’t stop others from identifying him as a prospective head of state.
Trained as a medical doctor, the 57-year-old Mkhize is a family man who is equally at home with his Nguni cows in KwaZulu-Natal as he is among the political beasts of Luthuli House...
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