Deputy Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Obed Bapela is embroiled in a dispute with fellow trustees of a trust set up to benefit struggle veterans with a multimillion-rand dividend payment looming.
Throngs of ANC supporters braved a hot, late spring afternoon to wait for party and country President Cyril Ramaphosa to address them on the occasion of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's 84th birthday.
ANC presidential candidate Lindiwe Sisulu fired a salvo at President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday for his part in the scandal on his Phala Phala farm, saying no-one should be above the law, and criticised leaders who hoard money under mattresses while the nation starves.
Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, the small business development minister, could become the next ANC deputy president or one of the two deputy secretaries, if some elements of the Eastern Cape party leadership get their way.