Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe.
POLITICS
When Ramaphosa wanted to resign in early December due to pressure over the theft of money from his Phala Phala game farm, both Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe and Mondli Gungubele, who was appointed minister of communications and digital technology last week, defended him publicly and talked him into staying on.
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