LEADERSHIP LEAPS: Fikile Mbalula’s path to higher office faces new hurdles from ANC turmoil

Fikile Mbalula faces mounting pressure as the ANC’s electoral setback and his legal battle with Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma threaten to reshape his political prospects. The crises could also expose deeper factional tensions within the ANC and test Mbalula’s ambitions for higher office.