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All about SA’s new deputy Paul Mashatile: smart and ambitious with a whiff of scandal

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Analysts believe the newly appointed deputy president, Paul Mashatile is a valuable supporter of President Cyril Ramaphosa. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Getty Images)
Analysts believe the newly appointed deputy president, Paul Mashatile is a valuable supporter of President Cyril Ramaphosa. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Popular and influential, a political leader with strong ties to the community he grew up in – but a man tainted by scandal and allegations of corruption.

This in a nutshell is Paul Mashatile, Cyril Ramaphosa’s new right-hand man and the man who could well be the next president of South Africa.

The 61-year-old was recently sworn in as deputy president along with other ministers who made the cut after Ramaphosa’s cabinet reshuffle – and South Africans can expect a very different deputy to the one whose shoes he has to fill.

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