Power matrix

Judicial Union Public Private Government Political party Presidential Illustrative

The Judiciary

Constitutional Court

Parliament
NCOP Scopa SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng

Judicial Service Commission (JSC)

Minister of Justice Jeff Radebe

The Cabinet
Trade and Industry, Rob Davies Economic Development, Ebrahim Patel

National Treasury, Pravin Gordhan

National Intelligence Agency (NIA)

Security cluster Number One: President Jacob Zuma

DA
Leader Helen Zille

Parliamentary Committees
Speaker Max Sisulu

National Assembly

National Planning Commission, Trevor Manuel

DirectorGeneral Cassius Lubisi Spokesperson Mac Maharaj Chief of Staff, Lakela Kaunda

The Presidency
SecretaryGeneral: SACP, Blade Nzimande ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe

Minister: DPME, Collins Chabane

The Universities Vice-chancellors

Zumas personal lawyer, Michael Hulley

I M P O R TA N C E ( F o r m a l a u t h o r i t y )

Movement

Adviser on international relations, Lindiwe Zulu

The (rest of the) Opposition

Traditional Leaders

SACP

ANC
National Working Committee (NWC) National Executive Committee (NEC)

Who really holds the power in modern-day SA? This is an enormously complex question, which Richard Callands new book, The Zuma Years: The Changing Face of Power, tries to answer. He does so with a two-dimensional matrix in mind, with importance on the vertical axis and inuence on the horizontal axis. Something, or someone, may be important with formal authority but not inuential with real power, and vice versa. The changing face of power is illustrated here in a specially commissioned graphic based on the main conclusions in Callands new book. The main institutions and players are located in one quadrant or the other: the higher up the map they are, the more formal authority they have; the further to the right they are, the more real power they enjoy. Those in the top right corner have both formal authority and real power. Conversely, those in the bottom left, have neither formal authority nor real inuence. The arrows attached to the various actors depicted in the graphic show how their power has either increased or waned in the course of the last seven dramatic years. Thus, an arrow pointing to the right indicates growing inuence, and an arrow to the left declining power

The Poor Majority

Generalsecretary Vavi Zwelinzima

Friends & Family of Zuma

Sizwe Shezi

Cosatu
ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa Don Mkhwanazi

Amcu

NUM

Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs)

Section27 Equal Education

R2K Campaign

Big Business

Kenny Kunene

The Tenderpreneur Business Class

EFF, Julius Malema?

The Media
INFLUENCE (Real power)

Compiled by RICHARD CALLAND. Based at the University of Cape Town. Calland is a constitutional lawyer and political analyst, and author of The Zuma Years: The Changing Face of Power, which will be published by Zebra Press on August 15