ANC MP Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has been appointed as a member of Parliament’s portfolio committee on small business development, according to the announcements, tabling and committees (ATC) circular released by Parliament on Monday.Dlamini-Zuma is Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s biggest contender in the ANC’s succession race to elect its next president. President Jacob Zuma has given Dlamini-Zuma his unreserved endorsement to succeed him.Her appointment to the small business development committee comes just weeks after she was sworn in as an MP in what has been seen as a move by Zuma to prepare to bring her into a government post by means of a Cabinet reshuffle. Parliamentary Monitoring Group’s account for social media networking site Twitter posted a tweet on Friday afternoon that said "Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has been appointed to the portfolio committee on small business, as reported in Parliament’s ATC today."This news was confirmed by Parliament’s announcements, tabling and...

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