Khaya Koko: Gwede loses political sex appeal

Just as Tito Mboweni was ditched by “slay queen” Lerato Makgatho in favour of the “tiger” that is Gwede Mantashe, so too will Mantashe, come December, relinquish his 15-year reign as the sexiest man in South African politics.

In October 2019, the country awoke to claims from the then 26-year-old Makgatho, who spoke of the supposed saucy sexual escapades she shared with Mboweni and Mantashe, both of whom were ministers in the cabinet of the cupcake-in-chief, Cyril Ramaphosa.