Mr Mantashe saw it as a preparation for an onslaught on Mr Zuma.
The retiring army chief of staff, General Hartono, who is close to Tutut, was made minister of information, perhaps a preparation for greater things.
It was rooted in the depth and simplicity of her abiding faith that this life is to be lived to the full as a preparation for the next.
But for much of this century they were essentially a preparation for serious adult roles: baby dolls and toy kitchens for girls, erector sets, toy trucks and train sets for boys.
"Consider the consequences of continuing to subject young people to an education system rooted in the Victorian era as a preparation for a post-school period of study and work in a digital age, " she said.
Of course this is part rumour but the thing is that the iPad, like the iPhone, has become such a huge product, selling so many units, that preparation for even a change in the machine, let alone preparation for a new model, simply cannot be kept quiet.
Which is why the concessions made by General Wiranto may just be a tactical retreat in preparation for a longer battle to preserve the dominant role the armed forces have enjoyed in Indonesia for the past 40 years.
"The seminar was a great preparation for the Decade and for the discussions to come", he said.
The course would be fun, and more important, it would be a great preparation for an exciting journey.
The place is a huge mess, in preparation for a new bus station, pedestrian crossings and a new one-way system.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog reported this week that Apple is hiring a television production firm in preparation for a high-profile late February announcement.
These are now reaching an important stage: a meeting of trade ministers in Buenos Aires next month is due to reach agreement on a draft text, in preparation for a gathering of presidents at the end of April in Quebec.
It looks a bit like preparation for more multi-party hung parliaments where there will be a series of competing viewpoints - who may want to say "maybe", or "yes but, " rather than simply vote aye or no to every question.
Published reports say the Kings have registered a trademark for name Anaheim Royals in preparation for a move.
About 14 years ago, when I was a parent of young children, as preparation for a talk at a doctors' meeting about vaccines, I surveyed (rather informally) parents - mostly mothers of course - waiting in the playground of our local primary school.
The parties have agreed to discuss starting a process of independent mediation while continuing their preparation for a copyright tribunal process.
"One of the concerns of an attack like this is that the attacker is using a relatively weak botnet of home PCs in order to build a much larger botnet of beefy servers in preparation for a future attack, " he wrote in a blog post.
After receiving his MBA in 1992, some former USC classmates asked Tsujihara to write a business plan for a tax preparation business.
During a crisis, preparation for the media should be done exactly the same as you prepare for any other media interview.
If you're up for a night of swotting in preparation for some compare and contrast in the morning, here are last year's figures.
He worries, though, that helping the homeless into employment requires more than a one-size-fits-all quick fix of standardised training in preparation for a permanent job.
Grockit is trying to build a scalable, effective, and engaging way to help people learn new things in preparation for a test.
And that can be an income wrecker for celiac athletes like Bruce, making meal-planning a serious component of preparation for competition.
Ekster was a student six months ago, spending long hours at the New York Law School library in preparation for a legal career.
But tomorrow and the next day will bring more news of the full extent of death and destruction that the storm caused, and a great need for rebuilding, and preparation for the next disaster in a world of increasingly wild weather.
When I arrive, the walls are being given a fresh coat of paint in preparation for next week's fiesta - a party in celebration of the village's patron saint, during which the 40-odd inhabitants gather to sing, dance and roast a pig on a spit.
Kirk Proctor, of the Missouri Career Center, said the organization is looking for a way to cover the increased test cost for students participating in a GED preparation and job training program he oversees.
"It has been moved forward to September, mainly for preparation of documents, " a spokesman for Tanzania's Parastatal Sector Reform Commission (PSRC) told BBC News Online.
Roadside verges and lay-bys in Cumbria are being blocked off in preparation for a horse fair.
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