Jacob Zuma, a prominent South African politician, held the presidency from 2009 to 2018. Throughout his political journey, Zuma's trajectory has been a blend of achievements and controversies, rendering him a polarizing figure within South African politics.
His legacy is a subject of ongoing debate, as supporters commend his role in the anti-apartheid movement, while critics emphasize the scandals and legal challenges that overshadowed his tenure as president.
Mkhwebane’s report is likely to be taken under review by Ramaphosa
Following a heated back-and-forth with the former president’s legal team, the commission will no longer be losing its star witness
Former president’s counsel argues their client has been ‘relentlessly cross-examined’
Despite Nxamalala’s walkout from the Zondo commission, we’ve learned a few things this week
‘As former president Jacob Zuma sat at the Zondo commission this week, many South Africans were left feeling distrustful ourselves’
Siphiwe Nyanda and Ngoako Ramatlhodi say the former president’s claims are a diversionary tactic
The former president’s claims about ANC spies is a political game of smoke and mirrors
Former president Jacob Zuma is expected to appear before the commission of inquiry into state capture on Friday
Former president’s legal team halts proceedings, arguing its client is being cross-examined
Former president disputes former public enterprises minister Barbara Hogan’s allegation that he interfered in the appointment of the entity’s CEO
Former president Jacob Zuma is expected to appear before the commission of inquiry into state capture on Wednesday. Watch the proceedings here
The former president denies funneling state funds to the Guptas
The former president tells the Zondo commission he never visited the Gupta residence at the same time as Mentor did
The former president revealed on Monday that members of his family and his legal team have received death threats
The former president is expected to appear before the commission of inquiry into state capture for his second day of testimony on Tuesday
The former president told the Zondo commission that there was nothing unlawful about his part in the Gupta media project
Former president bemoans plan to remove him, details plot including using “suicide bombers” to assassinate him
The former president outlined a longstanding conspiracy by three intelligence organisations against him which he said culminated in the commission
How Nene’s removal triggered the state capture avalanche, culminating in Zuma’s Monday appearance.
Former president Jacob Zuma’s appearance will give him the opportunity to give evidence before the commission
The former president’s highly-anticipated appearance follows months of talks between his legal team and the commission
South Africans may well be seduced by the prospect of Zuma appearing at the Zondo commission, but he wasn’t alone in driving the state capture project
‘There’s a palpable frustration that has for too long permeated South African society’
hree EFF MPs advanced towards the public enterprises minister in a ‘threatening manner’
Pemmy Majodina says controversial MPs have not been convicted in a court of law
The president can get rid of the loathsome political figures but he can’t control everything
The state capture inquiry confirmed in a statement that the former president will appear in July
If South Africa is neither hopeful nor tragic, what posture should we take in relation to the future?
The party’s electoral decline is an indication that it does not really know what it stands for
The news media was a counterweight to a criminal enterprise that had captured the state
The judicial commission of inquiry into state capture has heard a number of testimonies implicating the former president in state capture
After being cleared by the ANC’s internal ethics committee, prominent politicians from the Jacob Zuma’s administration are back in Parliament