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.
A street was also named after Zuma, he was awarded the Imo Merit Award and he bagged a chieftaincy title.
The president’s son said he would go against the "factional notion" of respecting one’s leaders, claiming it was being used to gag people.
Mantashe says that, like in 2007 when corruption charges were first brought against Zuma, the party now needs the guidance of elders.
Zuma and the NPA wanted the appeal court to overturn the High Court’s decision
Redi Tlhabi’s book is an engrossing insight into how South African society conspired to throw the president’s accuser to the wolves
The ANC is divided and the opposition parties are learning the art of compromise the hard way
Behind this is the decision to appeal the court ruling on the province’s leadership
Threats of another shutdown in Vuwani as matric exams near
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services agreed to hold an inquiry into on Mkhwebane’s conduct over the past year.
For the ANC not to descend into chaos, the secretary general believes that current deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa should be Zuma’s successor.
The president announced that more controls will be put in place to stop taxpayers from hiding their assets, to the tune of R965-billion, abroad.
City Press reported that President Zuma and Minister Ayanda Dlodlo were allegedly planning to make their own appointments for certain key positions.
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In a parliamentary discussion, President Zuma denies that his life was under threat from his stance on radical economic transformation and Brics.
City Press newspaper alleges Zuma and Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo had been accused of deliberately delaying the appointment of SABC board.
Ramaphosa was speaking on Saturday at a joint MK conference held by some MKMVA members and the MK National Council.
The sacrifice in the fight for freedom and Zuma, the freedom fighter, should be honoured, but his presidency will be counted among history’s follies.
Its problems are many and its debt overwhelming.So the question remains: Can the airline be saved?
The ANC is in a double bind since Zuma presided at a conference that elected the MKMVA’s leadership
As one of the candidates vying for the presidency, the former ANC treasurer general is mostly viewed as an underdog
In recent years, a new and assertive feminist movement has emerged and attacks on the president have become common cause
The DA has agreed to not come within a 900m radius of the infamous Gupta family compound in Saxonwold during its anti-state capture march on Thursday.
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The Auditor General’s Alice Muller warned that without a CEO and board, there isn’t adequate control in an organisation.
The ANC in the Eastern Cape is consolidating its list of its preferred top six leaders ahead of the party’s conference in December
South Africa’s five-year-old National Development Plan suffers from gross misinterpretation by different parties.
The High Court in Pretoria has granted President Jacob Zuma a stay in immediately implementing a judicial commission of inquiry
The way may now be cleared for Oscar Mabuyane to take the leadership at the ANC’s Eastern Cape conference
Ahead of the NEC meeting to decide its fate, the provincial body has lodged an appeal regardless
Minister of Home Affairs Hlengiwe Mkhize has denied asking director general Mkuseli Apleni to help settle her son’s legal battles
‘Uniting with thieves and their culpable assistants is not prudent’
The presidency says its aware that the SABC did not have a board and was treating the matter with the urgency it deserved.