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.
It is not enough to say there must be a woman president. Candidates must lead by example and spell out exactly what they aim to do
A fact-finding inquiry looking into the president’s conduct during the Nkandla debacle will force him to account for his actions, the ConCourt heard.
One of the women who was identified in a poster doing the rounds on social media has described the past 48 hours as a "nightmare".
‘The Civicus Monitor, an online tool that tracks threats to civil society around the world, rates South Africa’s civic space as "narrowed"’
Every week sees renewed infighting and it will only get worse as it gets closer to the party’s elective conference
Edward Zuma is facing a charge of hate speech for taunting former finance minister Pravin Gordhan
President Jacob Zuma has denied using his position to influence the awarding of government tenders to members of his family and close allies.
All the party wants is fact-finding on Nkandla. If that so happens to look like an inquisition, well …
The ANC treasurer says it would be wrong to give the losing presidential hopeful a consolation prize
A final set of names will need to be agreed to by the committee following interviews.
President Jacob Zuma on Saturday said that he had accepted the resignation of Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mduduzi Manana.
Nothing in the incident and what followed leaves Zimbabwe’s first lady with any shine at all
Zuma and his cohorts appear to have little understanding of the true nature of the troubled grouping.
The split between rival KwaZulu-Natal factions spilled into the streets outside the high court
Fikile Mbabalula, Bathabile Dlamini, Mduduzi Manana. They all served in same cabinet – where
two ends of a
vicious circle meet.
The South African Communist Party says the “myopic campaign clothed in the name of discipline is nothing but a factionally charged agenda".
Phosa accused President Jacob Zuma of looking out for his family instead of worrying about the crippling state of the country’s economy.
It doesn’t matter who takes over the ANC in December. The party will never be a united party again.
South Africa is fixated on the future of President Jacob Zuma. Steven Friedman explains that this isn’t the case within the governing ANC.
The motion may not have passed, but it shows the ANC doesn’t speak with one voice
Calls to expel ANC and SACP MPs who did not toe the ruling party’s line in the vote of no confidence defy the Constitution Court decision
Our myopic opposition parties are steering us into dangerous waters, and their efforts are too often being cheered on
A motion by the ANC provincial leadership aims to stall the original application until after the December conference
The employment figures are dire, and likely to get worse, until the economy picks up
Little economic headway will be made ahead of October’s budget policy statement, analysts say
The president returns to court in three separate cases, but Parliament will also be a battleground.
The DA on Wednesday announced that it intends to table a motion to dissolve Parliament on Thursday.
Should MPs have the right to vote according to their conscience?
“I was poisoned and almost died just because South Africa joined Brics under my leadership,” Zuma told supporters in his native KwaZulu-Natal.
It wasn’t just fear of losing their jobs: MPs had no clue who they’d replace Zuma with as president
The fact that the motion was defeated by only a 21 vote margin is unprecedented.
The Democratic Alliance leader says the outcome of the vote of no confidence in the president proves the rot is in the ANC and not only in Jacob Zuma.