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.
Advocate Dali Mpofu told families of those who died at Marikana that "government must pay".
When Zuma and Mogoeng discuss the roles of the executive and judiciary, will they stick to the script?
While a new cast of characters have the painful task of figuring out how to further secure Zuma’s rural home, the heat is off the president – for now.
The state will focus on inward opportunities to grow the economy by 3% by 2019, but critics say Zuma is "deluded" and his plans "flights of fancy".
President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday said South Africa was unfairly being compared to other countries.
Julius Malema ended another rowdy day in Parliament saying it was clear "we will never get an answer" and that he’d see Jacob Zuma "in court".
The shared goal is the greatest benefit to the greatest number of people, not individual advancement or subservience to one party’s vision.
The public protector must stay impartial and not be baited into sparring with Zuma and company.
The Special Investigating Unit’s bid to recover misspent cash at Nkandla might yet snare the president.
Overall, it is Zuma’s own poor leadership that is aggravating an already deteriorating situation.
Readers write in on critique on President Zuma and on climate policy.
Thandi Mahambehlala has said she is traumatised by the fact that the public protector would mislead SA into thinking Zuma had abused public funds.
DA leader Mmusi Maimane criticised the scope of the upgrades to Jacob Zuma’s residence ahead of the parliamentary committee’s deliberations.
This week will see Parliament’s Nkandla ad-hoc committee pay a visit to President Jacob Zuma’s homestead in KwaZulu-Natal.
Police smashed their way into Hugh Glenister’s house after a drug "tip-off" from crime intelligence.
The never-ending political scandals are ultimately killing the hopes of the poor majority.
The revenue services in both South Africa and Swaziland seem to be investigating the same man.
As the commission of inquiry into the arms deal wrapped up this week, the M&G’s Sarah Evans looks back at the controversy.
It’s been a grim few weeks of mounting evidence of this impunity Zuma believes he is entitled to, while evidence is not suffered to stand in his way.
The police minister called it a firepool, but Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter said his swimming pool was not built with taxpayers’ money.
Jacob Zuma released the report into the 2012 Marikana massacre. Africa Check compares his claims and what the Commission’s report actually said.
Readers write in about climate change, capital export and Marikana.
President Jacob Zuma’s comments about Marikana did not mean he condoned the shooting to death of 34 mineworkers, the presidency said.
The law clearly states that even essential security measures must be paid for by the owner of the property, even if he has not agreed to the upgrade.
The SACP, regretful it created a cult around Zuma, is heading for a tripartite alliance meeting divided over what position to take.
Three recent cases illustrate how the state has treated the public like 50-million ignoramuses.
Activist lawyer Paul Hoffman has called for the recall of President Jacob Zuma, whom he said was "ever more conflicted and compromised".
President Jacob Zuma’s Q&A session was cancelled after the EFF refused to let him speak until he’d answered their question on Nkandla repayment.
Only President Jacob Zuma and key ministers were aware of the plot to get the Sudanese president out of the country.
Five countries are vying for the lucrative nuclear contract but Russia looks like the successful suitor.
The mass-murdering president of Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir, is (believe it or not) hiding at President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead.
A court application to compel President Jacob Zuma to immediately release the Farlam Commission’s Marikana report has been rejected.