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.
African leaders gathered in Sandton for the Nepad heads of state meeting on Saturday were told that the continent had a lot to celebrate.
If Zuma was the little piggy in the nursery rhyme, he would laugh all the way to Nkandla. But what does it all mean, asks Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
More than 200 members of Parliament decided that the president urgently needed a salary raise. It will be backdated to April.
Readers write in about morals in politics, police shootings, and District Six evictions.
The president appears impervious to the effect of his outrageous remarks and behaviour.
A low-key case of repayment in the Eastern Cape shows how Nkandla should have been handled, writes Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.
How much is enough? What will be the tipping point for those of us who are law-abiding, concerned citizens?
Opposition parties urge the ANC to "do the right thing" by agreeing to the amendment and to avoid "looking like fools protecting the president".
Security was beefed up in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, as final preparations were made for the inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari as president.
The president is playing a high-stakes game as politics continues to plague the prosecutions body.
Unintentionally hilarious videos "proved" that Zuma needs a fire pool, animal enclosures, visitor centre and amphitheatre. It’s a matter of security.
The president downplayed demands that he address Nkandla and release the Marikana report during his response to the presidency budget vote debate.
President Jacob Zuma has stressed that incorporating the African Union anthem in SA schools and churches will help build African unity.
Given the faction-ridden nature of South African politics and the deep divisions in the ANC, a further turn of the wheel is quite conceivable.
It is vitally important to liberate the prosecuting authority from any form of political interference.
Given the faction-ridden nature of South African politics and the deep divisions in the ANC a further turn of the wheel is quite conceivable.
Antisocial tendencies, such as xenophobia, emerge in a context of neglect – like children who do not feel safe or cared for.
Snarky remarks, shouting matches and not so thinly veiled insults dominated President Jacob Zuma’s question and answer session in Parliament.
The real prospect of failing to force Nxasana out led to the president’s unedifying backdown
President Jacob Zuma claims that 34% of households had access to electricity in 1994. Available data suggests he is wrong. By 1994 it was about 50%.
Burundi’s armed forces chief announced that an attempted coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza, who is in hiding in Tanzania, had failed.
A new twist in the ongoing saga of spy vs spy in the South African Revenue Service can now be revealed.
The M&G has an imaginary chat with President Jacob Zuma about his Russian trip and ending the inquiry into prosecutions head Mxolisi Nxasana.
Readers write in about Steve Biko, statues, Zuma, headlines and Islamic scholars.
It’s no more Mr Nice Guy as President Jacob Zuma defies his naysayers to crack down on border-hopping, illegal immigrants.
President Jacob Zuma on Monday chastised governments who have criticised South Africa for xenophobic violence.
Writing history is often a matter of rewriting earlier histories as present perspectives shift and change.
As crazy as it sounds, the likely new DA leader could be central to dispatching the president.
President Jacob Zuma will not be present when the Africa-Asia summit kicks-off in Indonesia next week.
Zuma’s address on xenophobia was disrupted when the EFF demanded that the question of when he would pay back the money be included in the session.
The president claims in court papers that his predecessor offered him R20m to go quietly.
Our president doesn’t deserve even an ugly or poorly made statue, but he does deserve to fall, like the statue of Cecil John Rhodes did.