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.
The question of when Zuma will pay back the money may still arise during the president’s question and answer session on Thursday.
Former president Thabo Mbeki has rejected Willie Hofmeyr’s allegations that his administration abused its power to plot Jacob Zuma’s downfall.
Nigerian money seized by SA officials is under investigation, but there is a plan for it designed to please the country’s new president.
South Africa and Nigeria need each other in many ways. It is time the countries start behaving like it again and strengthen the common interest.
Willie Hofmeyr’s stated motive to defend the NPA has failed, as political meddling has only become worse after Mbeki.
Jacob Zuma has admitted that the state of the ANC’s leagues is a weakness within the organisation and has called on leaders not to interfere.
Eskom chairperson Zola Tsotsi says the President backed him when he said he wanted to set up an inquiry to investigate "rot" at the power utility.
The EFF condemned President Jacob Zuma’s alleged "anti-black" remarks made in a speech to the SA Local Government Association.
President Zuma has elaborated on what he would do differently if parliamentary democracy did not get in his way so much.
The deputy director of public prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba faces two charges of fraud and one count of perjury.
President Jacob Zuma has chastised leaders for sowing divisions within the tripartite alliance, and has called for a retreat to iron out the issues.
Many notable Africans were imprisoned at Robben Island – Namibians and Malagasy too, writes Christine Mungai.
But few will to listen to researchers who refute society’s accepted notion that teenage pregnancy is damaging to the child, mother and society.
The high court in Pretoria is to make a decision on the timeline to hear a review to drop charges against Jacob Zuma resulting from the spy tapes.
Parliament’s programming committee has demanded that Zuma appears before the House by the end of April instead of the proposed November 3 session.
The newspaper erred in turning a suggestion made at an ANC workshop into a party decision.
Our democracy suffers when the speaker of the National Assembly becomes a cheerleader for a particular party or for one particular individual.
President Jacob Zuma steeled himself for his first oral question session of the year, and hit back at his critics over Nkandla and dodging Parliament.
The president has said he is waiting for the minister of police to determine if he benefited unduly from the upgrades before paying back any money.
The president doesn’t derive his power from executive decree; his decisions can be reviewed by the courts.
Readers are divided about President Zuma and have their say about patriotism and Nkandla.
Only the courts and civil society can stem the drift from constitutionalism to an unfettered executive.
From Twitter commentary to Presidency spokesperson Mac Maharaj’s response, Thuletho Zwane rounds up news about Jacob Zuma allegedly getting poisoned.
Presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj says a newspaper report that Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma poisoned the president is "based on total speculation ".
"… That will never happen again and we did not know about it and we are condemning it," the president said, adding that it was "uncalled for".
Amid the drama before the State of the Nation address and the confusion that followed, much of what Jacob Zuma had to say in his speech was lost.
Economic Freedom Fighters and Democratic Alliance MPs sat stony-faced as the president delivered his reply to the Sona debate.
Increasingly, we are looking to senior members of the ANC to put the country before their political careers and bank balances.
State Security Minister David Mahlobo has conceded that the signal jamming ahead of the State of the Nation address was an “operational error”.
The Human Rights Commission is assessing complaints about Jacob Zuma’s Jan van Riebeeck and Baleka Mbete’s "cockroach" comments made at ANC events.
The distances the kids next door have to cover to get to school are lost on Zuma, who is blindly feathering his nest, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.