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.
Insiders have debunked President Jacob Zuma’s claim that government employees support his proposal of a salary freeze for a year.
President Jacob Zuma managed to duck an impromptu debate on his fitness to hold office, but came out fighting on his Nkandla residence.
The SACP’s proposed "insult law" has been lambasted by critics, but archaic forms of a similar law exist in many countries.
What the SACP fails to realise is that the president needs to treat the office with dignity, it doesn’t give him dignity, writes Khaya Dlanga.
Kgalema Motlanthe’s inability to break the party line and openly campaign against Jacob Zuma for the presidency is damaging his chances at Mangaung.
Zuma plans his reign after Mangaung, while opposition parties table a motion of no confidence in the president in Parliament.
The direction of funds towards Nkandla speaks to a deeper malaise in our leaders, who are bent on satisfying their own needs, writes Verashni Pillay.
Indications are that Jacob Zuma will secure another five-year term as ANC president – but what will this mean for our politics, asks Nickolaus Bauer.
The ANC Women’s League in KZN has nominated President Jacob Zuma for re-election, while Gauteng’s Liliesleaf Farm branch favours Kgalema Motlanthe.
Opposition parties hate President Jacob Zuma and have a personal agenda against him, the Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans’ Association says.
The branches of senior ANC leaders close to President Jacob Zuma have nominated Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe as ANC leader.
Speaking at Eskom’s R21.4-billion pumped storage project, President Zuma has reiterated the need for electrical power across the country.
Mac Maharaj did his best to spin President Jacob Zuma’s withdrawal of his legal action against Jonathan Shapiro.
The ward 10 ANC branch general meeting in Nkandla has sent a message to the party in more ways than one, writes Floyd Shivambu.
South Africa needs a well-run campaign to steer it away from the capitalist-loving African National Congress’ course, writes Mazibuko K Jara.
South African political language can be baffling, but the most recent utterances on "Nkandlagate" surely mark a new level of tortuous sophistry.
Divisions in the ANC at a local level are threatening KZN’s homogeneity as a voting bloc at the party’s conference in Mangaung later this year.
The ANC has dismissed the vote of no confidence tabled against Jacob Zuma by a coalition of opposition parties in Parliament as a waste of time.
Opposition parties will present a unified front in Parliament on Thursday afternoon and file a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma.
There has been mixed reaction to the SABC’s directive to journalists not to use the words "compound" and "homestead" to refer to Zuma’s Nkandla home.
Former president Thabo Mbeki will not attend President Jacob Zuma’s lecture in his honour in the Eastern Cape, the ANC said on Thursday.
President Jacob Zuma’s new residence shall be known as Nkandla Palace, and not by any racist names, writes Khaya Dlanga.
President Jacob Zuma may face court action over the financing of upgrades at his rural residence in Nkandla if the Democratic Alliance gets its way.
While Zuma is content to snack on the surface of the food chain, oblivious to growing scandal, his future second in command could be our saviour.
It remains unclear if President Jacob Zuma will accept letters from Limpopo school children demanding he address problems in the education system.
Helen Zille goes Nkandla bashing in the KZN. She’ll stop at nothing – except a police-sponsored ANC roadblock – but can she handle the truth that lurks inside?
World leaders have been quick to congratulate US President Barack Obama on his re-election, and used the opportunity to punt their interests.
Kgalema Motlanthe’s campaign to become ANC president has begun in earnest, while Jacob Zuma tries to put a lid on the controversial spy tapes.
In SA parties are elected, not individuals. Why, then, do we have the insistent hype about a debate between President Jacob Zuma and Helen Zille?
Helen Zille’s thwarted march to Nkandla and SA’s slide into mediocrity is like something out of a book. But it’s all too real, writes Verashni Pillay.
Government’s disregard for court orders shows there’s little chance of civil society holding anyone accountable for the expenditure on Nkandla.
The DA hopes to deliver more than 600 letters to President Jacob Zuma from Limpopo pupils, asking him to provide better resources for their education.