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.
South Africa cannot become a banana republic – dubious sorts of all types must face prosecution, writes Rapule Tabane.
On Monday, the long lie that is the ANC pre-conference embargo on "leadership contestation" finally ends.
President Jacob Zuma says mining unrest will be resolved through negotiation and is not a symptom of inequalities surfacing 18 years after apartheid.
President Jacob Zuma has been appointed to serve in United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon’s Education First initiative.
Malema’s first day in court was victorious. He was granted bail and addressed hundreds of supporters gathered outside the high court in Polokwane.
Julius Malema proclaimed his innocence after being granted bail by the Polokwane Regional Court, where he faced a charged of money-laundering.
"Some of the comments attributed to Dr Barney Pityana stoop way below dignified public discourse," the presidency said.
A poll says South Africans preferred Kgalema Motlanthe as their leader but last week’s Cosatu congress went in favour of Jacob Zuma — who will prevail?
Reverend Barney Pityana has taken a swipe at President Jacob Zuma and blamed South Africans for electing leaders without vision and basic competence.
President Jacob Zuma has told the 67th sitting of the United Nations’s General Assembly in New York that women’s rights are human rights.
The timing of legal action against Julius Malema is too convenient, even if he does deserve it, argues Verashni Pillay.
Avaaz.org on Sunday announced that they were taking Airports Company SA (Acsa) to court for removing posters about lion hunting from OR Tambo Airport.
Zuma has urged workers not to follow the path of striking Lonmin workers and stated that "new violent protests have no place in a democratic society".
Cosatu holds its ground, the e-tolls plot thickens, South Africans perish in Kabul and the naked truth about Kate. Watch Weekend 101 to stay in the know.
A time of national crisis, such as Marikana, tests every bit of a society, from the president all the way "down" to community structures.
It is like revolving doors at the SABC board. Outbursts over a committee report to Parliament have degenerated into a "free-for-all".
If 1994 was our "happily ever after", how did our fairytale ending saddle us with evil sorcerers, wayward knights and all this singing and dancing?
President Jacob Zuma has called on the European Union to partner with South Africa and invest in the country’s infrastructure development project.
Expelled ANCYL leader Julius Malema has promised he will return to the ANC, regardless of the outcome of its national elective conference in Mangaung.
Julius Malema says his life is in danger because of a conspiracy against him by President Jacob Zuma and several ministers.
Julius Malema has geared up his attack on President Jacob Zuma, saying the president must explain why he sent the army into Marikana.
The National Assembly has approved a salary increase of 5.5% for President Jacob Zuma, effective from April 1 this year.
The ANC smells a Marikana rat and the Cosatu national congress could be a preview of what’s to come in Mangaung.
Wildcat strikes in the platinum belt have entered a sixth week with no resolution in sight and investors are beginning to grow concerned.
Senior political reporter Matuma Letsoalo analyses the first day of the Cosatu congress – the unanimous re-election of leadership, JZ’s speech and more.
Jacob Zuma has made big statements to Cosatu delegates, pronouncing on Marikana and the textbooks crisis, and boasting of the ANC’s service delivery.
Anglo American Platinum will resume work at its Rustenburg operations on Tuesday, days after the government launched a crackdown to disarm miners.
There’s fickle, and then there’s Julius Malema. Verashni Pillay tracks his dramatic changes in tune on everything from Helen Zille to soldiers.
President Jacob Zuma’s remarks earlier in the week about the majority ruling in a democracy were "misconstrued", the presidency has said.
"It is pretty obvious that there is now open warfare between President Zuma and Julius Malema. It’s all about power," says the DA’s Mmusi Maimane.
Attempts to distance Cosatu from the ANC have failed and the gloves are off ahead of its national congress.
Cosatu’s conference must be energised by the need to find a response to the crisis at SA’s mines, rather than enervated by ANC factional politics.