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 Goodman Gallery’s lawyer says there is no point to the Film and Publication Board classifying "The Spear" since it has been defaced and removed.
Part of Jan Smuts Avenue in Johannesburg will be closed from 9am until about 3pm on Tuesday for a protest march, the Johannesburg metro police say.
Secret meetings ahead of the ANC nomination process are being probed by the party’s Gauteng executive, provincial secretary David Makhura says.
The battle against the controversial "Spear" painting moves to the streets as thousands of ANC supporters prepare to march on the Goodman Gallery.
President Jacob Zuma called on South Africans to unite to protect children at the launch of Child Protection Week.
City Press editor Ferial Haffajee says the ANC is no longer a party of ideas and debate.
Described as "a sensitive man" by Nelson Mandela’s lawyer, Gcina Malindi is the anti-apartheid activist now best known for his tearful breakdown.
I am one of those who feel that the controversial Brett Murray painting, The Spear, denigrates our president.
Despite damning reports and default judgments, the minister overrode a selection panel’s decision.
The SACP appears to be at a political crossroads if its policy documents released this week are anything to go by, writes Charles Molele.
Union bosses punt ANC president as a friend of the working class ahead of leadership battles. Matuma Letsoalo reports.
How far can artists go in satirising or sending up the powerful? Nickolaus Bauer reports on different value clashes over Brett Murray’s ‘The Spear’.
President Jacob Zuma is not the only world leader who has turned to the law in an effort to stifle criticism about himself, writes Fatima Asmal-Motala
At the South Gauteng High Court on Thursday, President Jacob Zuma employed the reactionary mobilisation strategy that has served him so well.
The African National Congress’ success has been hobbled by the roll of the historical die but also by its own decisions, writes Moeletsi Mbeki.
President Jacob Zuma has appointed judges to the Supreme Court of Appeal and various high courts in the Eastern and Northern Cape.
The application to ban artist Brett Murray’s controversial painting "The Spear" has been postponed indefinitely, the South Gauteng High Court ruled.
The former head of the National Prosecuting Authority, advocate Vusi Pikoli, finds himself unemployed again because of political interference.
One of the men accused of defacing "The Spear" artwork said he did it to defuse a situation that could have turned into a race war.
President Jacob Zuma has defended his leadership of South Africa and the ANC at a meeting with the National Union of Mineworkers.
The ANC, though, remains resolute in its court challenge against the controversial painting, even after the artwork was irreparably defaced.
The Film and Publications Board had a late night scratching their heads over what to do about the artwork showing the president in a state of undress.
Two men held for allegedly defacing a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma in a Johannesburg gallery will be released, say police.
President Jacob Zuma has deflected questions in Parliament about the decision to reinstate former crime intelligence Richard Mdluli.
A giant "X" has been painted over Brett Murray’s The Spear, defacing the controversial artwork that depicts the president with his genitals exposed.
While ANC supporters took to court to voice their dissent about the controversial painting of the president, two men defaced the work at the Goodman Gallery.
Some random cock and balls plonked onto a picture of the president does not good satire make, writes Matthew Partridge.
Nikiwe Bikitsha explains how she feels about "The Spear", and how South Africans are not living up to the Constitution of our founding fathers.
Jacob Zuma’s family have criticised the artist of a painting that depicts the president with his genitals exposed.
President Zuma’s right to privacy will be pitted against ‘Spear’ artist Brett Murray’s right to freedom of expression as the matter goes to court.
The painting of Jacob Zuma displayed at Goodman Gallery should be removed as it is an expression of "pure prejudice", the ANCWL said on Saturday.
Zuma acknowledged his administration’s poor service delivery at a business function days before his administration releases its midterm review report.