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.
A new book of images and essays about the Afrophobic violence in South Africa attempts to take the narrative forward
The former president argues that if he succeeds in having Billy Downer removed as prosecutor, the charges should be dropped
The former president’s application to remove Billy Downer as prosecutor comes as he runs out of road in more than one legal battle
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal says it has plans to leverage Zuma’s popularity when it starts its election campaign for this year’s local general elections
Journalists’ voices should be the very loudest in calling for the culling of the corrupt among us
The Zondo commission wanted the speaker to explain why there was no parliamentary inquiry into evidence of state capture
Former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede is out on R50 000 bail after being arrested for an allegedly corrupt solid waste tender
A strategy by the KwaZulu-Natal ANC to control the narrative coming out of former president Zuma’s court appearance for arms deal corruption and fraud was thwarted
Judge Piet Koen orders a brief delay to give Zuma’s lawyer time to enter a plea that Downer has no authority to prosecute the matter
The long-running arms deal case is heading for further delays after Zuma’s attorney and senior counsel withdrew at the 11th hour
The suspended secretary general argues that the rules the party relied on to sideline him are invalid but those informing his attempt to suspend the president are lawful
The high court has said it would be in the public interest given the importance of motions of no confidence in the president, to settle whether MPs can vote in secret
The suspended ANC secretary general won’t apologise publicly for his letter to Ramaphosa
Inside sources say the NEC discussed Zuma’s attitude towards the judiciary after the integrity commission ordered him to appear before it
ANC branches in Durban want all accused of corruption, and not just the criminally charged, to step aside
That the majority of those who form part of the ANC’s appeals body will come from 101 elders – which faction will have the upper hand
The former president is looking for new pro bono legal counsel
to defend him on arms deal charges, on the brink of the matter going to trial after 17 years
Ace Magashule has thrown the ANC secretary general’s office, once occupied by stalwarts Oliver Tambo and Walter Sisulu, into disarray
The ruling party’s attempt to clean house was prompted by personal protective equipment tender corruption
The president told the Zondo commission the ruling party dropped the ball but struggled over two days on the witness stand to explain how it happened and how a repeat will be prevented
The party’s top officials are scheduled to meet on Sunday, when Magashule is expected to give a middle finger to the NEC’s decision to implement the contentious resolution
The deputy chief justice invited the president to reflect on the matter, given continued corruption since 2017 when he said the party reached a watershed
President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged that cadre deployment was abused to further state capture, but played for time when Zondo pressed him for details as to how it happened
Former ANC North West chairperson to be removed from all party leadership lists
The president conceded the ANC must answer for what happened on its watch as he took the witness stand days before the party is to expel implicated members refusing to step aside
Increasingly reluctant to do the Gupta family’s bidding, the former minister was ‘punished’ with a transfer back to the home affairs portfolio, according to Nomachule Mngoma
The former president sang the ‘radical economic transformation’ group’s praises and called for ANC branches to hold the NEC to account for the RET group’s so-called ‘purge’.
Magashule fails to meet former presidents Mbeki and Motlanthe as he runs out of options
As the wannabe president cuts loose, uBaba’s lawyers cut him loose, but other people’s money never dries up
Jacob Zuma knows how to find money and spend it — as long as it’s not his own
The letter follows the commission’s insistence that the embattled Western Cape judge president will partake in this week’s interviews of candidates
Eric Mabuza notified the high court and NPA of his decision just weeks before the former president goes on trial for corruption