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.
Former president Jacob Zuma is expected to appear before the commission of inquiry into state capture on Wednesday. Watch the proceedings here
The former president denies funneling state funds to the Guptas
The former president tells the Zondo commission he never visited the Gupta residence at the same time as Mentor did
The former president revealed on Monday that members of his family and his legal team have received death threats
The former president is expected to appear before the commission of inquiry into state capture for his second day of testimony on Tuesday
The former president told the Zondo commission that there was nothing unlawful about his part in the Gupta media project
Former president bemoans plan to remove him, details plot including using “suicide bombers” to assassinate him
The former president outlined a longstanding conspiracy by three intelligence organisations against him which he said culminated in the commission
How Nene’s removal triggered the state capture avalanche, culminating in Zuma’s Monday appearance.
Former president Jacob Zuma’s appearance will give him the opportunity to give evidence before the commission
The former president’s highly-anticipated appearance follows months of talks between his legal team and the commission
South Africans may well be seduced by the prospect of Zuma appearing at the Zondo commission, but he wasn’t alone in driving the state capture project
‘There’s a palpable frustration that has for too long permeated South African society’
hree EFF MPs advanced towards the public enterprises minister in a ‘threatening manner’
Pemmy Majodina says controversial MPs have not been convicted in a court of law
The president can get rid of the loathsome political figures but he can’t control everything
The state capture inquiry confirmed in a statement that the former president will appear in July
If South Africa is neither hopeful nor tragic, what posture should we take in relation to the future?
The party’s electoral decline is an indication that it does not really know what it stands for
The news media was a counterweight to a criminal enterprise that had captured the state
The judicial commission of inquiry into state capture has heard a number of testimonies implicating the former president in state capture
After being cleared by the ANC’s internal ethics committee, prominent politicians from the Jacob Zuma’s administration are back in Parliament
In another confusing finding, the public protector overlooked how cash ended up in the bank account of one of Jacob Zuma’s wives
‘President Cyril Ramaphosa and his supporters are forced to defend the Reserve Bank in the face of an illogical and insidious onslaught’
The law that regulates the interception of communications is being challenged on the basis it can be abused by rogue elements in intelligence
The ANC has, again, appointed a minister of the arts with very little interest in the arts
South Africa’s manager, like Arsenal’s, starts his season of political football poor and with a team of own-goalers
The negotiations started before the elections and continued until the very last moment.
Sadtu vows to take new minister to court if infrastructure is not immediately made a priority
The high court will need to decide whether there was political interference in the Zuma prosecution and, if so, how the law will treat it
The supporters that usually crowded outside the court and in the public gallery were absent at Jacob Zuma’s bid to get off corruption charges
While some political old-timers claw at relevance, David Mabuza is rewriting the rules of engagement