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.
Gwede may tout himself as ‘a solution looking for problems’ but has his own ambitions, insiders say
Mugabe did not wake up one morning and decide to be an autocrat henceforth. It was a slow slide towards autocracy
‘Casa Zuma comes into view … more holiday resort than homestead. Not bad at all, with retirement waiting around the corner’
What happened in a meeting between the president and the former NPA boss will determine their futures
The front-runners for the ANC’s presidency have flimsy platitudes and little else to offer
The high court on Tuesday made no promises on exactly when it would deliver judgement on whether Mxolisi Nxasana was properly removed as NDPP in 2015
SADC has decided that President Zuma and Angolan President Joao Lourenco will travel to Zimbabwe to meet stakeholders and assess the situation
ANC branches were given until Sunday to hold meetings, with secretary general Gwede Mantashe warning that there would not be any extensions.
Robert Mugabe insists he is still in power despite a military takeover and a rising clamour for him to quit.
The unfolding misfortunes of the Zimbabwean president hold key lessons for his South African counterpart who faces the possibility of a forced exit.
The high court in Pretoria on Monday ordered a media blackout on a document that had been due to feature in argument.
Stalwarts and veterans from the ANC have once again called for President Jacob Zuma to step down with immediate effect.
Former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni and six board members were sacked from the board last month.
New proposals include more deputy secretaries general, two deputy presidents and strengthening the integrity commission
Heher says technical and vocational training colleges must become first-choice institutions
Kebby Maphatsoe, wary of Western ‘agents’, derides Ramaphosa as the white people’s darling
‘At some point one must assume that her ignorance is self-induced. That point has long passed’
An emergency rescue package would stabilise the nation, analysts say
‘At times like this, the city’s charm wears thin. Durban might as well be in Mongolia. Or Zimbabwe’
The prosecution is on behalf of former KZN Hawks head who alleges he was unlawfully targeted after he began an investigation into a Zuma associate.
White critics are often put on a pedestal — even when they’re telling us things we already know
The UDM are arguing that a Fees Commission recommendation of an income contingency loans will create an army of debt-trapped graduates.
The report looked into whether Zuma’s friends, the controversial Gupta family, had undue influence on the executive.
The EFF has rejected the Heher Commission’s report on the feasibility of fee-free education on the basis that it will create ‘class segregation’
What stood out at the Johannesburg launch of Jacques Pauw’s ‘The President’s Keepers’ was how incredibly white the audience at the book launch was.
President Jacob Zuma seems to be making a final push to secure the nuclear power deal before his tenure comes to an end. But it won’t be easy.
‘So any means that allow women who have suffered sexual violence to articulate their pain are to be welcomed’
‘Assuming to be true what we cannot yet know makes us vulnerable to manipulation, with consequences for both the innocent and the guilty’
For those named in the report, some things have changed and some have stayed the same
We need to think of corruption in South Africa as not only Gupta-centric
A by-election in Metsimaholo municipality is the first time the alliance will face off at the polls
One of the paradoxes of the post-apartheid ANC is that the party hasn’t seen fit to embrace the principle of ‘one person, one vote’ in its elections