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 Democratic Alliance (DA) is opposing President Zuma’s high court application to delay investigations of state capture by a commission of inquiry
Does Zuma’s still-pending application to review and overturn Madonsela’s state capture report absolve him of the responsibility to act on it?
"His ideals of self-reliance are more relevant than ever now as we push a radical socio-economic transformation agenda"
Dlamini-Zuma’s appointment to Parliament will most likely lead to a position for her in Cabinet, according to political analysts.
The secretary general was speaking in Vosloorus on Sunday at an OR Tambo memorial lecture hosted by Ekurhuleni’s Grace Flathela zone.
"Beyond its reputation problems, finding a new owner or funder will be considerably complicated"
The ANC treasurer general is being punted as a unifying ‘third way’, which is gaining traction in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape
Political machinations never change in the run up for the ANC’s leadership.
The Constitutional Court hearing revealed that it’s pretty difficult to impeach the president.
It is not enough to say there must be a woman president. Candidates must lead by example and spell out exactly what they aim to do
A fact-finding inquiry looking into the president’s conduct during the Nkandla debacle will force him to account for his actions, the ConCourt heard.
One of the women who was identified in a poster doing the rounds on social media has described the past 48 hours as a "nightmare".
‘The Civicus Monitor, an online tool that tracks threats to civil society around the world, rates South Africa’s civic space as "narrowed"’
Every week sees renewed infighting and it will only get worse as it gets closer to the party’s elective conference
Edward Zuma is facing a charge of hate speech for taunting former finance minister Pravin Gordhan
President Jacob Zuma has denied using his position to influence the awarding of government tenders to members of his family and close allies.
All the party wants is fact-finding on Nkandla. If that so happens to look like an inquisition, well …
The ANC treasurer says it would be wrong to give the losing presidential hopeful a consolation prize
A final set of names will need to be agreed to by the committee following interviews.
President Jacob Zuma on Saturday said that he had accepted the resignation of Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mduduzi Manana.
Nothing in the incident and what followed leaves Zimbabwe’s first lady with any shine at all
Zuma and his cohorts appear to have little understanding of the true nature of the troubled grouping.
The split between rival KwaZulu-Natal factions spilled into the streets outside the high court
Fikile Mbabalula, Bathabile Dlamini, Mduduzi Manana. They all served in same cabinet – where
two ends of a
vicious circle meet.
The South African Communist Party says the “myopic campaign clothed in the name of discipline is nothing but a factionally charged agenda".
Phosa accused President Jacob Zuma of looking out for his family instead of worrying about the crippling state of the country’s economy.
It doesn’t matter who takes over the ANC in December. The party will never be a united party again.
South Africa is fixated on the future of President Jacob Zuma. Steven Friedman explains that this isn’t the case within the governing ANC.
Our myopic opposition parties are steering us into dangerous waters, and their efforts are too often being cheered on
A motion by the ANC provincial leadership aims to stall the original application until after the December conference
The employment figures are dire, and likely to get worse, until the economy picks up
Little economic headway will be made ahead of October’s budget policy statement, analysts say