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.
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng defied public misconceptions and won over his critics when he delivered the Constitutional Court’s judgment on Nkandla.
Readers write in about Zuma, and Eskom’s nuclear plans.
The ANC’s powerful secretary general is finding it increasingly difficult to defend the president.
According to President Jacob Zuma, the ANC is “working hard to change the lives" of people … It just takes time – "like growing maize".
Election tsar Nomvula Mokonyane says the governing party has the trust and support of the grassroots – despite President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla scandal.
The ANC Women’s League has re-affirmed its support for President Jacob Zuma and lambasted those who have called for him to step down.
Breyten Breytenbach has a business proposal for the Guptas: a stock market where people place bets on the value of our representatives.
The ruling party’s Gauteng branch has accepted the president’s Nkandla apology but believes it is not enough to restore confidence in the ANC.
The Thabo Mbeki Foundation issued a statement on Monday denying any connections with the Gupta family as had been reported in the media on Sunday.
The full text of former president Thabo Mbeki’s response to the Constitutional Court judgment.
As association of former political prisoners have come out in support of President Jacob Zuma following the Concourt’s Nkandla ruling.
The ANC’s secretary general has warned that the ruling party must win back supporters’ confidence before it risks losing them for good.
The large crowd sang songs in praise of Zuma as he arrived to speak in Port Elizabeth about the Operation Phakisa economy project.
There is a mounting groundswell of anti-Zuma sentiment within the party that may just be the tipping point to drive the president out.
The Panama Papers leak has thrown light on ownership secrecy in a Khulubuse Zuma-fronted oil deal in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Old-school ANC grandee and chair of Corruption Watch SA Mavuso Msimang believes it is ‘shameful’ that the party voted against the Constitution.
Mavuso Msimang: “For the ANC to proudly defeat the spirit of the Constitution is not a victory. We voted overwhelmingly against the Constitution."
The DA reported the Speaker and the ANC MPs who “abetted the President (Jacob Zuma) contravene the Constitution” to Parliament’s Ethics Committee.
Has the SABC fired or blacklisted so many commentators for holding anti-Zuma views that Hlaudi Motsoeneng has to step into the breach?
Readers write in about the ANC, President Zuma, parastatals and the Guptas.
Based on last week’s Constitutional Court judgment that found his conduct unconstitutional, a valid case of theft may be made against Jacob Zuma.
Several political observers have hinted that a recent spate of incidents – dismissed as random acts of crime – may be the workings of state security.
ANC veterans and civil society members met at the steps of the Concourt on Wednesday and demanded that President Jacob Zuma resign.
Jacob Zuma has announced the date of municipal elections, while the IEC has appealed to South Africans for a smooth registration weekend this week.
The future is making many South Africans a tad nervous, but the suspense is kind of exhilarating.
The National Assembly motion to remove Jacob Zuma as president was lost on Tuesday evening, with 233 votes against his impeachment.
Maimane lambasted ANC MPs at the parliamentary debate on a motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday.
On Tuesday the Presidency issued a statement saying the Concourt did not find that President Jacob Zuma broke his oath of office. Experts disagree.
Opposition MPs demanded that Parliamentary Speaker Baleke Mbete recuse herself as they said she was implicated in the Concourt’s Nkandla judgment.
While the process to impeach a South African president is straightforward, there is one big hurdle to face first.
The National Assembly is debating an impeachment motion tabled by DA leader Mmusi Maimane to have Zuma removed from office. Watch it live here.
Calls for President Jacob Zuma’s removal from office have had support from some ANC stalwarts, including Ahmed Kathrada and a few ANC Gauteng members.