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.
It’s been a grim few weeks of mounting evidence of this impunity Zuma believes he is entitled to, while evidence is not suffered to stand in his way.
The police minister called it a firepool, but Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter said his swimming pool was not built with taxpayers’ money.
Jacob Zuma released the report into the 2012 Marikana massacre. Africa Check compares his claims and what the Commission’s report actually said.
Readers write in about climate change, capital export and Marikana.
President Jacob Zuma’s comments about Marikana did not mean he condoned the shooting to death of 34 mineworkers, the presidency said.
The law clearly states that even essential security measures must be paid for by the owner of the property, even if he has not agreed to the upgrade.
The SACP, regretful it created a cult around Zuma, is heading for a tripartite alliance meeting divided over what position to take.
Three recent cases illustrate how the state has treated the public like 50-million ignoramuses.
Activist lawyer Paul Hoffman has called for the recall of President Jacob Zuma, whom he said was "ever more conflicted and compromised".
President Jacob Zuma’s Q&A session was cancelled after the EFF refused to let him speak until he’d answered their question on Nkandla repayment.
Only President Jacob Zuma and key ministers were aware of the plot to get the Sudanese president out of the country.
Five countries are vying for the lucrative nuclear contract but Russia looks like the successful suitor.
The mass-murdering president of Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir, is (believe it or not) hiding at President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead.
A court application to compel President Jacob Zuma to immediately release the Farlam Commission’s Marikana report has been rejected.
African leaders gathered in Sandton for the Nepad heads of state meeting on Saturday were told that the continent had a lot to celebrate.
If Zuma was the little piggy in the nursery rhyme, he would laugh all the way to Nkandla. But what does it all mean, asks Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
More than 200 members of Parliament decided that the president urgently needed a salary raise. It will be backdated to April.
Readers write in about morals in politics, police shootings, and District Six evictions.
The president appears impervious to the effect of his outrageous remarks and behaviour.
A low-key case of repayment in the Eastern Cape shows how Nkandla should have been handled, writes Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.
How much is enough? What will be the tipping point for those of us who are law-abiding, concerned citizens?
Opposition parties urge the ANC to "do the right thing" by agreeing to the amendment and to avoid "looking like fools protecting the president".
Security was beefed up in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, as final preparations were made for the inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari as president.
The president is playing a high-stakes game as politics continues to plague the prosecutions body.
Unintentionally hilarious videos "proved" that Zuma needs a fire pool, animal enclosures, visitor centre and amphitheatre. It’s a matter of security.
The president downplayed demands that he address Nkandla and release the Marikana report during his response to the presidency budget vote debate.
President Jacob Zuma has stressed that incorporating the African Union anthem in SA schools and churches will help build African unity.
Given the faction-ridden nature of South African politics and the deep divisions in the ANC, a further turn of the wheel is quite conceivable.
Given the faction-ridden nature of South African politics and the deep divisions in the ANC a further turn of the wheel is quite conceivable.
It is vitally important to liberate the prosecuting authority from any form of political interference.
Antisocial tendencies, such as xenophobia, emerge in a context of neglect – like children who do not feel safe or cared for.
Snarky remarks, shouting matches and not so thinly veiled insults dominated President Jacob Zuma’s question and answer session in Parliament.