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 real prospect of failing to force Nxasana out led to the president’s unedifying backdown
President Jacob Zuma claims that 34% of households had access to electricity in 1994. Available data suggests he is wrong. By 1994 it was about 50%.
Burundi’s armed forces chief announced that an attempted coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza, who is in hiding in Tanzania, had failed.
A new twist in the ongoing saga of spy vs spy in the South African Revenue Service can now be revealed.
The M&G has an imaginary chat with President Jacob Zuma about his Russian trip and ending the inquiry into prosecutions head Mxolisi Nxasana.
Readers write in about Steve Biko, statues, Zuma, headlines and Islamic scholars.
It’s no more Mr Nice Guy as President Jacob Zuma defies his naysayers to crack down on border-hopping, illegal immigrants.
President Jacob Zuma on Monday chastised governments who have criticised South Africa for xenophobic violence.
As crazy as it sounds, the likely new DA leader could be central to dispatching the president.
Writing history is often a matter of rewriting earlier histories as present perspectives shift and change.
President Jacob Zuma will not be present when the Africa-Asia summit kicks-off in Indonesia next week.
Zuma’s address on xenophobia was disrupted when the EFF demanded that the question of when he would pay back the money be included in the session.
The president claims in court papers that his predecessor offered him R20m to go quietly.
Our president doesn’t deserve even an ugly or poorly made statue, but he does deserve to fall, like the statue of Cecil John Rhodes did.
The question of when Zuma will pay back the money may still arise during the president’s question and answer session on Thursday.
Former president Thabo Mbeki has rejected Willie Hofmeyr’s allegations that his administration abused its power to plot Jacob Zuma’s downfall.
Nigerian money seized by SA officials is under investigation, but there is a plan for it designed to please the country’s new president.
South Africa and Nigeria need each other in many ways. It is time the countries start behaving like it again and strengthen the common interest.
Willie Hofmeyr’s stated motive to defend the NPA has failed, as political meddling has only become worse after Mbeki.
Jacob Zuma has admitted that the state of the ANC’s leagues is a weakness within the organisation and has called on leaders not to interfere.
Eskom chairperson Zola Tsotsi says the President backed him when he said he wanted to set up an inquiry to investigate "rot" at the power utility.
The EFF condemned President Jacob Zuma’s alleged "anti-black" remarks made in a speech to the SA Local Government Association.
President Zuma has elaborated on what he would do differently if parliamentary democracy did not get in his way so much.
The deputy director of public prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba faces two charges of fraud and one count of perjury.
President Jacob Zuma has chastised leaders for sowing divisions within the tripartite alliance, and has called for a retreat to iron out the issues.
Many notable Africans were imprisoned at Robben Island – Namibians and Malagasy too, writes Christine Mungai.
But few will to listen to researchers who refute society’s accepted notion that teenage pregnancy is damaging to the child, mother and society.
The high court in Pretoria is to make a decision on the timeline to hear a review to drop charges against Jacob Zuma resulting from the spy tapes.
Parliament’s programming committee has demanded that Zuma appears before the House by the end of April instead of the proposed November 3 session.
The newspaper erred in turning a suggestion made at an ANC workshop into a party decision.
Our democracy suffers when the speaker of the National Assembly becomes a cheerleader for a particular party or for one particular individual.