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.
Phillip de Wet’s e-book "Nkandla: The Great Unravelling" tracks key events and major themes surrounding President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead.
The ANC is set to take the DA to court over an SMS about President Jacob Zuma and his Nkandla homestead.
The Institute for Accountability in Southern Africa has asked that the ANC recall the president in light of the ongoing controversy around his rule.
The ANC is not backing down from its stance that police commissioner Riah Phiyega should be censured for misleading its national executive committee.
Mail & Guardian readers give their views on the upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s homestead and Thuli Madonsela’s subsequent Nkandla report.
As the most powerful man in Africa, President Jacob Zuma must account for his exercise of public power, writes Moshoeshoe Monare.
Documents show the president intervened in the Nkandla revamp, despite claims to the contrary.
President Jacob Zuma has avoided answering public protector Thuli Madonsela’s more difficult questions about upgrades at his Nkandla homestead.
A key element is to isolate the party from any damage caused by the Nkandla scandal.
The president should have pulled a sickie on the evening he was to deliver a business ethics award, writes Nikiwe Bikitsha.
The public protector has not sent a copy of the Nkandla report to the National Assembly because she has not requested Parliament to take action.
Pretoria and Kigali have agreed to work out a diplomatic row sparked by attacks on Rwandan dissidents exiled in Johannesburg.
On Friday, the Mail & Guardian will publish "Nkandla: The Great Unravelling" as an e-book. In this excerpt: how an ordinary word was turned racist.
If the ANC wants to be taken seriously in this Nkandla saga, it will need to show it by being tough on its senior leadership.
The ANC says youth league remarks about Thuli Madonsela are "in contrast" with its views and that it has confidence in the public protector’s office.
A report claims public protector Thuli Madonsela feared for her life while investigating the security upgrades at President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home.
President Jacob Zuma has hailed South Africa as one of the few countries in the world that includes socioeconomic rights in its Constitution.
President Jacob Zuma promised more services, schooling, jobs and healthcare in a polls-focused speech, as the DA and EFF descended on Sharpeville.
The ANC has labelled the Nkandla-related criminal charges laid against President Jacob Zuma by the DA and EFF void acts carried out in desperation.
Gwede Mantashe says the differences between the public protector’s Nkandla findings and that of the interministerial task team are cause for concern.
EFF leader Julius Malema and the DA’s Mmusi Maimane say they have laid corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, with Malema calling for his resignation.
The president’s architect and Riah Phiyega seem to be the focus of the ANC’s damage control plans after Thuli Madonsela’s Nkandla report release.
The South African Communist Party says it is "extremely concerned" at the manner in which Thuli Madonsela handled the Nkandla investigation.
The ANC will call on President Jacob Zuma to answer questions on the Nkandla report if necessary, says secretary general Gwede Mantashe.
More petitions are before the courts as delays drag truth closer to the secrecy Bill’s horizon.
Government ministers have denied there was any political pressure placed on the public protector in the run-up to the release of the Nkandla report.
Government, at face value, appears to have accepted Thuli Madonsela’s findings at Nkandla. But it insists all upgrades were necessary for security.
The presidency has issued a statement saying Jacob Zuma will respond to Thuli Madonsela’s report on the Nkandla upgrades once he has studied it.
Thuli Madonsela could have denounced Jacob Zuma or exonerated him in her Nkandla report. Instead, she kept her eye on what matters: institutions.
The public protector’s report has found that Jacob Zuma disproportionately benefited from the upgrades made to his home by an estimated R246-million.
The warning to journalists not to photograph the site was a particularly low point in the charade.
The local clan members living around Zuma’s Nkandla homestead say he is their leader and entitled to everything he has.