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.
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.
Cabinet ministers and government officials have been protecting Jacob Zuma since the ANC’s 2007 Polokwane conference, at the expense of the people.
In a fictional land, the ruler of a private residence, Nkandla, is determined to foil the public protector’s plan to bring about an end to the ANC.
Zuma did not mean to mislead Parliament but his conduct remains "inconsistent with his office".
Sleight of hand doesn’t serve a clumsy conjuror well: the state’s sleeves have run out of tricks.
Hardliners in the party meet to strategise how to rubbish public protector Thuli Madonsela’s report on Nkandla.
It’s hard not to see a co-ordinated campaign against public protector Thuli Madonsela’s office as she takes on her biggest battle: the Nkandla report.
Thuli Madonsela releases her final report into security upgrades at Jacob Zuma’s homestead at Nkandla. Here’s a rough guide of what to expect.
Parties have cozied up to royal family members, churches and students at the weekend in a bid to gain support as the national election draws nearer.
The ANC’s president told its guests of the party’s accomplishments since coming into government, saying it has created more jobs than ever in SA.
With less than two months to go until the 2014 elections, we take a look at some key points of the campaign trail so far.
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