Jacob Zuma
2 Sep
A daughter of South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma was among hundreds of women and girls who danced for the king of Eswatini in a traditional ceremony Monday, confirming her engagement to the monarch. Nomceba Zuma, 21, was among 5,000 people from around the small kingdom at the annual Reed Dance at the Ludzidzini Royal…
5 Jun 2024
South African police said Wednesday they had arrested two people in relation to a huge probe into state corruption under former president Jacob Zuma, amid media reports that a serving minister is among those held. Thandi Mbambo, a spokeswoman for an elite police unit known as the Hawks, told AFP the two are due to…
31 May 2024
South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma staged a surprise comeback at the head of an upstart party that is only a few months old but al
31 May 2024
The website of South Africa's electoral commission was down on Friday as the country counted votes from a key election in which the ruling ANC looked set to lose its majority.
20 May 2024
South Africa's top court ruled Monday that graft-tainted former president turned firebrand opposition challenger Jacob Zuma is ineligible to stand for parliament in next week's general election.
20 May 2024
South Africa's top court will rule Monday on whether graft-tainted former president Jacob Zuma can legally be barred from standing as a candidate in the country's May 29 general election.
29 Apr 2024
South Africa's scandal-hit ex-president Jacob Zuma has made a surprise comeback by running in May's elections against his former party, the ruling African National Congress (ANC).
13 Apr 2024
With less than two months to South Africa's crunch election, scandal-tainted former president Jacob Zuma has stolen the spotlight in an unlikely comeback, further wounding the ruling ANC, analysts say.
12 Apr 2024
The electoral commission said Friday it had appealed to South Africa's highest court to rule on whether ex-president Jacob Zuma can stand in a general election in May as political tensions heighten.
8 Apr 2024
Judges in South Africa will on Tuesday rule on whether former president Jacob Zuma will be allowed to appear on the ballot in May elections.
29 Mar 2024
South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma survived a car accident overnight after a vehicle transporting him was hit by a drunk driver, police said on Friday
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