Jacob Zuma
21 Jul 2021
The recent unrest in South Africa has claimed 276 lives, the government said on Wednesday, raising the death toll from 215 announced earlier his week...
18 Jul 2021
The dragging corruption trial of South Africa's jailed ex-president Jacob Zuma resumes on Monday despite deadly violence that swept the nation after his imprisonment in an unrelated case. Zuma faces 16 charges of fraud, graft and racketeering related to a 1999 purchase of fighter jets, patrol boats and military gear from five European arms firms…
17 Jul 2021
South Africans on Saturday cleaned up shopping centres and stores looted during a week of shocking violence that rocked the country and left more
14 Jul 2021
Stores and warehouses in South Africa were hit by looters Tuesday for a fifth day running despite the troops President Cyril Ramaphosa deployed to try to quell unrest that has claimed 72 lives.
12 Jul 2021
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said the deadly unrest gripping the country is unprecedented in post-apartheid South Africa as he deployed troops to help police crush the violence and looting sparked
12 Jul 2021
The leadership of the Nigerian community in South Africa has warned its members in various cities in Kwa Zulu Natal and Gauteng provinces to be vigilant and adopt safety and security measures. The warning came after five Nigerian-owned businesses were attacked in the unrest sparked by pro-Jacob Zuma protesters. "We identified five businesses belonging to…
12 Jul 2021
South Africa's army said Monday it was deploying troops to two provinces, including its economic hub of Johannesburg, to help crush mob violence and looting as unrest sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma entered its fourth day.
11 Jul 2021
South African ex-president Jacob Zuma will on Monday ask the nation's top court to let him out of jail by rescinding its 15-month sentence for snubbing anti-graft investigators.
11 Jul 2021
When there is an inevitability, let’s accept that there is an inevitability. If we do not accept it, we are a failure for now.
9 Jul 2021
A South African high court on Friday tossed out a last-ditch legal bid by former president Jacob Zuma to avoid jail for refusing to appear before graft investigators.
8 Jul 2021
South Africa's former President, Jacob Zuma tumultuous decades-long clashes with the judiciary system took an unprecedented turn on Thursday as he began a 15-month sentence.
8 Jul 2021
South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma, who on Thursday began a 15-month sentence for contempt, will be eligible to be released on parole in just under four months, the authorities said.