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Citizen
April 13, 2018
Former president Jacob Zuma was warmly welcomed by a large crowd attending a Winnie Madikizela-Mandela memorial event at a packed marquee in Durban on Thursday. On his 76th birthday, the crowd sang happy birthday to him after singing: ““Wenzeni uZuma awuphendule” and repeatedly chantingÃâà...
Eyewitness News
April 13, 2018
JOHANNESBURG - On this day, 76 years ago, former president Jacob Zuma was born in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal. Zuma also happens to share a birthday with Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, but there seems to be little fanfare over the occasion, particularly on social media. Former publicÃâà...
Times LIVE
April 13, 2018
Former president Jacob Zuma brought ANC struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's memorial service in Durban to a standstill as he made a grand entrance to a standing ovation and shouts of "Zuma Zuma" from hundreds of people gathered there. ANC supporters‚ including members of variousÃâà...
New Statesman
April 11, 2018
Jacob Zuma was never going to accept defeat quietly. Removed from his presidency in South Africa by the African National Congress in February, he is now facing charges of corruption. These allegations date back to November 1998, when his country's cabinet approved an arms deal worth $2.5bn. ZumaÃâà...
Independent Online
March 28, 2018
Durban - Business forums that have been using violence and intimidation to access government tenders in KwaZulu-Natal are spearheading a national campaign that will bolster support for former president Jacob Zuma's upcoming corruption trial. As Zuma's day in court draws near, his supporters appearÃâà...
News24
March 28, 2018
A statement calling for the support of former president Jacob Zuma was not issued by ANC interim co-ordinator in KwaZulu-Natal Sihle Zikalala, as claimed on social media. The statement called upon the public to come out in numbers to support Zuma when he appears in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court inÃâà...
Mail & Guardian
March 26, 2018
A summons related to the arms deal corruption case has been served on former president Jacob Zuma, according to his lawyer Michael Hulley. Hulley confirmed that the summons had been served on Monday afternoon. “There was a summons served on my office today in respect to Mr Zuma,” he told theÃâà...
SowetanLIVE Sunday World
March 26, 2018
The South African Communist Party (SACP) says the African National Congress (ANC) should exclude former president Jacob Zuma from its electoral campaigns. “It will be in its (ANC's) favour as well in our favour if he is not taking part in the electoral platforms‚” said SACP deputy general secretary SollyÃâà...
News24
March 18, 2018
The drama regarding former president Jacob Zuma's corruption saga is about to reach another level and a very interesting level indeed. After failing to quell corruption charges against him throughout his wasted presidency, Zuma will finally tell his version of the story in court, but not without further trying toÃâà...
New York Times
March 16, 2018
JOHANNESBURG — In a severe legal blow to Jacob Zuma, South Africa's former president, national prosecutors announced on Friday that they would reinstate corruption charges against him in a case related to a multibillion-dollar arms deal in the late 1990s. Shaun Abrahams, South Africa's chiefÃâà...
Eyewitness News
March 15, 2018
JOHANNESBURG - Former ANN7 editor Rajesh Sundaram claims that former President Jacob Zuma was directly involved in the creation of the channel and had input on the editorial policy. In a tell all book, Sundaram has revealed how South African staff members were treated badly and that it was allÃâà...
Eyewitness News
March 15, 2018
With President Jacob Zuma, it is surely undeniable that his own actions will define his time in office and in the Age of Gedleyihlekisa. On Thursday, the National Prosecuting Authority is expected to announce a decision on whether former president Jacob Zuma will face criminal charges. Over the last fewÃâà...
Business Day
March 15, 2018
Former president Jacob Zuma spent far more than R15.3m fighting his corruption prosecution — with answers to parliamentary questions revealing that the total amount spent on Zuma's so-called Stalingrad campaign was an estimated R32.4m. President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed in Parliament onÃâà...
Eyewitness News
March 15, 2018
CAPE TOWN – President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended the government's undertaking to spend millions on Jacob Zuma's legal costs in court action over the fraud and corruption charges against him. Ramaphosa told Parliament that Zuma will personally have to pay back the money if he loses.
Times LIVE
March 15, 2018
I thought I should add my voice to the ongoing debate whether to prosecute the former president of the Republic Mr Jacob Zuma or not. In the bigger scheme of things‚ my voice is likely to be drowned out by much bigger voices such as the AfriForum‚ Freedom Under Law‚ Council for the Advancement of theÃâà...
Eyewitness News
March 15, 2018
CAPE TOWN – The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Shaun Abrahams says he's ready to meet with former President Jacob Zuma to inform him whether he will be prosecuted for corruption or not. Appearing before Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) on WednesdayÃâà...
Daily Maverick
March 15, 2018
On Thursday, the National Prosecuting Authority is expected to announce a decision on whether former president Jacob Zuma will face criminal charges. Over the last few weeks he has taken great care to appear, in public, to be the dutiful ANC cadre. The reasons behind his newly found energy could beÃâà...
News24
March 15, 2018
Cape Town – To inform former president Jacob Zuma about his decision relating to the corruption charges against him is not special treatment, the National Director Public Prosecutions told the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) on Wednesday evening. Shortly before Abrahams was due toÃâà...
Times LIVE
March 15, 2018
Former president Jacob Zuma has undertaken to personally pay back the millions of rand spent by the taxpayer to defend his court cases related to corruption charges against him should he lose. This was disclosed in the National Assembly by President Cyril Ramaphosa during his first oralÃâà...
Times LIVE
March 14, 2018
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Wednesday face questions from EFF leader Julius Malema about just how much former president Jacob Zuma's personal legal fees have cost the state. In questions tabled for Ramaphosa's first oral question and answer session in Parliament‚ Malema also wants to knowÃâà...
Moneyweb.co.za
March 14, 2018
The former chairwoman of South African Airways, Dudu Myeni, will also be subpoenaed. Picture: Moneyweb. South African lawmakers said they will summon the Gupta family and the son of former President Jacob Zuma to appear before an inquiry that is investigating the mismanagement of public funds atÃâà...
Times LIVE
March 14, 2018
Former president Jacob Zuma will know “any day from tomorrow” whether or not he will face prosecution on fraud and corruption charges. National Prosecuting Authority spokesman Luvuyo Mfaku wouldn't commit to a firm date when National Director of Public Prosecutions‚ Shaun Abrahams‚ would tell theÃâà...
News24
March 14, 2018
It was during a meeting with the Gupta brothers and Jacob Zuma in August 2013 that Sundaram first met Duduzane Zuma. The former president's son was eager to show his father ANN7's sample bulletins, apparently as a precursor to the Guptas discussing additional avenues of revenue from governmentÃâà...
News24
March 14, 2018
Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma spent R15.3m on legal fees during his nine-year so-called "spy tapes" challenge, according to a letter by the state attorney on Tuesday. DA leader Mmusi Maimane on Wednesday confirmed that he had received a letter from the state attorney's office in Cape Town thatÃâà...
News24
March 13, 2018
Johannesburg – National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) boss Shaun Abrahams' refusal to await the outcome of a Constitutional Court case - that could impact his job - before announcing a decision on the prosecution of former president Jacob Zuma has been described as "deeply regrettable". This was theÃâà...
News24
March 12, 2018
Durban – Former president Jacob Zuma has implied that opposition parties would only defeat the ANC "with their hearts". He said it was "absolutely certain" that the ANC will win the 2019 elections. "There's no doubt about that. The ANC is big, it has support of the country. I know no other party that is inÃâà...
Eyewitness News
March 12, 2018
Opinion polls in South Africa have clearly shown the sharp decline in citizens' approval of Jacob Zuma's performance as president over the past three years. What has been less clear is the impact on the governing African National Congress (ANC). He was also the president of the ANC, until his term endedÃâà...
New York Times
February 14, 2018
JOHANNESBURG — President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, a master tactician who survived a string of corruption scandals and harsh court judgments during his nearly nine-year presidency, agreed on Wednesday night to step down, repudiated by the governing African National Congress Party,Ãâà...
New York Times
February 13, 2018
JOHANNESBURG — Top leaders of South Africa's governing party ordered President Jacob Zuma to step down on Tuesday, saying that his continued presence was eroding the “renewed hope” felt since the election of new party leaders in December. Ace Magashule, secretary general of the AfricanÃâà...
News24
December 31, 1999
Cape Town – The Presidency must continue to pay the legal fees of former president Jacob Zuma based on a 2006 agreement, unless a court reviews it and sets it aside, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. Ramaphosa, in two responses issued on Thursday, replied to both the EFF and the DA regardingÃâà...
SowetanLIVE Sunday World
December 31, 1999
Former ANC president Jacob Zuma will “campaign” for his party in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal. On Friday‚ ANC elections head Fikile Mbalula said Zuma told the party he was volunteering his assistance. The Electoral Commission is running a registration drive across the country this weekend forÃâà...
Times LIVE
December 31, 1999
For a man who has always portrayed himself as a servant of the ANC‚ Jacob Zuma seems to be preparing to destroy the very organisation he professes to love. Worse‚ he seems to be prepared to push the country he once led back into the violence of the late 1980s and early 1990s in KwaZulu-Natal.
Times LIVE
December 31, 1999
The corruption case against former president Jacob Zuma is set to break open his personal financial matters and tax affairs, and, should he be convicted, the state could confiscate his Nkandla home for having been built with the "proceeds of crime". Zuma also faces the risk of his personal finances,Ãâà...
Eyewitness News
December 31, 1999
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New York Times
December 31, 1999
JOHANNESBURG — Just weeks after falling from power, Jacob Zuma, South Africa's former president, made a brief appearance in court on Friday in a corruption case that emphasized the political upheaval that has recently swept the country. A judge in the High Court in Durban adjourned the case, whichÃâà...
