Intra-party rivalries will reach new heights in the run-up to the African National Congress's (ANC) elective conference in December next year as the allies of former President Jacob Zuma make a renewed push for power...

Supporters of discredited former President Jacob Zuma see an opportunity...

His biggest surprise was his clear 'no' to the demand for a Basic Income Grant (BIG) from some trades unions socialists and the so-called Radical Economic Transformation (RET) faction loyal to former President Jacob Zuma (AC Vol 62 No 18 Ill fares the ANC)...

Former President Jacob Zuma had a close relationship with the king and that shaped relations with the kingdom for a decade...

South Africa is still reeling from the aftermath of a failed insurrection in July triggered by the arrest and incarceration of former President Jacob Zuma which claimed 350 lives and caused damage estimated at R60bn ($40bn) and is gradually emerging from the third wave of the pandemic (AC Vol 62 No 16 After the insurrection)...

Mabuza was credited with having more than doubled ANC membership in the province and was one of former President Jacob Zuma's three 'premier league' supporters who later backed the candidacy of Dlamini-Zuma Zuma's ex-wife...

Zondo's State Capture Commission has for three years been hearing evidence of corruption on a grand scale during the nine years of former President Jacob Zuma's government...

Ramaphosa needs Mantashe as he deals with the aftermath of the rioting sparked by the arrest of former president Jacob Zuma looming elections public sector wage negotiations and the run-up to the 2022 ANC conference...

The reshuffle has struck a decisive blow to the so-called Radical Economic Transformation (RET) wing of former President Jacob Zuma and suspended ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule both of whom face protracted corruption trials (AC Vol 61 No 23 Ace arrest boosts Cyril)...

Ramaphosa narrowly beat Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Jacob Zuma's ex-wife for ANC president at the elective conference in 2017 while Lindiwe Sisulu who has had more senior cabinet posts than any other woman in the ANC initially challenged Ramaphosa before withdrawing (AC Vol 59 No 1 Pushing Zuma to the exit & Vol 62 No 10 Magashule overplays his hand)...