Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi)

That moral standing was his great asset after replacing Jacob Zuma in 2018 – not merely that he appeared more competent or market-friendly...

His support base in KZN is especially important as the ANC struggles against Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party and the Inkatha Freedom Party...

Since the rise of Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe Party in 2024 the situation has become even more precarious...

During Jacob Zuma's presidency in South Africa Ichikowitz made a surprise appearance at a discreet London gathering organised by the late Sir Robin Renwick then heading the JP Morgan Cazenove joint venture attended by senior Democratic Alliance figures...

Angola: holding training sessions for leaders of South Africa's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party which is led by former President Jacob Zuma and placing an article criticising mine-clearance in Angola for US$700...

The province has shifted sharply towards former President Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party which secured around 45% of the provincial vote in the 2024...

But ANC Vice President Mashatile or Secretary General Mbalula would be the favourites for the presidency if the party tilted towards a deal with the populists Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters and Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party after the 2029 elections...

Whatever the prospects for mainstream governance the threat of a radical coalition between the ‘left' of the ANC ex-president Jacob Zuma's shambolic MK Party and/or the fiery Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema appears to have receded as they show an inability to unite or increase their popular vote...

Many of Ramaphosa's political woes stem from the ANC's poor governance record which hit its nadir under the Jacob Zuma administration and the damage it inflicted to an already weakening economy...

Treasury figures in November's statement show gross fixed capital formation at about 15% of GDP – barely half the 30% target set in the National Development Plan under Jacob Zuma for 2030...

‘South Africa is spiralling dangerously in the direction of a mafia state by failing to uphold the law amid unemployment and inability to grow the economy ' said Colin Coleman former chief executive of Goldman Sachs in Africa and a long-time supporter of the ANC under Presidents Nelson Mandela Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma...

The main beneficiaries of its vote collapse will be the populist parties Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party rather than the centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA)...

The problem lies in persistent delays rooted in the long-standing separation of investigation and prosecution – a structural flaw the Scorpions had overcome before President Jacob Zuma dismantled them...

Public scepticism remains high with many questioning whether another commission of inquiry will deliver results – especially in light of frustrations stemming from the Zondo Commission into state capture which exposed the ANC under former President Jacob Zuma as an ‘organised criminal enterprise' that ‘knew what was going on but did nothing about it' (AC Vol 63 Nos 1 The ANC faces a reckoning on corruption 10 Zondo hands ANC a time-bomb 14 Zondo's game changer Dispatches 22/5/22 Oppositionists demand action on Zondo and edge towards coalition & Vol 64 No 14 ANC leaders wade into new ethics row)...