Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi)

By a quirk of history it fell to Ace Magashule Secretary General of the African National Congress and leading beneficiary of Jacob Zuma's leadership to deliver the most damning report on the state of the party in its history...

After the latest round of proxy battles President Cyril Ramaphosa is marginally ahead of his predecessor Jacob Zuma but his supporters warn that his opponents still control too many levers in the African National Congress...

The African National Congress breathed a collective sigh of relief – party insiders said – when the questioning of former President Jacob Zuma who is facing multiple corruption allegations was halted after he reached a behind-the-scenes deal with the presiding judge...

Tactics similar to those used to remove former President Thabo Mbeki before the end of his second term and are now being deployed behind the scenes by a committed group of senior ANC officials loyal to discredited former President Jacob Zuma (AC Vol 60 No 12 A tale of two ANCs)...

Lined up against Ramaphosa with Magashule are: Deputy President  David Mabuza; former Premier of North West province  Supra Mahumapelo; former President Jacob Zuma; and the current Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane a Zuma-appointed advocate who formerly worked in intelligence...

Mabuza sometimes called 'the cat' for his political survival skills now hovers between the Jacob Zuma and Ramaphosa ANC factions having formerly been seen as a Zuma loyalist...

The most likely candidates to replace him are International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu or the former wife of former President Jacob Zuma Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma who as a senior minister in the Presidency has been supportive of Ramaphosa...

' The Zuma group demands its place at the table Factional fighting between the Jacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa camps within the African National Congress – undiminished by the election results – is set to enter a new phase as the ruling party distributes the political and administrative appointments in its gift...

President Cyril Ramaphosa is running almost a solitary national campaign for the African National Congress in the 8 May elections while his opponents in the party led by former President Jacob Zuma prefer to plough their efforts into winning their home provinces (AC Vol 60 No 7 The real post-election fight)...

Zuma favourites win list tussle In the lead-up to election day on 8 May the Cyril Ramaphosa and Jacob Zuma factions of the African National Congress fought to get as many of their members as possible high up the party's list...

President Cyril Ramaphosa is still struggling to overcome the corrupt networks inherited from his predecessor Jacob Zuma...

In The Gangster State: Unravelling Ace Magashule's Web of Capture journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh depicts a 'a well-organised state capture network' which operated with impunity under President Jacob Zuma and from which Zuma is said to have benefitted both politically and financially...

President Cyril Ramaphosa's anti-corruption campaign is being undermined by key leaders of the ruling African National Congress loyal to former President Jacob Zuma...