Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi)

He is set to lead the national Heritage Day celebration on 24 September at Galeshewe Stadium Kimberley in the Northern Cape an event usually addressed by President Jacob Zuma (AC Vol 57 No 18 Funeral fusillade hits Zuma)...

The funerals of veteran African National Congress leaders have become informal hustings where ANC and South African Communist Party (SACP) leaders can vent their anger about Jacob Zuma's presidency...

A calm undemonstrative man his manner is conciliatory which is attractive to those who are unhappy with the prospect of either Cyril Ramaphosa who has impressed less as time goes on or Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma whom they see as President Jacob Zuma's political heir leading the country...

Its only prospect of hanging on would have been to form a coalition with Malema whose condition for acceptance – sacking President Jacob Zuma – made that an impossibility...

While the ANC's poor showing has shocked its leaders they are still failing to act on what some call the 'elephant in the room': Jacob Zuma who was the face of the party's campaign...

KZN matters in the leadership race because it has the largest ANC provincial membership and is bedrock Jacob Zuma country...

Amid the glamour and the fizz a puzzled President Jacob Zuma told the crowd in the main speech of the evening that he 'could not understand why black people voted for the opposition Democratic Alliance'...

Business circles have been buzzing with reports about those companies which made a bonanza as the currency crashed in the wake of the crisis caused by President Jacob Zuma sacking Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene last December (AC Vol 56 No 25 Jacob Zuma's costly week)...

A senior SABC television news editor in the Eastern Cape Thami Dickson has been taken off air for using what managers called 'overly critical' words to describe President Jacob Zuma's presidency we hear...

President Jacob Zuma's office is drafting a bill to restrict foreign funding for local non-governmental organisations and to compel international NGOs (INGOs) operating in South Africa to be licensed by the government Africa Confidential can reveal...

The brothers are well known for their closeness to President Jacob Zuma who has been accused of using his influence to favour their businesses...

Africa votes in 2016 Country Date Type Uganda February General Yoweri Museveni repressed opposition and fixed vote CAR February-March Presidential & legislative Sporadic organisational problems Niger February-March Presidential & legislative Mahamadou Issoufou won presidential vote in 2nd round after fixes Cape Verde March Legislative Widely seen as credible Benin March Presidential Over 30 contenders and credible poll Congo-Brazzaville March Presidential Denis Sassou-Nguesso pushed constitutional changes fixed election Tanzania (Zanzibar) March Regional Zanzibar election rerun widely condemned Senegal March Referendum Credible vote after hesitation on reforms Comoros February-April Presidential Constitutional court to decide on 2nd round vote Sudan April Referendum on Darfur Omer el Beshir repressed opposition fixed vote threatens new offensive Equatorial Guinea April Presidential Teodoro Obiang repressed opposition and fixed vote Chad April Presidential Idriss Déby Itno repressed opposition and fixed vote Djibouti April Presidential Ismaïl Omar Guelleh repressed opposition and fixed vote Gabon August Presidential Ali Ben Bongo in tight race history of fixing Zambia August Presidential Edgar Lungu in tight race; his supporters threaten opposition Cape Verde August Presidential Shootings raise tension South Africa August Local elections Critical test of Jacob Zuma's leadership...