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Zimbabwe referendum: While refugees hope to return home, diamond money still flows in a river of opulence

As the ballots are being counted after a one-day referendum that will decide whether Zimbabwe votes for reform and brings in a new constitution, that country’s treasury is begging minerals companies to pay what they owe to government coffers. But … read more »

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South African President Zuma’s House and Corruption

By John Campbell Corruption is one of the most important public issues in South Africa and it receives exhaustive media coverage. And well it should. Transparency International ranked South Africa at sixty-ninth out of 176 countries in its 2012 “Corruption … read more »

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The secret of Zuma’s failure – the ANC itself

The funny thing about the Mangaung leadership race is that Jacob Zuma’s supporters do not deny his failures and weaknesses. They joke about them, play them down or explain why he needs greater support. There is a litany of reasons … read more »

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Former ANC Youth Leader Malema accuses Zuma of not respecting the Constitution

President Jacob Zuma has no respect for the country’s Constitution, expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema said. “How can Zuma ask miners to respect the Constitution if he does not,” Malema asked striking mineworkers in Virginia in the Free … read more »

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S.Africa: Zuma ‘should be ashamed’

By: Shain Germaner, EWN Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has been asked to probe reports that taxpayers will be footing a R203-million bill for renovations to President Jacob Zuma’s private home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal. On Sunday, Democratic Alliance Parliamentary leader Lindiwe … read more »

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African National Madness

Rhoda Kadalie Rhoda Kadalie says the ANC and the ANCYL don’t seem to understand how the world works The ANC’s Gallagher Estate Conference was its last chance to inspire hope in South Africans. God knows we need it. The latest … read more »

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Painting of South African Jacob Zuma sparks fury in S.Africa

JOHANNESBURG: A portrait of President Jacob Zuma posing as Lenin with his genitals hanging out has sparked outrage in South Africa, but the gallery on Friday refused demands from the ruling ANC to take it down. Zuma’s African National Congress … read more »

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S.Africa: Zuma’s son facing legal action

President Jacob Zuma’s son is being sued for R1.5-million for failing to pay a Durban wedding co-ordinating company, according to a newspaper report on Tuesday. Edward Zuma married Phumelele Shange in October last year. Their reception for 500 guests was … read more »

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South African President Zuma marries a fouth wife in Pictures

South Africa’s polygamous President Jacob Zuma married for the sixth time on Friday, taking his long-time girlfriend Bongi Ngema as his newest bride and fourth current wife in a private ceremony at his rural home. Ngema, an activist and former … read more »

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S.Africa: All the president’s wives

Khaya Dlanga I can’t help but think that I may have had something to do with the president’s latest wedding. Perhaps I should take responsibility to the taxpayers because you dear taxpayer will be maintaining the lifestyle of the president’s … read more »

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‘Taxpayers won’t be paying for Zuma’s latest wedding’

The wedding of President Jacob Zuma to his fourth wife, Bongi Ngema, will be a private family ceremony in Nkandla this weekend, the Presidency said. The Sunday Times yesterday broke the story of Zuma’s planned nuptials to Ngema, to whom … read more »

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S.Africa President Jacob Zuma to marry fourth wife

Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma is to marry his long-time fiancée, Bongi Ngema, next weekend, the Sunday Times reported in its early edition on Saturday evening. The president’s spokesperson, Mac Maharaj, confirmed to the newspaper that the president would formalise … read more »

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Zuma visits Mandela on eve of South Africa vote

South African President Jacob Zuma visited anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela on Tuesday on the eve of local elections, seizing the moment to urge voters to cast their ballots. “Mandela understands the importance of voting (more) than most of us,” Zuma … read more »

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