Tag Archives: Zuma
President Zuma described the loss of South African troops in the Central African Republic as a “tragedy” on Monday. He praised the members of the South African National Defence Force who had fought rebel forces despite being outgunned, outnumbered and … read more »
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Tagged Bangui, Central African Republic, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Solly Shoke, South Africa, South African National Defence Force, Zuma
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President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address this year will be the first to be delivered in the context of the National Development Plan (NDP), the Presidency said on Sunday. “In Sona 2013, the president will provide an update … read more »
Posted in South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Cape Town, Cyril Ramaphosa, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Kgalema Motlanthe, Mabopane, National Development Plan, Rural Development, state of the nation, Zuma
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South African President Jacob Zuma has told the country’s struggling national football team to relax and ignore criticism ahead of its hosting of the African Cup of Nations. Zuma visited players and coach Gordon Igesund at training on Tuesday and … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Soccer, South Africa, Sports
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Tagged Africa Nations Cup, African Nations Cup, Cape Verde, Gordon Igesund, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa, South Africa, Zuma
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South African President Jacob Zuma has been reelected as leader of ruling party, the African National Congress. This permits him to be the head of state of the country for a further seven years. Businessman Cyril Ramaphosa has been chosen … read more »
(Reuters) – Four white South Africans were charged with treason on Tuesday over a suspected plot to bomb a conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and execute President Jacob Zuma and other top government officials. The four, named … read more »
Spirits were high among members dressed in black and white African National Congress T-shirts. “We have arrived. We are members of Umkhonto. The bazooka is going to shoot,” they sang in isiZulu. Most of the delegates held up two fingers, … read more »
(AP) — South Africa’s governing African National Congress political party will return to where it was first formed to fight apartheid a century ago to pick its next leader, at a time some believe the movement is struggling to regain … read more »
Jeremy Gordin Jeremy Gordin says electorate seems to be suffering from a case of battered wife syndrome We’re standing – or, in my case at the moment, sitting – on the cusp of the Mangaung conference, due to run from … read more »
Posted in Article, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, ANC, Blade Nzimande, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Kingsley Amis, Martin Seligman, Nelson Mandela, Zuma
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Vusi Shongwe makes the case for President Jacob Zuma, while Prince Mashele predicts ruin at re-election. YES, he’s the man of the movement, says Vusi Shongwe. Albert Einstein said splitting the atom changed everything except our way of thinking, … read more »
Posted in Article, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, Albert Einstein, ANC, Bloemfontein, BRICS, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, South Africa, Zuma
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President Jacob Zuma has met with South Africa’s former president Nelson Mandela, who is in hospital. A statement from the presidency said that Mr Zuma found Mr Mandela “comfortable and in good care”. It offered no other details about why … read more »
The 490-page study lays bare the scale of Mr Zuma’s reliance on numerous benefactors – including Nelson Mandela who sent him R1m (£72,000) – in the period when he was deputy president until 2005. Chief among the donors was Schabir … read more »
Posted in South Africa, Southern Africa, Special Reports
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Tagged African National Congress, Daily Telegraph, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, KwaZulu-Natal, Mac Maharaj, Nelson Mandela, Schabir Shaik, Zuma
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Just a few years ago, South Africa was being hailed as a darling of the emerging markets. Crisp with swagger following the hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa’s boosters pointed to a renewed mining boom, fast growing … read more »
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, politicsweb IFP leader says the ANC President advised him to step down due to internal divisions in his party Dear friends and fellow South Africans, In 1983, an Indian sage by the name of Pandit Satyapal Sharma, … read more »
Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma congratulated US President Barack Obama on his re-election Wednesday, urging the US to continue playing a positive role in Africa. “We value our relations with the United States and look forward to strengthening bilateral co-operation … read more »
Babalwa Shota When President Jacob Zuma deviated from his prepared speech at the National House of Traditional Leaders this week, two responses came to mind: he’s right … and he’s wrong. While parts of his unscripted monologue verged on vitriol, … read more »
I am elected to lead, not to read.”- President Schwarzenegger, The Simpsons, US cartoon The ANC succession battles this year in the run-up to the party’s elective conference in Mangaung are making an objective and impassioned assessment of President Jacob … read more »
Dale T. McKinley This week legal papers are set to be filed in the Constitutional Court seeking an order to compel President Zuma to appoint a Commission of Inquiry into ‘allegations of corruption and mismanagement’ covering both the Badplaas area … read more »
Posted in Article, South Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, ANC, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Mpumalanga, Royal Commission, South Africa, Swazi, Zulu, Zuma
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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 »
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 »
Olwethu Sipuka on why the ANC president should not make it through to a second term JZ – Through the eye of the needle Having grown up in Mdantsane in the 1980′s, I am part of a generation that … read more »
(The Root) — South African President Jacob Zuma made a rousing speech last week at the United Nations, invoking Nelson Mandela and praising the virtues of inclusion, democracy and equal representation. He argued for Africa to be admitted to the … read more »
Posted in Article, South Africa
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Tagged BRICS, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, Jacob Zuma, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, South African Institute of International Affairs, United Nations, Zuma
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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 »
Once pursued like an enemy of the state, President Jacob Zuma knows exactly how it feels to sit in the dock and have the full might of the justice system bear down on him. Julius Malema will soon experience that … read more »
Posted in Article, South Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, African National Congress Youth League, ANC, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Malema, National Prosecuting Authority, Zuma
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Both South African president Jacob Zuma and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping face momentous party congresses before the end of 2012, and both are expected to emerge as national leaders by the time those congresses close. Both have also been … read more »
Posted in Article, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, ANC, China, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, South Africa, Zuma
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Gareth van Onselen on the ANC President’s strange conflation of church and party The Ten Commandments according to Jacob Zuma “I arrived from Jordan this morning just after 5 o’clock… I must say I took advantage of being in Jordan … read more »
By Eric Graham The words of Karl Marx have particular resonance when considering South Africa’s Aurora scandal: “The same prostitution, the same shameless cheating, the same mania to get rich was repeated in every sphere, from the court to the … read more »
Posted in Article, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Motala, Nelson Mandela, Orkney, South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Zuma
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President Jacob Zuma has called on “politicians” to resist the temptation to “hijack” labour disputes for their own purposes. In a lecture delivered in Kimberley in the Northern Cape at the weekend, Zuma spoke about attempts to restore peace at … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa, Spotlight
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Tagged African National Congress Youth League, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Lonmin, National Union of Mineworkers, Northern Cape, Rustenburg, Zuma
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by Scott Bleiweis After recently covering Ethiopia (here and here), I thought I’d stay in Africa for this article. I want to look at 2 nations with a wide space between them in terms of geography, culture, political ideology, and … read more »
Posted in Article, Egypt, News, North Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Democracy, Egypt, Ethiopia, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, South Africa, Zuma
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analysis Johannesburg — There is no shortage of examples of Jacob Zuma’s leadership weaknesses, from bad appointments in key positions to dawdling over decisions and presiding over policy uncertainty. But it will be a real push, even for his harshest … read more »
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, African National Congress, ANC, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Lonmin, Mangaung, reuters africa news, Sunday Times, Zuma
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South African’s President Jacob Zuma rose to power as a man of the people but seemed a world away from the masses when he stood in a suit under a parasol to speak to destitute miners about the deadliest police … read more »
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, African National Congress, ANC, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Lonmin, National Union of Mineworkers, reuters africa news, South Africa, Zuma
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