South Africa’s ex-president Zuma fails to show at corruption inquiry
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma did not show up on Monday at an inquiry into corruption during his time in office despite the country’s...
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Thousands expected to march in support of South Africa’s Zuma
Thousands of supporters of former South African president Jacob Zuma are expected to march to the Durban High Court on Friday, where Zuma will face...
Ramaphosa elected president of South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as South Africa’s president in a parliamentary vote on Thursday and pledged to tackle endemic corruption after scandal-ridden Jacob Zuma resigned...
South African police raid Gupta home, ANC to sack Zuma via parliament
South Africa’s ANC unveiled plans on Wednesday to sack President Jacob Zuma via a parliamentary no-confidence vote, hours after armed police raided the luxury home of his...
End game looms for South Africa’s Zuma
African National Congress (ANC) leader Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that he was holding direct talks with Jacob Zuma over a transition of power, the...
Ruling by S. Africa’s top court heaps more pressure on Zuma
South Africa’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that parliament had failed to hold President Jacob Zuma to account over a scandal related to state-funded upgrades to his...
South African judge orders graft report released amid anti-Zuma protest
A South African judge ruled on Wednesday that a report over alleged influence peddling in government should be released, after President Jacob Zuma dropped a...
Mandela Foundation rebukes Zuma, joins calls for leadership change
The foundation set up to guard the legacy of the late Nelson Mandela on Tuesday blamed South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma for the “wheels coming...
South African state prosecutor to appeal order to reinstate Zuma corruption charges
South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is not being investigated for espionage over his part in establishing a surveillance unit in the revenue service and...
South Africa’s Zuma appoints head of anti-corruption body
South African President Jacob Zuma, who faces an impeachment vote, on Tuesday named a private sector advocate with links to finance minister Pravin Gordhan to...
South African opposition says will take necessary action to remove Zuma
By Nqobile Dludla South Africa’s main opposition said on Friday it would take any steps necessary to remove President Jacob Zuma from his post, a...
South Africa’s Zuma offers to foot part of mansion upgrade
South African President Jacob Zuma proposed footing part of the bill for state-funded improvements to his rural home, some of which anti-graft authorities said benefited...
S Africa’s ANC rolls to victory
By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura and Xola Potelwa The ruling African National Congress (ANC) swept toward victory in South Africa’s fifth post-apartheid election on Thursday, handing President Jacob Zuma the clout...
South Africa holds general election
By Ed Cropley South Africans voted in the first “Born Free” election on Wednesday, although polls suggest the allure of the ruling African National Congress as the conqueror...
South Africa hunts for mystery Mandela mimer
A fake sign language interpreter took to the stage during a mass memorial for anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, gesticulating gibberish before a global audience of millions...
Sports-mad South Africa salutes Mandela ‘The Captain’
By Ed Stoddard and Ed Cropley Sports-mad South Africa saluted Nelson Mandela on Saturday with smiles and moments of silence in honour of the late...
Nelson Mandela dies aged 95
By Ed Cropley Former South African President Nelson Mandela died peacefully at his Johannesburg home on Thursday at the age of 95 after a prolonged...
Mandela stable but critical
Nelson Mandela remains in a stable but critical condition more than two months after hospital doctors treating him for a lung infection let him return...
Two life sentences for rape, murder that shocked South Africa
By Alvin Andrews A South African court sentenced a man to two life terms on Friday for the rape, mutilation and murder of a teenager...
Daughter says Mandela ‘still there’, raps media ‘vultures’
By Siphiwe Sibeko Former South African President Nelson Mandela is still clinging to life, his eldest daughter Makaziwe said on Thursday, but she criticized foreign...