Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
May 20, 2024 at 7:57 AM. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma was barred Monday from running for Parliament in next week's national election over a previous criminal ...
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma is barred from running for parliament in this month's election, the country's top court ruled on Monday, a judgment that could ...
Six years after South Africa's scandal-plagued former president Jacob Zuma was pushed out of office, he is backing a new party against his longtime political home the African National Congress ...
Jacob Zuma, the former President of South Africa, was imprisoned on 7 July 2021 following a finding by the Constitutional Court of South Africa that he was guilty of contempt of court. The charges originated in Zuma's refusal to provide testimony to Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo 's judicial commission of inquiry into alleged state capture.
v. t. e. Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma ( Zulu: [geɮʱejiɬeˈkisa ˈzʱuma]; born 12 April 1942) is a South African politician who served as the fourth president of South Africa from 2009 to 2018. He is also referred to by his initials JZ and clan names Nxamalala and Msholozi.
The 2021 South African unrest, also known as the July 2021 riots, [23] the Zuma unrest [24] or Zuma riots, [25] was a wave of civil unrest that occurred in South Africa 's KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces from 9 to 18 July 2021, sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma for contempt of court.
Zuma made a dramatic political comeback to become president of South Africa in 2009. He resigned as leader of Africa's most developed country in 2018 because of separate corruption allegations.
May 23, 2024 at 9:59 AM. By Bhargav Acharya. JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma said on Thursday that he will fight for his rights, after the country's top court ...