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Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (born 12 April 1942) is the President of South Africa, elected by parliament following his party's victory in the 2009 general election.
Read More at Wikipedia ›JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's president on Monday slammed his party's youth league, warning the African National Congress will take stern action against ill-disciplined members.
President Jacob Zuma said the African National Congress Youth League is ill-disciplined and responsible for "unacceptable" incidents that he said threaten party unity. The criticism reflects directly on firebrand youth leader Julius Malema — who has previously earned public rebukes from Zuma — though Zuma did not name Malema during his speech at a party congress in the eastern coastal city of Durban.He said the ANC youth must stop putting forward candidates for party leadership because it's too early for that."Juniors must respect their seniors. Those who belong to junior structures must respect those in senior structures of the party, I am talking about ANC structures," Zuma said in a nationally televised address.Malema did not comment to journalists after Zuma's speech. But Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a Ma...South African President Jacob Zuma and his African National Congress sought a court order Tuesday to have a painting depicting the president's genitals removed from ...
Former South African President Nelson Mandela is leaving Johannesburg on Tuesday to take up residence in his eastern home village of Qunu, the country's current lead...
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Accounting clerk Events Ranenyine rose in his tiny room on the northern outskirts of Johannesburg Wednesday, washed in a basin of water he had collected the day befo...
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A South African newspaper debuted Monday with denials it is an agent of the governing African National Congress.The owners of the New Age are seen as close to Presid...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela's African National Congress is preparing to celebrate his 92nd birthday.In a statement Thursday, South Africa's governing party sa...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's ruling party says they may discipline the party's youth league leader for several episodes of race-tinged speech.African National ...
South African lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday to protect state secrets that critics say will stifle expression.Tuesday's 259-41 vote with 32 abstent...
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South African President Jacob Zuma announced a 210 million rand ($30 million) credit package for Cuba and forgave Cuba's debt to South Africa during a state visit to...
South African President Jacob Zuma has congratulated Charl Schwartzel for winning the Masters.Schwartzel is the third South African to win the event at Augusta Natio...
South African President Jacob Zuma has withdrawn his legal case against a gallery that displayed a portrait depicting his genitals.The agreement, in which the Goodma...
A lawyer for South Africa's president broke down in tears Thursday as he tried to convince three judges that the display of a portrait that depicts the president's g...
A lifetime ago, a young black South African student was on trial with 21 other suspects accused by the white racist government of treason, terrorism and working for ...
South African President Jacob Zuma and his African National Congress sought a court order Tuesday to have a painting depicting the president's genitals removed from ...
South Africa's governing party said Thursday it will demand the removal of a painting from an exhibition by one of the nation's best-known artists that ridicules the...