The 79-year old began medical parole in September and is serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court after he ignored instructions to participate in a corruption inquiry.
Browsing: President Jacob Zuma
Before the advent of independence Africans clamoured for the right to rule themselves: they were fed up of their white colonial masters running their lives. They could do it themselves.
These include 10 people killed in a stampede during looting on Monday night at a shopping centre in Soweto, the country’s biggest township.
Footage showed people looting shops and buildings set on fire.
He was admitted to Estcourt Correctional Centre in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday.
In a 30-minute farewell address to the nation, 75-year-old Zuma said he disagreed with the way the ANC had shoved him toward an early exit after the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as party president in December, but would accept its orders
The Secretary General of the party, which produced Zuma, Ace Magashule, told newsmen that the ANC’s National Executive Committee decided the removal should be “treated with urgency”
The reported decision to “recall” Mr Zuma followed marathon talks by senior party officials that continued into the early hours of Tuesday
Observers of South Africa’s politics believe that Ramaphosa’s victory may quicken President Jacob Zuma’s end in office
The revival of the charges could increase pressure on Zuma to step down before his term ends in 2019 and diminish his influence , who succeeds him when the ruling African National Congress chooses a new leader in December
Although he lapsed into sleep during the talks, according to images published by Herald newspaper, he was adamant he will not quit power voluntarily
While the military said Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years, and his family are safe, there were indications that his wife, Grace, being primed to succeed him, has fled to Namibia
Zuma also called for the Zimbabwean Government and army to resolve their differences amicably
No fewer than 116 Nigerians have been dispatched to their early graves in the country through extra-judicial means in the last two years, according to the Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
A News Agency of Nigeria correspondent in Owerri reports that Okorocha’s latest statue, a monument of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, is scheduled to be unveiled on November 9.
Zuma while answering questions from lawmakers, said: “I did not receive any payments from private individuals or companies during my tenure as president of the Republic of South Africa, other than those disclosed or reported to the necessary authorities”.
The IMF, however, warned that rising debt and political risks in larger economies would weigh down future growth
Notably, focus was lost on the teeming children rescued by the Governor through the Rochas Foundation. The children, drawn from several African countries, were specially honoured by the celebrant and the expectation was that the milk of kindness and heart of compassion essential in defining the essential Rochas, more so because this aspect of the man’s worldview and commitment to philanthropy had not been exposed
The worst crime a man can commit is to deny himself or herself, the right to exist and think. I sympathise with all those who like to appropriate my name, but I am sorry, I do not run a Reuben Abati franchise
Some will argue that it would be unfair to single him out among the governors. After all, in the race to the bottom, Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), and Ayo Fayose (Ekiti) are also doing their best to lead the pack. At this rate, however, it appears that the crown for hubris might be a straight fight between Bello and Okorocha