Mr Zuma's home province and the epicentre of the violence. The president said the riots were an attempt to hijack South Africa's democracy. He told supporters that instigators had been identified ...

Zuma's nine-year tenure saddled South Africa with weak growth, ballooning national debt, depressed investor confidence and record unemployment. The ANC forced Zuma from office in February largely ...

South Africa's top court will hear an appeal on Friday to have former president Jacob Zuma declared ineligible in a politically charged legal showdown set to raise tensions before the tightest ...

Mr Zuma was disqualified from running ... drawing parallels to the events that led to violent riots in July 2021. Read: Who will lead South Africa after elections?"These narratives attacking ...

To rub salt into the wound, the NPA appears hesitant to charge politically-connected individuals like Zuma’s daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, whose tweets during the riots celebrated the mayhem.

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) confirmed this week that Zuma’s face would appear on the ballot as a substitute for MKP founder Jabulani Khumalo, after a leadership reshuffle.