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Inside Johannesburg’s Alexandra township after days of unrest sparked by jailing of Jacob Zuma
We spoke to a reporter with South African TV station ENCA, Masego Rahlaga, who was in the Alexandra township in Johannesburg, where police were retrieving items looted from nearby stores.
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Dozens killed in South Africa violence sparked by jailing of former president Zuma
At least 72 people have been killed in days of violence in South Africa, fuelled by long-running anger over poverty and inequality and sparked by last week’s imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma.
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Jacob Zuma: Unrest in South Africa as jailed former president challenges sentence
In South Africa, six people have been killed and more than 200 arrested as violence escalates over the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma.
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Jacob Zuma: Former South Africa President sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after he was found guilty of contempt of court.
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South Africa’s Zuma denies corruption allegations
The Zondo Commission was set up to investigate widespread charges that he plundered and misused state resources.
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Zuma appears in court accused of corruption
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has appeared in court to face corruption charges linked to an arms deal that dates back to before he became the country’s leader. Zuma was dogged by the claims against him throughout his presidency, before he was finally forced from office two months ago. Today, in a defiant appearance…
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Prince Mashele: ‘By tomorrow Zuma will not be President’
Prince Mashele, director of the Centre for Politics and Research, a South African think-tank, discusses Jacob Zuma.
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Zuma hangs on as South African President
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma hasn’t resigned yet, declaring earlier today that he saw no reason to stand down and had done nothing wrong. That could all change later tonight: Zuma is due to make another statement within the next hours. Either way, his days in power are certainly numbered, with a no-confidence motion in…
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Bantu Holomisa on Zuma: ‘ANC doesn’t want to listen’
South African MP Bantu Holomisa, president of the opposition party, the United Democratic Movement, discusses Jacob Zuma.
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Zuma resists ANC resignation calls
In South Africa, President Jacob Zuma is clinging to power tonight, moving the country further into a political crisis. After a 13-hour marathon meeting yesterday, the highest committee of the President’s party, the ANC, decided to call on their candidate to resign, but so far he has resisted. The ANC’s secretary-general today said that the…
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South Africa in deadlock trying to oust President Zuma
South Africa is expected to finally learn if their president Jacob Zuma will resign or be forced from office tomorrow. The future of the embattled president has been in doubt for some time. But at an event in Cape Town marking 28 years since Nelson Mandela was released from prison, the ANC’s president and Zuma’s…
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Zuma discusses future with Ramaphosa
The South African President Jacob Zuma is another step closer to resigning tonight. He’s been locked in talks all day with the ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Zuma delays key speech amid pressure to resign
The embattled South African President Jacob Zuma is under yet more pressure to resign, as officials delayed the annual state of the nation address that he was due to give on Thursday. Zuma is facing a series of corruption charges and senior ANC leaders have urged him to step down. So can Zuma survive?
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Ramaphosa succeeds Zuma as ANC leader
From trade union leader to wealthy businessman, Cyril Ramaphosa is now likely to be South Africa’s next head of state after he was elected as the new leader of the ANC. In a bitterly fought race, the 65 year old deputy president narrowly beat veteran politician Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the ex-wife of current President Jacob Zuma.…
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Battle to replace South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma begins
The party of the late Nelson Mandela will elect a new leader to succeed President Zuma – a man facing more than 780 counts of corruption. On the ballot are Mr. Zuma’s ex wife, who is a seasoned minister, and Cyril Ramaphosa, a veteran of the struggle who has become a multi-millionaire lover of fine…