A Durban businesswoman, who was a building contractor for President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead, has been arrested and charged with fraud and corruption, the Sunday Independent reported. Thandeka Nene is accused of exaggerating her experience as a builder to win government tenders valued at R118-million, and of bribing a public[…]
President Jacob Zuma met Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Pretoria on Wednesday, where he pledged South Africa’s support for a two-state solution to the situation in the Middle East. “The only way to everlasting peace lies in frank and genuine negotiations between Palestinians and the state of Israel with the[…]
Palestinian and South African flags flew side by side at the Union Buildings on Wednesday, as President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Pretoria. The Palestinian Authority (PA) leader was welcomed by President Jacob Zuma – his first visit to South Africa since Israel’s military onslaught on Gaza in July and August[…]
President Jacob Zuma will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas next week, the international relations department said on Friday. “President Abbas will conduct bilateral discussions with President Zuma on… bilateral relations between South Africa and Palestine, the Middle East peace process, as well as other multilateral issues,” departmental spokesman Clayson Monyela[…]
ANC veterans believe President Jacob Zuma should do the honourable thing and pay back some of the R246 million in state funds used to upgrade his private Nkandla home in KwaZulu-Natal, the Mail and Guardian reported on Friday. Veterans’ League president Sandi Sejake, former ANC MP Ben Turok, and former[…]
Corruption charges laid against President Jacob Zuma over the so-called security upgrades at his Nkandla home by opposition parties have been centralised and are being investigated nationally, police spokesman Solomon Makgale said on Monday. “The charges were laid by opposition party members at many police stations,” Makgale said. “It was[…]
The public protector has warned President Jacob Zuma in a letter that his remarks over her role could lead to “lawlessness” and set a dangerous precedent, Beeld reported on Friday. “It can lead to lawlessness, which can have a damaging affect on the effect of the public protector,” she said,[…]
There is no rift between President Jacob Zuma and ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe, the party said on Friday. “The African National Congress dismisses with the contempt they deserve reports… claiming a ‘rift’ between ANC President, Comrade Jacob Zuma, and the secretary-general, Comrade Gwede Mantashe,” spokesman Zizi Kodwa said in[…]
The Democratic Alliance on Sunday demanded that President Jacob Zuma pay back the money spent on his Nkandla homestead and nobody else. “The DA rejects the notion that any person can pay back any portion of the R246 million public funds used for upgrades at… Nkandla, other than President Zuma[…]
President Jacob Zuma on Sunday announced the establishment of a presidential communication and media working group to provide a platform for the sharing of ideas between government and media. “There is a lot we can discuss, from media diversity and transformation to how the media industry can contribute to the[…]
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