There has been a veil of silence from the presidency following a number of reports on dropped charges against President Jacob Zuma for alleged corruption in 2009. Presidency spokesman Mac Maharaj has yet to respond to e-mailed questions sent to him on Friday and on Monday morning. Beeld newspaper on[…]
Jacob Zuma could be called to testify during the public works departmental disciplinary hearings into upgrades to the president’s Nkandla home, the Sunday Independent reported. “We’re not ruling out the possibility that President Jacob Zuma could be called to testify,” Kwazulu-Natal Public Service Association (PSA) manager Claude Naiker told the[…]
President Jacob Zuma will not act alone when negotiating nuclear power agreements, presidency spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement on Friday. “Media reports that President Jacob Zuma has negotiated or will negotiate and conclude nuclear power agreements alone are incorrect,” Maharaj said. “The president works with Cabinet on the[…]
ANC MPs on Tuesday moved to absolve President Jacob Zuma of any wrongdoing in the Nkandla controversy as they unilaterally pursued Parliament’s consideration of the matter following an opposition walkout. They said there was no evidence that Zuma asked for luxuries to be added to his private home in KwaZulu-Natal,[…]
New allegations have emerged further implicating President Jacob Zuma in the controversial arms deal. An exposé released over the weekend has suggested that Zuma accepted a R500 000 a year bribe, put forward by French arms group Thales. The reported deal, involving the use of the code word ‘Eiffel Tower’,[…]
President Jacob Zuma has not appointed a committee to investigate allegations against national police commissioner Riah Phiyega, his office said on Monday. “The media reports to that effect are incorrect,” his spokesman Mac Maharaj said. The Sunday Independent reported that Zuma had ordered a ministerial probe into Phiyega’s conduct. The[…]
Presidency spokesman Mac Maharaj on Sunday slammed as ‘paranoia’, spytape claims that he co-ordinated President Jacob Zuma’s victory at the 2007 ANC conference in Polokwane. “I think it is wild speculation by people who are paranoid,” said Maharaj. The Sunday Times published a compilation of transcripts from the so-called spy[…]
Opposition parties on Friday walked out of Parliament’s committee on the Nkandla controversy after the ANC refused to agree to call President Jacob Zuma and to enforce the public protector’s findings against him. The walkout was led by opposition leader Mmusi Maimane after two and half hours of debate failed[…]
The energy department on Friday declined to comment on a report that President Jacob Zuma took control of a R1 trillion nuclear deal, negotiated directly with Russian president Vladimir Putin, and instructed Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson to sign it. “We can’t speak on that. It is unfair that you ask[…]
The United Nations appeared to be helpless in the conflict between Israel and Palestine, President Jacob Zuma told the United Nations general assembly in New York. “Of concern in this matter has been the helplessness displayed by the UN, especially the UN Security Council, during the current conflict,” Zuma said[…]
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