Jacob Zuma

Arbitrator appointed in spy tape matter

Legal teams representing the DA, President Jacob Zuma and the NPA have agreed on an arbitrator to review the full-set of the so-called spy tapes records, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Friday. “An agreement was reached today to appoint retired Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) Judge Noel Hurt[…]

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No obligation to make Nkandla report public: SIU

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) does not have to make its report on security upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s home public, it said on Friday. “The SIU, and its head, are deeply conscious of the intense public interest in its report,” spokesman Boy Ndala said in a statement. “We also[…]

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NC4P meets Zuma on Palestine

Representatives from the Palestinian solidarity movement in South Africa met with President Jacob Zuma at his official residence in Cape Town, Genadendal on Wednesday. The 90 minute meeting on Palestine was convened in response to growing protests by South African civil society across the country. There has been stronger pressure[…]

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DA pleased with ‘spy tape’ court development

The Democratic Alliance is pleased with the outcome of the Supreme Court of Appeal proceedings in the so-called spy tapes appeal, DA federal executive chairman James Selfe said on Friday. The SCA reserved judgment in an appeal by President Jacob Zuma against a high court decision ordering the National Prosecuting[…]

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Zuma submits Nkandla report

President Jacob Zuma presented his response to the security upgrades at his private Nkandla homestead to Parliament on Thursday, the Presidency said. “The report has been prepared with due consideration of the following reports — the report of the joint standing committee on intelligence (JSCI), the report of the public[…]

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Pay maintenance: Zuma

President Jacob Zuma received applause and cheers when he called on fathers to pay their maintenance on time at the Women’s Day celebrations at King Zwelithini Stadium in Durban on Saturday. “We appeal to the working parents, especially the fathers, to support their children without the involvement of the courts.”[…]

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Obama could’ve done more for Africa: Zuma

United States of America president Barack Obama could have done more for the African continent especially because of his African descent, President Jacob Zuma said in Washington on Monday. “[This African descent] has made him tread very carefully and I think that is a reality,” he told a National Press[…]

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Don’t rely on political names: Mantashe

Politicians’ children should not depend on their name to get ahead in life, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Tuesday. “I usually give [my children] a long lecture which says there is no qualification which is called Mantashe,” he told reporters in Johannesburg. “If you want to survive in[…]

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Zuma appeals to Egypt to open Rafah

President Jacob Zuma has appealed to Egyptian authorities to open their doors to allow humanitarian aid into the war ravaged Gaza strip. In his address to the National Assembly during the Presidency budget vote on Wednesday, Zuma said humanitarian situation in the coastal enclave was dire. “Like all peace loving[…]

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Zuma’s nephew to launch land claim

The nephew of President Jacob Zuma has launched a land claim targeting more than 60 farms in Impendle in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, The Citizen reported on Monday. “I do not think there is any dispute around that — that entire land was historically under the KwaNxamalala Tribal Authority,” Inkosi Simpiwe[…]

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