The national assembly has voted against removing President Jacob Zuma from office. Following a spirited debate, 233 members voted against the motion, 143 voted in favour, and there were no
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Opposition parties will try every legal avenue to remove President Jacob Zuma from office, they said on Tuesday. Following a defeat in parliament of the motion to have Zuma removed
Jacob Zuma apologised on national television just before 8pm on Friday evening after a dramatic 36 hours that ended with him hanging onto power by a thread. The day before his televised apology the country’s highest court, the constitutional court
Jacob Zuma on Sunday reminded South Africans that he is still the president of the country. “As your shepherd, let me lead you,” Zuma said in Zulu to more than 10 000 people gathered at a
If President Jacob Zuma didn’t already have enough on his plate after Thursday’s constitutional court judgment, he has announced he is splitting the department of telecommunications
The Guptas, the “spy tape” saga and now the constitutional court’s Nkandla ruling are all blows that President Jacob Zuma is trying to deflect, political expert Daniel Silke said on Thursday. “The nature of the constitutional court judgment, the
President Jacob Zuma visited the United Arab Emirates to drop off R6bn belonging to the Guptas, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema claimed on Thursday. “Zuma was in [the] UAE recently, in Dubai. That was not an official visit, it
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has called for President Jacob Zuma to be impeached following the constitutional court’s finding that he had flouted the constitution. “This morning we have already filed a motion to say Zuma must be
The rand has briefly touched R14,80/US$ after the constitutional court ruled that President Jacob Zuma must pay back a portion of the money spent on security upgrades at Nkandla. At the time the ruling was concluded at around 11am on Thursday, the rand
The constitutional court has found that President Jacob Zuma acted inconsistently with the constitution when he failed to comply with the public protector’s remedial action on the