Browsing: Jacob Zuma

The battle to replace South African President Jacob Zuma as the leader of the ANC in December is taking place at one of the most difficult junctures in the 105-year-old party’s history. It’s plagued by infighting and suffered its

The victory this week in the constitutional court by former communications minister Faith Muthambi over e.tv may not mark the end of the long-running dispute over encryption in South Africa’s digital television

The ANC wants an inquiry into allegations of undue influence on state officials by the Gupta family and private business to move quickly to limit damage to the party’s reputation. “It must move as fast as possible so that

South Africa’s economy fell into a recession for the first time since 2009 after it contracted for a second straight quarter in the first three months of the year. GDP shrank an annualised 0,7% in the first quarter

The ANC has urged the government to investigate the veracity of thousands of leaked e-mails that allegedly prove that members of the wealthy Gupta family, who are friends with President Jacob Zuma, exerted undue influence over his

President Jacob Zuma’s public approval rating has reached an all-time low and most members of his ruling ANC want him to resign, according to an opinion poll released two days after he survived a second bid to oust him

South Africa has, in the past, been credited with taking on innovative corporate governance standards and integrated reporting. So, it’s particularly depressing to see the spectacle around the country’s largest state-owned enterprise, power utility Eskom

President Jacob Zuma has reasserted his control over the ANC as a renewed revolt by some of the party’s most senior leaders fizzled out. While some members of the ANC’s national executive committee

The Democratic Alliance has called for the establishment of a parliamentary committee to investigate fresh allegations of state capture. The party has asked national assembly speaker Baleka Mbete

A defiant President Jacob Zuma survived a bid by some members of the ANC’s top leadership to order his removal from office, according to three members of the ruling party’s national executive committee