The Guptas who fled with Essa to Dubai in 2016 acquired huge influence in government through cultivating former President Jacob Zuma and key members of his family (AC Vol 57 No 8 Africa probes the Panama connection)...

Their influence which extended to picking compliant ministers and filling senior roles at the tax collector SARS the NPA and the intelligence and law enforcement agencies gave the brothers sweeping powers under Jacob Zuma's government...

The key trials will be those of former President Jacob Zuma currently under way ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule and 11 others on fraud and money-laundering charges and that of Zuma's former State Security Minister Bongani Bongo on various corruption charges (AC Vol 62 No 11 Fightback lands in the courts)...

Only the most dedicated or heavily sponsored supporters of Ace Magashule the ANC's suspended Secretary-General and Jacob Zuma the party's former President mobilise on the streets in their support...

Last month former North West ANC Premier Supra Mahumapelo a key ally of Magashule and indicted former President Jacob Zuma was suspended from the party for five years for misconduct by an ANC disciplinary committee...

Magashule's suspension signals a major setback for the faction loyal to former president Jacob Zuma which has consistently frustrated Ramaphosa's efforts to end corruption revive the economy and renew the ruling party (AC Vol 62 No 8 The state capturers fight back)...

Team Cyril wins out Business community and civil society leaders the political class and the judiciary threw their weight behind President Cyril Ramaphosa's efforts to reform the African National Congress (ANC) resulting in a win over the faction led by suspended Secretary-General Ace Magashule and former President Jacob Zuma...

Most immediately vulnerable are the handful of residual loyalists to Jacob Zuma: State Security Minister Ayanda Dlodlo; Second Minister in the Presidency (Women and Youth) Maite Nkoana-Mashabane; Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa; Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams; and Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi...

The charges against him date back to 2008 when he was accused of trying to stall the corruption case against then African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma...

That shows the political muscle of the beneficiaries of these rackets backed by ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule and ousted President Jacob Zuma...

The President also wants to sack several of the numerous deputy ministers many of whom remain loyal to his predecessor Jacob Zuma...

Zwelithini was one of the three big 'elephants' of volatile Zulu politics alongside the former IFP leader Buthelezi and former South African President Jacob Zuma...

It was a stern test of President Cyril Ramaphosa's authority as he won a provisional majority for his position against Magashule and he berated his predecessor Jacob Zuma and his allies for their attacks on the country's judiciary...

The third Jacob Zuma fully supports Magashule's defiant stand...

Hlophe's personal lawyer Barnabas Xulu founder and convener of the Friends of Jacob Zuma is himself the subject of an action by the state to reclaim R20 million ($1...

Chief Justice Mogoeng due to step down later this year began his 10-year term on the back-foot after then President Jacob Zuma failed to extend the term of his predecessor Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo in the face of litigation and protest from civil society and judicial watchdog groups...