Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi)

President Jacob Zuma and his allies are hoping rating agencies will downgrade South Africa's credit status to 'junk' sources among his supporters have told Africa Confidential...

Zuma has been gunning for Gordhan ever since he was obliged by the economic and business community as well as ANC leaders to reinstate him after his disastrous sacking of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene last December (AC Vol 56 No 25 Jacob Zuma's costly week)...

This has been one of Jacob Zuma's worst months since becoming President in 2009...

The most important loss so far is Brian Molefe head of state electricity company Eskom (AC Vol 56 No 25 Jacob Zuma's costly week)...

The deal was concluded in mid-December just after President Jacob Zuma had sacked Nhlanhla Nene from the Finance portfolio and tried to appoint his ally Des van Rooyen instead...

Like comedian Groucho Marx who once declared that he wouldn't want to join any club that would have him as a member Burundi's Pierre Nkurunziza South Africa's Jacob Zuma and Gambia's Yahya Jammeh all want to pull their countries out of the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

The courts civil society and the largest trades union took the lead this week as pressure on the governing African National Congress mounts to drop President Jacob Zuma as leader before the party's elective conference scheduled for the end of next year...

The ANC is due to hold its elective conference at the end of 2017 at the latest; Dlamini-Zuma's supporters argue that she is one of the few contenders who might be able to hold the party together as efforts to dismiss President Jacob Zuma her ex-husband gather steam (AC Vol 57 No 21 Stalwarts push for Zuma's exit)...

This month the fight between President Jacob Zuma and his diminishing band of defenders on the one hand and on the other the gutsy former Public Protector Thulisile Madonsela and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan entered its critical phase...

The high cost of Jacob Zuma A senior African National Congress veteran flew to London last week to deliver a devastating verdict on President Jacob Zuma's rule and prospects for the future...

Some ANC officials see a critical weakening in President Jacob Zuma's support base as his opponents pick off his allies in government one by one they have told Africa Confidential...

An approach was made to see whether Ramaphosa would be willing to continue as Deputy President should Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Jacob Zuma's ex-wife and his favourite in the succession stakes become party and then national President we hear...

He is set to lead the national Heritage Day celebration on 24 September at Galeshewe Stadium Kimberley in the Northern Cape an event usually addressed by President Jacob Zuma (AC Vol 57 No 18 Funeral fusillade hits Zuma)...

The funerals of veteran African National Congress leaders have become informal hustings where ANC and South African Communist Party (SACP) leaders can vent their anger about Jacob Zuma's presidency...

A calm undemonstrative man his manner is conciliatory which is attractive to those who are unhappy with the prospect of either Cyril Ramaphosa who has impressed less as time goes on or Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma whom they see as President Jacob Zuma's political heir leading the country...