Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi)

This is the fifth budget of President Jacob Zuma's first term as President and could be Gordhan's last...

Nearly 6 million rand (US$560 000) was spent on the ceremony for the State of the Nation Address as a tired-looking President Jacob Zuma put a brave face on the economy and avoided difficult subjects...

A summit on ACIRC in South Africa in November was attended by just four presidents (South Africa's Jacob Zuma Chad's Idriss Déby Itno Uganda's Yoweri Museveni and Tanzania's Jakaya Kikwete)...

The critical number is 60%: as long as the ANC's share of the vote is higher President Jacob Zuma can claim a successful campaign and see off rivals...

South Africans are waiting for President Jacob Zuma to announce the date but with only three weeks left to register the sense of expectation has grown...

9% of the vote; anything less than 60% this time around would be a serious blow to the party's cohesion in the longer term but most immediately to President Jacob Zuma's position...

Many ANC loyalists lamented the poor organisation of the memorial day which they found symptomatic of the record of President Jacob Zuma's government...

This prompted African leaders to agree in May to a proposal by South African President Jacob Zuma for an emergency intervention force the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises (AC Vol 54 No 12 Paying – and fighting – for unity & After Mali Niger)...

Inga agreementA deep-water port at Banana or Muanda looks more likely since 29 October when the Energy Ministers of South Africa and Congo-Kinshasa Dikobe Ben Martins and Bruno Kapandji Kalala signed in the presence of Presidents Jacob Zuma and Kabila an agreement on the Great Inga project...

The ANC cannot provide direction to organised labour while it is in dispute with Cosatu over the suspension of General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi who is being pushed aside over his opposition to President Jacob Zuma (AC Vol 54 No 17 Sexual congress)...