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Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi)

Date of Birth: 12 April 1942
Place of Birth: Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal Province


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Winning them over one by one

The plan to secure President Jacob Zuma certain victory at the African National Congress’s leadership election focuses on one-to-one meetings with his main opponents...


Zuma hits back as mining unrest spreads

A rousing welcome at a national trades union conference and a belated wage deal at the Marikana platinum mines are the first signs that President Jacob Zuma is fighting back...


Disunited unions

A political fix negotiated on 16 September allowed the leaders of the Congress of South African Trade Unions to paper over their differences as Secretary General Zwelinzima Vavi agreed to tone down a critical speech about President Jacob Zuma’s government the following day...


A sickly constitution

Emergency meetings often lasted into the early hours and revision was complete just before South African President Jacob Zuma arrived in Harare en route to the Maputo SADC summit on 17-18 August (AC Vol 53 No 17 Mugabe's Maputo success)...


The Marikana massacre

Senior politicians not least of all President Jacob Zuma are failing to deflect public anger about the massacre of 34 miners by police on 16 August at Lonmin’s Marikana mine in Rustenburg...

Jacob Zuma’s bid for re-election as President of the governing African National Congress at the crucial Mangaung congress in December could be another casualty of the tragedy...


Battle of the unions

He is now an ally of President Jacob Zuma and running on his electoral slate for December’s ANC Congress at Mangaung...


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Intervention plan revealed

President Jacob Zuma was forced to give way to Ecowas over the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire last year...


Mugabe's Maputo success

It had just begun when South African President Jacob Zuma was called home after the Marikana shootings (see Feature)...


The road home

SADC’s Troika chaired by South African President Jacob Zuma with colleagues from Tanzania and Zambia had already brought the rivals together in July and in August...


Rail to the chief

Many African National Congress stalwarts are convinced that President Jacob Zuma has sent his ex-wife to the AU to remove her from the ANC’s presidential contest at its coming national conference...


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