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Jacob Zuma

July 2021

  • South Africa has deployed the military in a bid to quell ongoing unrest sparked after former president Jacob Zuma handed himself in to serve a 15-month sentence amid corruption allegations 

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    South Africa military deployed to tackle violence over Zuma jailing – video

  • Police officers tackle looters in central Durban, South Africa.

    Troops called in after jailing of Zuma ignites violence and looting

  • Large road is blocked by multiple vehicles

    South Africa violence spreads after jailing of Jacob Zuma

  • Protesters in South Africa on road surrounded by flames

    South Africa: 28 arrests over protests sparked by ex-president’s jailing

  • Jacob Zuma’s imprisonment is a victory for South Africa’s post-apartheid constitution

    Mark Gevisser
  • Jacob Zuma could be free in months after handing himself in

  • Defiant Jacob Zuma compares South African judges to apartheid rulers

  • Former South African president Jacob Zuma granted appeal to jail sentence

June 2021

  • Jacob Zuma sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court – video

  • The former South African president Jacob Zuma.

    Former South African president Jacob Zuma sentenced to 15 months in prison

May 2021

  • Jacob Zuma appears in court during his corruption trial in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

    Jacob Zuma trial: South Africa’s ex-president denies corruption charges

  • Jacob Zuma speaks with a member of his legal team at the high court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

    Jacob Zuma corruption trial in South Africa adjourned shortly after opening

March 2021

  • King Goodwill Zwelithini of the Zulu nation, left, and the political leader and former chief minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi at the King Shaka day celebration, 2019.

    King Goodwill Zwelithini obituary

    Leader of the Zulu nation in Kwazulu-Natal who remained a key figure in democratic South Africa

February 2021

  • Jacob Zuma

    Jacob Zuma faces jail after failing to appear at anti-corruption inquiry

    Head of inquiry says former South African president is in contempt of court and should be imprisoned

July 2020

  •  Andrew Mlangeni, right, and Nelson Mandela listening to Cyril Ramaphosa as crowds gathered for a rally in Soweto in 1990.

    Andrew Mlangeni obituary

    Defendant alongside Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia trial which brought apartheid to the attention of the world

February 2020

  • Jacob Zuma

    Absent Jacob Zuma issued with arrest warrant by South African court

    Ex-president skips court date on medical grounds but judge questions validity of sick note

October 2019

  • Political passion ... from left, Jack Klaff, Bu Kunene and Andrew Francis in The Ice Cream Boys.

    The Ice Cream Boys review – an ambitious slice of South African history

  • Former South African President Jacob Zuma in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Jacob Zuma will face trial on corruption charges after a court on Friday dismissed his application to halt the case for good. The ruling means further scrutiny of a 1999 arms deal in which Zuma is accused of receiving bribes from French arms manufacturer Thales. (Leon Lestrade/African News Agency via AP)

    Zuma to stand trial on corruption charges relating to $2.5bn arms deal

August 2019

  • Gavin Watson with Jacob Zuma, the former president of South Africa

    South African tycoon accused of bribery killed in car crash

  • Guardian Design

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘State capture’: the corruption investigation that has shaken South Africa – podcast

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