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Cavorting With War Criminals: Zuma Meets Bashir In China
AFRICANGLOBE - President Jacob Zuma recently met Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir "to strengthen co-operation" between the two countries. The two misleaders committed themselves to more meetings, at ministerial level, and Zuma accepted an invitation by al-Bashir to visit Sudan.
South Africa: Zuma Grilled During Question And Answer Session
AFRICANGLOBE - President, Jacob Zuma says he has already answered the "pay back the money" question in terms of Nkandla. Zuma was responding to a written question by EFF leader Julius Malema in South Africa's National Assembly on Thursday.
South Africa: Zuma To Face Tough Questions In Parliament
AFRICANGLOBE - South African President Jacob Zuma will face fresh questions to repay millions of dollars used to upgrade his rural homestead during an appearance in parliament on Wednesday. Zuma was last year ordered by the public protector Thuli Madonsela to pay back some of the money used in the construction of the Nkandla residence.
ANC Dictatorship: Malema Forcibly Expelled From South African Parliament
AFRICANGLOBE - South African opposition leader Julius Malema was escorted by security guards outside South Africa's parliament on Friday along with some of his party's lawmakers after disrupting an address by President Jacob Zuma.
S. Africa’s Zuma Arrives In Uganda For Regional Security Talks
AFRICANGLOBE - South African President Jacob Zuma is currently visiting Uganda for talks with Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni on regional peace and security. "He [Zuma] arrived this afternoon at 2pm and is currently locked up in a meeting with the president,"
ANC Is In Trouble, Admits Zuma
AFRICANGLOBE - President Jacob Zuma has admitted that the ANC is in trouble and that the governing party has been shaken. Zuma added: “Now I can guarantee that if everything goes wrong with the ANC, everything will go wrong with this country.”
Wrong Priority: S. Africa Won’t Rest Until Palestinians Achieve Statehood Says...
AFRICANGLOBE - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma said that South Africans did not forget Palestine since their gained their freedom in 1994. "We will be with you every step of the way no matter what it takes. You have outlined the type of support you expect from us and we will honor our promise to you," Zuma barked.
Malema Predicts An Early Exit For Zuma
AFRICANGLOBE - Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has predicted that President Jacob Zuma will not serve his full five-year term in office.
Zuma’s Position Weakens As He Loses Battle To Keep ‘Spy Tapes’...
AFRICANGLOBE - Jacob Zuma, president of South Africa, suffered a court defeat on Thursday that could open the way for more than 700 corruption charges against him to be reinstated. The decision, after a five-year legal battle, is a setback for Zuma, who is already besieged by criticism over taxpayer-funded upgrades of his private residence and concerns over his health.
South Africa’s Zuma Promises Growth After Army Crackdown On Protests
AFRICANGLOBE - South African President Jacob Zuma promised on Saturday to push through business-friendly reforms, signaling he would use a sweeping election victory to pursue economic growth in the face of opposition.
A.N.C.’s Stature Wanes As Disenchantment Grows In South Africa
AFRICANGLOBE - When Jacob Zuma visited northern Limpopo Province on Wednesday, residents jeered him as he promised to attend to their grievances. In Malamulele, schoolchildren ran after his motorcade shouting “Zuma sucks,” according to South African reporters at the scene.
I Will Decide Zuma’s Fate: Malema
AFRICANGLOBE - Leader of South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters Julius Malema on Tuesday welcomed the disbanding of the Parliament ad hoc committee tasked with investigating the Nkandla corruption saga.
Zuma Reiterates ANC Policy On Black Empowerment
AFRICANGLOBE - Africans, Indians, Chinese, midgets, gays and coloureds were deemed to be Black in terms of the affirmative action policy which is aimed at redressing the economic imbalances of apartheid, President Jacob Zuma said.
Zuma’s Government Pulls Out of Marikana Massacre Commemoration
AFRICANGLOBE - South Africa's Jacob Zuma led ANC government pulled out at the last minute from a memorial ceremony marking the anniversary of the Marikana massacre the nation's bloodiest post-apartheid labor violence, drawing attention to the dominant party's loss of support among many mineworkers.
A Timbuktu Moment for the African Union
AFRICANGLOBE - The standing ovations and the glad-handing were genuine. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's first African Union (AU) summit as chair on 27-28 January was a much-needed success at a time when Africa's fractious politics seemed to be out of sync with much brighter economic news.
South Africans Losing Patience With The ANC?
AFRICANGLOBE - "In the Wise words of Nelson Mandela, there is no easy walk to freedom there will certainly be no easy walk socio-economic freedom". Impressive words from Jacob Zuma at the closing day of theANC Conference. Zuma has the top job in the ANC and likely to serve a second term as South Africa's president.
