Jacob Zuma

Police Shoot Dead Three-Year-Old In South Africa For Allegedly Holding Pipes

Guardian | David Smith | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


Police in South Africa have allegedly shot dead a three-year-old boy because they mistook a metal pipe he was holding for a gun....

Zuma Urges More Aid For Zimbabwe

Yahoo! News | Godfrey Marawanyika | Posted 09.28.2009 | World


HARARE (AFP) South African President Jacob Zuma on Friday urged donors to give more aid to Zimbabwe to revive the shattered economy, while telling the...

Strike Season Rocks South Africa

GlobalPost | Posted 08.30.2009 | World


JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Thousands of municipal workers marched through downtown Johannesburg this week to demand higher wages and better working...

South Africa Protests: Government Vows Crackdown

Mail & Guardian | Posted 08.23.2009 | World


Police fired rubber bullets and teargas on Wednesday at township rioters demanding better services and more jobs, in one of the biggest challenges to ...

Should Women Fear a Zuma Presidency? Maybe Not

Liesl Gerntholtz | Posted 06.28.2009 | World


Liesl Gerntholtz

I doubt that even Mr. Zuma would be able to silence the voices of women who will continue to demand equality and a country where they can live lives free from violence.

Jaocb Zuma Sworn In As South Africa's New President

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 06.09.2009 | World


PRETORIA, South Africa — Jacob Zuma took power Saturday in the culmination of an extraordinary political comeback, pledging to Nelson Mandela an...

Obama Congratulates New South Africa Pres. Jacob Zuma

Earth Times | Posted 06.08.2009 | World


US President Barack Obama telephoned Jacob Zuma on Friday to congratulate him on becoming South African president and urged Zuma to take a leadership ...

Three Zuma First Ladies Will Join Him At Inauguration

Star | Posted 06.07.2009 | World


There will be three first ladies at the side of South Africa's new president when he is inaugurated at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Saturday....

Zuma To Toughen Zimbabwe Stance

Mail & Guardian Online | Posted 06.04.2009 | World


Jacob Zuma will inherit a still-simmering crisis in neighbouring Zimbabwe, where analysts said he's unlikely to tread as softly as his predecessor Tha...

Jacob Zuma, Polygamist: Who's His First Lady?

Wall Street Journal | MICHAEL ALLEN | Posted 05.30.2009 | World


NKANDLA, South Africa -- Now that 67-year-old Jacob Zuma is about to become president, the question is: Who will be First Lady? And Second Lady? And w...

South Africa's ANC fails to get 2/3 of seats

AP | CELEAN JACOBSON | Posted 05.25.2009 | World


PRETORIA, South Africa — The leader of South Africa's long-dominant ANC was treated like a president-elect Saturday after his party swept parlia...

The World In Photos: April 24, 2009

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.25.2009 | World


Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

South Africa Election: ANC Leads In Preliminary Results

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 05.24.2009 | World


JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's governing party set off fireworks and popped fizzy bottles of champagne Thursday as ballots were counted in the co...

No More Mandelas: What America Can Learn From the ANC's Abuse of Hope

Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 05.23.2009 | World


Eben Esterhuizen

"Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up." This is what America can learn from South Africa.

South Africa Election: ANC Party Expects Big Win

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 05.23.2009 | World


JOHANNESBURG — Lines of South African voters snaked around dusty fields, up misty hills and around gritty urban neighborhoods Wednesday, all for...

Zuma Poised To Be South Africa's Next President

AP | MICHELLE FAUL | Posted 05.22.2009 | World


KWANXAMALALA, South Africa — One-time goat herder Jacob Zuma is poised to lead Africa's strongest economic power after elections Wednesday _ a v...

Elections in South Africa

Laura J. Mitchell | Posted 05.22.2009 | World


Laura J. Mitchell

Too much is at stake for South Africans ­indeed for the rest of the continent ­to blithely dismiss "forces of darkness" in this current election.

Jacob Zuma: Top 5 Things You Didn't Know

Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 05.22.2009 | World


Jacob Zuma, current president of the African National Congress and the leading candidate in South Africa's presidential election Wednesday, is quite t...

Jacob Zuma's First Lady Remains A Mystery For South Africa

Independent | Daniel Howden | Posted 05.21.2009 | World


While it is customary before an election to wonder who will emerge as first lady, it's unusual to ask the question when only one man can possibly be p...

Mandela Endorses Jacob Zuma At Massive Election Rally

washingtonpost.com | Karin Brulliard | Posted 05.20.2009 | World


JOHANNESBURG, April 19 -- Pollsters and analysts predict a clean sweep for the ruling African National Congress when this nation goes to the polls on ...

Will Jacob Zuma's South Africa Be Democracy's Shame?

Andrew Belonsky | Posted 05.17.2009 | World


Andrew Belonsky

Jacob Zuma's commitment to communism, apparent disdain for free press and alleged meddling in the justice system are enough to raise the hairs on anyone who believes in open, transparent liberal democracy.

Bad News for Girls

Olivia Sterns | Posted 05.09.2009 | World


Olivia Sterns

A teenager being flogged, and the case of Pres. Karzai "legalizing rape" offered more evidence that women's rights are retreating, yet in other parts of the world serious causes for concern batted fewer eyelashes.

Jacob Zuma Corruption Charges Dropped

Mail & Guardian Online | Posted 05.07.2009 | World


Dropping corruption charges against African National Congress (ANC) leader Jacob Zuma does not amount to an acquittal, acting National Director of Pub...

Obama Campaigns for South African Ruling Party ... in Zulu

Sean Jacobs | Posted 04.19.2009 | World


Sean Jacobs

More like South Africa's embattled ruling party, the African National Congress is using Barack Obama to attract voters.