Tag: #Zuma

Behind the ‘Zuma tsunami’ in South Africa.

Elected, accused of corruption. Fired, accused of rape. Acquitted, elected president. Accused of corruption again. Denied again, ousted, imprisoned for contempt of court. Freed, barred from becoming an MP. For most politicians almost any of these punches would have proved fatal to their career, but not for South Africa’s Jacob Zuma. Like a resolute prize-fighter,…

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South Africa’s ex-president Zuma wins court bid to run in May election

A South African court on Tuesday, April 9, allowed former president Jacob Zuma to run in May’s general elections, overturning a decision by electoral authorities barring him over a previous conviction. The electoral court ruled in favour of Zuma, 81, who is fronting uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), a new opposition party that has become a…

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