Testifying before inquiry, former South African President Jacob Zuma claims he has been 'vilified'
Former South African President Jacob Zuma, accused of graft and testifying at a judicial inquiry into the alleged looting of state funds while he was in power, said Monday he has been "vilified." "I have been vilified, alleged to be the king of corrupt people," ...
Trade unionist-turned-businessman Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in Saturday as South Africa's president, vowing to create jobs and tackle deep-rooted corruption that has strangled economic growth. Ramaphosa, who becomes the country's fourth democratically elected president since the end of apartheid, took the presidential oath before a ...
ANC orders Zuma to step down as South African president but doesn't specify timing
South Africa's ruling party ordered Jacob Zuma on Tuesday to step down as head of state after marathon talks over the fate of a leader whose scandal-plagued years in power darkened and divided Nelson Mandela's post-apartheid "Rainbow Nation." Leading members of the African National Congress ...
South Africa's ruling party demands that Zuma resign
South African President Jacob Zuma must leave office promptly so that the country can move toward political stability and economic recovery, the ruling party said Tuesday, finally disowning a leader who has been discredited by corruption scandals. The national executive committee of the African National ...
A key committee of South Africa's ruling African National Congress party intends to finalize a power transition that will see Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa take over from President Jacob Zuma, who is under pressure to resign because of corruption allegations. The national executive committee of ...
Zimbabwe's ruling party fires longtime leader Robert Mugabe; impeachment may follow
Clinging to his now virtually powerless post, longtime Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Sunday was fired as ruling party chief and was set to discuss his expected exit with the army commander who put the world's oldest head of state under house arrest days ...
The chances of South African President Jacob Zuma's ex-wife, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, becoming the next leader of the African National Congress were given a boost on Saturday with the endorsement of the ruling party's women's division. The ANC will pick a new leader at a conference ...
At BRICS summit, Modi accuses Pakistan of being 'mother-ship of terrorism'
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi branded Pakistan a "mother-ship of terrorism" at a summit of the BRICS nations on Sunday, testing the cohesion of a group whose heavyweight member China is a close ally of its South Asian archrival. Modi's remarks to a meeting of ...
An economic recovery will be impossible for South Africa as long as it has a leader who is viewed as tainted and unreliable.
South African parliament schedules debate on Zuma impeachment motion
South Africa's Parliament on Tuesday will debate a motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma, National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete said Sunday, after a top court ruled the president had violated the constitution. South Africa's constitutional court ruled Thursday that Zuma had failed to uphold the ...
Is Zuma to blame for South Africa's malaise?
President Jacob Zuma does bear the blame for the collapse in international confidence in the South African economy — but not for its long-term failure to grow as fast as was expected.
Leaked cables put South Africa spycraft on display
Once the small talk had subsided, the 2012 meeting between intelligence agents from Iran and South Africa in an Iranian guesthouse reportedly went downhill. "Until high level Ministerial interaction has taken place it is evident that this relationship in all honesty is doomed," a vexed ...
