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South Africa’s ANC Veterans Walk Away as Key Election Approaches

Former Mandela aide blames failures on the party and not apartheid for crime and millions of South Africans living in shacks and begging in the streets.

December 19, 2023BY Darren Taylor

South African Court Orders Ex-President Zuma Back to Prison

JOHANNESBURG—A South African court has ordered that former President Jacob Zuma should go back to prison after withdrawing ...

December 16, 2021BY The Associated Press

South Africa’s Jailed Ex-President Zuma in Hospital

South Africa's imprisoned former President Jacob Zuma has been admitted to hospital for observation near the Estcourt Correctional ...

August 6, 2021BY The Associated Press

South Africa Crisis Is a Warning to the West of the Dangers of Critical Race Theory: Former ANC Member

News Analysis Recent civil unrest in South Africa—which has claimed over 300 lives—should serve as a warning to ...

July 30, 2021BY Daniel Y. Teng

South Africa Looking Into Deploying More Military to Quell Unrest

The South African government is looking into expanding the deployment of the military after days of looting and ...

July 15, 2021BY Reuters

South Africa Deploys Army to Quell Unrest Linked to Zuma Jailing

JOHANNESBURG—South Africa deployed soldiers on July 12 to quell the violence that erupted in the wake of former ...

July 12, 2021BY Reuters

South Africa’s Ex-President Zuma Says He’ll Appeal Jail Term

NKANDLA, South Africa—Ignoring efforts to defuse a tense standoff, former South African President Jacob Zuma told hundreds of ...

July 5, 2021BY The Associated Press

Former South African Leader Zuma Sentenced to 15 Months in Jail

JOHANNESBURG—South Africa's highest court sentenced former President Jacob Zuma to 15 months in jail on Tuesday for failing ...

June 29, 2021BY Reuters

Zuma Influence-Peddling Inquiry Opens; Judges Seeks More Witnesses

JOHANNESBURG—The judge leading an inquiry into claims of influence-peddling against former South African president Jacob Zuma on Monday ...

August 20, 2018BY Reuters

Zuma Quits, Ending Scandal-Plagued Term as South African President

JOHANNESBURG—Jacob Zuma resigned as President of South Africa on Wednesday, reluctantly heeding orders by the ruling African National ...

February 14, 2018BY Reuters

From Gabon to Zimbabwe, African Presidents Are Under Siege

It's sometimes democracy as we know it—albeit with twists and turns—but there is certainly a new appetite for ...

September 4, 2016BY Stephen Chan

South Africa’s Ruling Party Suffers Biggest Election Setback

JOHANNESBURG—South Africa's ruling party has suffered its worst election setback since taking power at the end of apartheid ...

August 6, 2016BY The Associated Press

South Africa’s Myopic Youth Protesters Speeding the End of an Inclusive Society

As student unrest sweeps South Africa, the debate and discourse laid out in youthful pronouncements and Twitter feeds ...

June 4, 2016BY Stephen Chan

Riots, Slowdown, and Corruption Eat Away at Southern Africa’s Promise

These are dark days for southern Africa.

May 10, 2016BY Stephen Chan

South African Students Toppled Rhodes—But They Can’t Get Rid of Zuma

In some ways, South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma, must be exceptionally happy about the #Rhodesmustfall campaign. After all, ...

February 22, 2016BY Stephen Chan

Decline and Decay: a Sobering Trip Through Southern Africa

I spent most of August 2015 in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia—a depressing and mournful tour indeed.

September 6, 2015BY Stephen Chan

Are Judges in South Africa Under Threat or Do They Complain Too Much?

This week, South African President Jacob Zuma will sit down with its chief justice for an unprecedented, potentially ...

August 23, 2015BY Richard Calland