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Former President Jacob Zuma is suspended from the African National Congress, the party he led from 2007 to 2017.
2024-01-29

The death toll from the protests following the arrest of former President Jacob Zuma increases to 72, as more violent incidents occur. Ten of the victims died during a stampede in Soweto, while others died during lootings, shootings and explosions. More than 1,000 people have been arrested.
2021-07-13

South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority Director Shaun Abrahams says former President Jacob Zuma will be prosecuted for corruption, relating to a R30 billion arms deal in the late 1990s. Zuma disputes all the allegations against him.
2018-03-16

South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) formally requests that President Jacob Zuma step down after he refused to resign.
2018-02-13

Thousands of delegates of the African National Congress gather in Johannesburg to elect a party leader, who may replace President Jacob Zuma before his term expires in 2019.
2017-12-16

President Jacob Zuma survives his eighth no-confidence motion in parliament via a 198–177 secret ballot vote with nine abstentions. The rand fell by 1 percent on the announcement of the outcome.
2017-08-8

Following a South African Constitutional Court order, the National Treasury reports President Jacob Zuma should pay back $500,000, the public funds spent upgrading his private residence.
2016-06-28

President Jacob Zuma survives a no-confidence vote in the South African Parliament in response to corruption allegations against him.
2016-03-1

South Africa's Public Protector finds that President Jacob Zuma has "benefitted unduly" from government funded upgrades of his rural residence.
2014-03-19

South African President Jacob Zuma will visit Libya for talks with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in renewed efforts by the African Union to broker a cease-fire in the 2011 Libyan civil war.
2011-05-25