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Security cluster on high alert this festive season

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Road traffic officers and other members of law enforcement agencies will be out in full force this festive season to ensure compliance with the...

Zuma in hospital

Jailed former South African president Jacob Zuma was admitted to hospital for medical observation on Friday, the Correctional Services department said. Zuma is in Estcourt...

Department grants former President Zuma compassionate leave

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The Department of Correctional Services has granted former President Jacob Zuma permission to attend the funeral of his late younger brother. In a statement, the...

Residents lock down suburbs in Durban as chaos unfolds

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KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is arguably enduring the worst looting in the province’s history, with key port and trucking operations coming to an almost complete standstill. Protests...

Defiant ex-leader Jacob Zuma compares South African judges to apartheid rulers

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South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma lashed out on Sunday at the judges who this week gave him a 15-month jail term for absconding from...

Zuma pleads not guilty in Pietermaritzburg

Former South African president Jacob Zuma pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering charges relating to a $2 billion...

Zuma’s legal team quits ahead of corruption trial

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Former President Jacob Zuma's legal team has quit less than a month before he goes on trial on corruption charges, local publication News 24...

Zuma’s arms deal trial postponed to June

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Former president Jacob Zuma’s trial relating to alleged arms deal corruption has been postponed to June due to the coronavirus lockdown. The National Prosecuting Authority...

Zuma warrant issued

A South African court issued an arrest warrant for former president Jacob Zuma, after he skipped court on grounds of medical treatment, but the...

Court rejects Zuma appeal

A South African court on Friday rejected an appeal by former president Jacob Zuma seeking to prevent his prosecution on corruption charges over a...

Thales to appeal SA court decision

French defence firm Thales will ask South Africa’s highest court for permission to appeal an October ruling dismissing its request to have charges it...

Zuma tells Zondo Commission he never broke the law

Former South African President Jacob Zuma told a corruption inquiry enemies plotted to bring him down and he never broke the law with the...

Thales seeking permanent stay of prosecution in Zuma corruption case

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French defence and security company Thales is looking to obtain a permanent stay of prosecution with regard to the corruption case concerning Thales and...

Zuma wants arms deal corruption charges set aside

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South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma wants corruption charges relating to a $2.2 billion arms deal to be permanently set aside, his...

Zuma appointed chief prosecutor ordered to vacate his post

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South Africa's Constitutional Court ruled the appointment of the chief prosecutor, given his post after former president Jacob Zuma removed his predecessor,...

South Africa’s Zuma in third court appearance on corruption charges

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South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma arrived at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday for his third appearance on corruption charges relating...

South Africa’s Zuma makes second court appearance on corruption charges

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Former South African President Jacob Zuma, who was ousted by his own party in February, appeared at the Durban High Court on...

Zuma ally resigns after anti-graft protests

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The leader of South Africa's North West province resigned in the face of pressure from President Cyril Ramaphosa and weeks of violent...

South Africa’s Zuma proclaims innocence after court appearance

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Former South African president Jacob Zuma appeared in court on Friday to face corruption charges relating to a $2.5 billion arms deal,...

Zuma court date set

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South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma is due to appear in court on April 6 to face charges of corruption in a...

Zuma fingered in abalone bribery case

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The Hawks are investigating an alleged R1 million bribe paid to former President Jacob Zuma by an abalone dealer in the Western...

President Ramaphosa clarifies former President’s legal fees

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President Cyril Ramaphosa says former President Jacob Zuma's R15 million in legal fees will be paid in exception to cases where the...

Zuma may challenge prosecution decision

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Former South African president Jacob Zuma may challenge a prosecutor's decision to reinstate corruption charges over a $2.5 billion arms deal, news...

Zuma to face corruption charges

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Former South African president Jacob Zuma is to face corruption charges over a $2.5 billion arms deal, prosecutors said, as a years-old...

South Africa’s State Capture Commission starts work

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South Africa opened an inquiry into allegations of influence peddling revolving around former president Jacob Zuma and businessman friends of his, the...

South African prosecutor to announce decision on Zuma graft charges in...

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South African state prosecutors will announce in two weeks whether they will reinstate corruption charges against former president Jacob Zuma, eNCA television...

Ramaphosa elected president of South Africa

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Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as South Africa's president in a parliamentary vote on Thursday after scandal-ridden Jacob Zuma reluctantly resigned on orders...

South Africa starts on post-Zuma rehabilitation

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South Africans awoke to a nation without Jacob Zuma as president for the first time in nine years on Thursday after the...

Factbox – South Africa’s divisive president: Zuma’s many scandals

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Jacob Zuma resigned as South African president late on Wednesday, under pressure from allies of Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced him...

Zuma approves state capture commission

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South African President Jacob Zuma will set up a commission of inquiry into allegations of influence-peddling, after a 2016 anti-graft report called...

Zuma told to set up state capture inquiry by court

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South Africa's High Court ruled President Jacob Zuma must set up a judicial inquiry into state influence-peddling within 30 days, the latest...

Zuma rejects reports of new emergency laws

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South African President Jacob Zuma rejected local news reports his office is drafting regulations for a state of emergency, the president's office...

Zuma must pay costs for challenging Public Protector

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South Africa's High Court ordered President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday to pay legal costs for trying to avoid a demand from the...

South Africa’s high court rules Zuma appointment of state prosecutor invalid

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South Africa's High Court ruled on Friday that President Jacob Zuma's appointment of a state prosecutor responsible for deciding whether to reinstate...

South Africa is still committed to the blue economy – Zuma

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President Jacob Zuma used this week's Terminal Operators conference and exhibition in Durban to remind South Africans the blue economy aspect of...

Zuma book author summoned by police

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The South African author of a book critical of President Jacob Zuma has been summoned by police with no reason given for...

Zuma: Zimbabwe takeover should not lead to unconstitutional government

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South African President Jacob Zuma expressed hope there would not be unconstitutional changes of government in Zimbabwe after the military seized power...

Zuma denounces white monopoly economic power again

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South African President Jacob Zuma reiterated a call for radical reforms to shift the balance of "monopoly" economic power away from whites...

Criminal complaint against Zuma book author

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South Africa's State Security Agency (SSA) made a criminal complaint against the author of a book critical of President Jacob Zuma, a...

SA state security minister reshuffled to energy, Zuma confidant over nuclear...

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South African President Jacob Zuma made a close associate energy minister on Tuesday as his government tries to push through a big...

Supreme Court upholds reinstating Zuma corruption charges

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South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal upheld a High Court ruling to reinstate hundreds of corruption charges filed against Jacob Zuma before...

New Navy hydrographic vessel represents a R1.8 billion investment – Zuma

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The Commander-in-Chief of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), President Jacob Zuma, has confirmed the investment detail of at least one of...

President Zuma commends progress in Libya talks

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President Jacob Zuma has commended the progress made towards the resolution of conflict in Libya. The President was on a working visit to...

SIU to probe Correctional Services, IDT

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President Jacob Zuma has authorised the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate procurement matters at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and...

No extra Parliamentary security for no confidence vote

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While today's secret ballot vote on yet another motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma will be the first ever in...

ISS: SA should first sort out its own backyard

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South Africa ‘is at the forefront of efforts to bring lasting peace and stability to the continent', the country's Department of International...

South Africans protest against Zuma; violence hits Johannesburg

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Violence broke out in Johannesburg as more than 30,000 people marched in South African cities to protest against President Jacob Zuma on...

Police ready to monitor mass anti-Zuma protest action

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The South African Police Service (SAPS) says it is ready for Friday's countrywide protest action. Several civil society organisations and political parties such...

Zuma visits border area, commits to intensified action to stop cross-border...

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President Jacob Zuma has given an undertaking that government will take visible action to combat crime in the Mhlabuyalingana local municipality in...

Armscor knows “nothing” about any new VVIP aircraft acquisition

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Weekend reports have it the SA Air Force (SAAF) plans to acquire a regional aircraft, probably a mid-size bizjet, for use by...