Articles containing the tag ‘jacob zuma
By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, May 10th, 2014

Election Results and Live Ammunition

The official announcement of election results was made by the chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission on Saturday at the Commission’s headquarters. The results reflect an emphatic victory for ... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, May 4th, 2014

Final Rallies – Anti-climax to the Election Campaign

As parties finalized their election campaigns with their last rallies on the weekend before the May 7 elections, it is all systems go for the body running the election, the Independent Electoral Commission. The... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Monday, March 31st, 2014

Zuma Speaks for the First Time About Nkandla

The ANC NEC has come out in support of its leader, saying President was still ‘the face of ANC’. This is what the Secretary General of the ruling party said in response to questions by members of th... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Monday, March 24th, 2014

Nkandla: Zuma Not Likely to be Recalled Over the Public Protector’s Report

It’s Guptagate all over again. The heads have started rolling, some more quietly and less aggressively than others. This is in the aftermath of the Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela’s Nkandla report... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Friday, March 21st, 2014

ANCYL Calls for the Resignation of the Public Protector Following the Release of the Nkandla Report

It has been a roller coaster ride for the public protector Thuli Madonsela since she presented her report aptly called ‘Secure in Comfort’ in Pretoria on Wednesday afternoon. This was a report on th... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Thursday, March 20th, 2014

Nkandla Report Backlash: DA and EFF Lay Criminal Charges against Zuma

The now notorious Nkandla report has come and gone but it has left a lot of bickering in its wake. In the aftermath of this report, two parties have officially laid charges against President Jacob Zuma and the ... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

Expenditure on Nkandla was Unconscionable, Excessive & Caused Misappropriation of Public Funds

The much awaited report on the upgrades to President Zuma’s Nkandla residence which was compiled by the Public Protector was finally presented this afternoon in Gauteng. The Public Protector, Thuli Madons... Read more »
By PAW On Monday, November 11th, 2013

More Delays in Nkandla Report

It has emerged that Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela was given only an hour to respond to the security cluster requesting an extension on the time the state was given to comment on Jacob Zuma’s controver... Read more »
By Ntokozo Sindane On Friday, May 31st, 2013

Constitutional Court Rules in Favour of First Wife in Polygamy Case

Though polygamous marriages have always been a part of African culture, the spotlight focused even more on these marriages after Jacob Zuma became the president of the country. South Africa is a diverse country... Read more »
By Ntokozo Sindane On Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Heated ‘Guptagate’ Debate in Parliament

President Jacob Zuma has been in the centre of many discussions in parliament but never one as heated as the ‘Guptagate’ debate that took place this Wednesday. Opposition parties did not take kindly to the ... Read more »