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March 23, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s ANC Ups the Heat on President Zuma

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) met March 19-20. Among issues discussed was President Jacob Zuma’s relationship with the wealthy Gup…

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Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

July 17, 2018

South Africa
Mandela’s Centenary Is Marked by the Rise of Close Friend Ramaphosa

Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa since January, was a close colleague of Nelson Mandela and regularly associates himself with the Mandela legacy and seeks to restore the late president’s values as South Africa’s lodestar.

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Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

May 18, 2017

South Africa
Dlamini-Zuma at Top of the ANC Table

On May 14, South African president and African National Congress (ANC) party leader Jacob Zuma endorsed his ex-wife, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, for party leadership. The ANC party elections will be held…

Dlamini-Zuma at a meeting of the African National Congress.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

November 10, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s Jacob Zuma’s Nine Lives

The publication on November 2 of the South Africa Public Protector’s report on “state capture” by the president and his cronies, the Gupta family, would seem to indicate Jacob Zuma’s direct involveme…

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Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

June 1, 2017

South Africa
South Africa’s President Zuma Avoids Party Ouster

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) did not recall Jacob Zuma from the presidency at its meeting over the weekend of May 27. However, it was not the Zuma vic…

Jacob Zuma addresses parliament in Cape Town, South Africa.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition