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April 9, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s Jacob Zuma Stonewalls on Corruption Charges

South Africa’s Public Protector stated in a recent report that taxpayer money funded improvements to Nkandla, President Jacob Zuma’s private estate. The public protector found this “unconscionable, e…

A member of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) stands on the roof of a house they built for an elderly woman, near the homestead of South African President Jacob Zuma (in the background), in Nkandla January 11, 2014.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

April 4, 2017

South Africa
Uncertainties Mount Whether Zuma’s Presidency Will Survive

Voices calling for President Jacob Zuma to resign or to be removed from office are getting louder in the wake of his cabinet reshuffle and removal of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. Within his Afric…

Jacob Zuma Cabinet Reshuffle
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

October 6, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s Zuma Government Digs Itself Into a Deeper Hole Over Dalai Lama

South Africa's Vice President Kgalema Motlanthe (L) meets Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Ziguangge in Zhongnanhai in Beijing September 29, 2011. (POOL New/Courtesy Reuters) The Zuma government’s …

South Africa’s Zuma Government Digs Itself Into a Deeper Hole Over Dalai Lama
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

October 24, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
ANC Party Politics and the Upcoming Convention

Politics within South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) is focused on the upcoming December party convention for the party presidency. The political maneuvering is focused on nominee…

Supporters of the ruling African National Congress demonstrate against the opposition Democratic Alliance in Cape Town 29/04/2011.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

November 3, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa’s ANC and an In-House Critic

Since the 1994 transition to “non-racial” democracy and Nelson Mandela’s inauguration as president, South Africa has been governed by “the triple alliance.” This alliance is made up of the African Na…

Mandela SACP
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition