Also known as: President Jacob Zuma · Former President Jacob Zuma · ex-President Jacob Zuma · former South African President Jacob Zuma
Former South African president whose 2026 visit to India to meet businessman Ajay Gupta sparked government backlash over alleged state capture connections.
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Joy Online
… Fraser, a close ally of former President Jacob Zuma, who Ramaphosa replaced, accused the head of state of hiding the theft from the police and tax authorities. …
The cash-in-the-sofa saga that just won’t go away for South Africa’s presidentJoy Online
… He noted that the Economic Freedom Fighters, once regarded as the country’s third-largest political party, lost that position to former President Jacob Zuma’s MK Party ahead of the last general election. …
Malema’s remarks “complete rubbish”; Ghana right to evacuate citizens — Ernesto YeboahJoy Online
… Former president Jacob Zuma’s political party, uMkhonto weSizwe, wrote to the National Assembly speaker over the weekend, asking her to schedule a vote of no confidence in Ramaphosa. …
South Africa’s Ramaphosa faces down calls to resign over cash-in-sofa scandalJoy Online
… Former president Jacob Zuma’s political party, uMkhonto weSizwe, wrote to the National Assembly speaker over the weekend asking her to schedule a vote of no-confidence in Ramaphosa. …
South Africa’s Ramaphosa to address nation over scandal threatening his jobSouth Africans voted in contested local elections for nearly 300 municipalities as the African National Congress faces likely losses amid anger over corruption, unemployment and crime. The ANC's share of votes dropped from 70% in 2004 to 40% in the last national election, and polls have predicted further losses in these elections.
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South Africans voted in contested local elections for nearly 300 municipalities as the African National Congress faces likely losses amid anger over corruption, unemployment and crime. The ANC's share of votes dropped from 70% in 2004 to 40% in the last national election, and polls have predicted further losses in these elections.
7 hours ago · Joy Online →
South Africans are voting in local elections expected to see significant losses for the African National Congress, the country's former ruling party, as it attempts to reverse declining support stemming from corruption, unemployment and crime.
16 hours ago · Joy Online →
A South African court found Imanuwela David guilty of stealing more than $500,000 in cash from a farm owned by President Cyril Ramaphosa in Limpopo province in 2020. David was also convicted of conspiracy to commit housebreaking with intent to steal, along with cleaner Froliana Joseph, while her brother was acquitted.
2 November 2026 · Joy Online →
South Africa's foreign minister is recommending new rules and greater transparency for former heads of state undertaking foreign travel, following an uproar over ex-President Jacob Zuma's recent visit to India where he met Ajay Gupta, one of the businessmen allegedly central to a corruption scandal that contributed to Zuma's downfall.
6 August 2026 · Joy Online →
South Africa's foreign minister is pushing for new rules and transparency requirements on former heads of state making foreign trips, following ex-President Jacob Zuma's controversial visit to India where he met businessman Ajay Gupta, allegedly at the centre of a state capture scandal.
5 August 2026 · Joy Online →
A South African court has ruled in favour of President Cyril Ramaphosa's bid to temporarily halt a parliamentary impeachment inquiry over the "Farmgate" scandal, in which burglars stole large sums of cash hidden in a sofa from his private farm in 2022. The halt is pending the court's determination of Ramaphosa's separate legal challenge to the independent panel's findings, which parliament had previously shelved before being ordered by the Constitutional Court in May to revive the impeachment process.
27 July 2026 · Joy Online →
A photograph of former South African President Jacob Zuma meeting Ajay Gupta at an Indian temple prompted Cabinet Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni to say Zuma was "showing the middle finger" to South Africans. The Gupta brothers were accused a decade ago of profiting from close ties to Zuma and influencing policy; they left South Africa in 2018 amid a judicial commission investigating alleged state capture.
5 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Polygamist, a 22-episode Netflix series released in June about a wealthy Johannesburg businessman with multiple wives, has generated widespread social media engagement and international celebrity reactions, igniting debate about marriage, betrayal, and polygamy across Africa and beyond.
27 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Xenophobia in South Africa is part of a broader pattern across African countries including Ghana, Nigeria, Gabon, and Mauritania turning against fellow Africans during times of tension. Recent anti-immigration campaigns in South Africa, including confrontations with migrant workers and calls for undocumented migrants to leave, prompted President Cyril Ramaphosa to announce stricter immigration enforcement measures.
25 June 2026 · Joy Online →
As anti-migrant protests set a 30 June deadline for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa, hundreds of foreign nationals—mainly Malawians—have fled their homes following violent intimidation by groups carrying weapons. Migrants report door-to-door attacks and are gathering in makeshift settlements seeking refuge.
16 June 2026 · Joy Online →
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa faces possible removal from office as MPs establish a committee to recommend whether he should be impeached over a 2020 robbery at his private farm where $580,000 in cash was allegedly stolen from a sofa. The scandal, which surfaced publicly in 2022 through former spy chief Arthur Fraser's allegations that Ramaphosa hid the theft from police and tax authorities, has escalated after the country's highest court ruled that MPs had unconstitutionally blocked earlier impeachment moves.
6 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Ernesto Yeboah, leader of the Economic Fighters' League, defended Ghana's decision to evacuate nationals affected by afrophobic attacks in South Africa, calling criticisms by South African opposition politician Julius Malema "complete rubbish" and asserting that the government's intervention reflected responsible leadership and concern for citizen safety.
31 May 2026 · Joy Online →
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected calls to resign following a scandal in which thieves stole foreign currency hidden in a sofa on his ranch. A Constitutional Court ruling has revived impeachment proceedings against him, but Ramaphosa said the judgment does not compel him to resign and pledged to defend himself against misconduct allegations.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address South Africans after a court revived impeachment proceedings against him over a scandal involving foreign cash stolen from his ranch. The Constitutional Court ruled that a previous ANC parliamentary vote blocking impeachment was invalid, and analysts expect Ramaphosa to defend himself.
11 May 2026 · Joy Online →