Los Angeles Times

Ex-South African President Zuma, now a ruling party critic, disqualified from next week’s election

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Former South African President Jacob Zuma was disqualified Monday from running for a seat in Parliament in a national election next week because of a previous criminal ...
Bloomberg L.P.

South Africa Court Rules Jacob Zuma Can Run for Parliament

Former South African President Jacob Zuma won a court bid to overturn his disqualification from running for parliament in next month’s election on the newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s ticket. The ...
The Citizen

WATCH: Run Zuma run, MK party leader shows veterans how fit he is

During a MK party combatants assembly held on Sunday in Richmond, in the Moses Mabhida region, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), Zuma took ...
Fox News

Who is Jacob Zuma, the former South African president disqualified from next week's election?

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been barred from running for Parliament in the country's upcoming election because of a prior criminal conviction. Zuma was forced to resign as president ...
NPR

Jacob Zuma banned from running in South Africa's election

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The Constitutional Court in South Africa has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma cannot run for parliament, just 9 days before what's being seen as the most pivotal ...
The New York Times

New Party in South Africa to Boycott Opening of Parliament

UMkhonto weSizwe, which is led by Jacob Zuma, the populist former president, has asserted that the recent election was rigged and the results illegitimate. By John Eligon Reporting from KwaMakhutha, ...
Briefly

MK Party Rejects Bheki Cele’s Claims That Louis Liebenberg Funded the Party, South Africans Divided

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party has dismissed Bheki Cele’s claims that Jacob Zuma’s party was funded by Louis Liebenberg, sparking ...
Yahoo

Zuma Asks Top South African Court to Stop Parliament Sitting

(Bloomberg) -- Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s party petitioned the Constitutional Court to stop parliament from convening, just days before legislators are scheduled to elect the ...
Reuters

South Africa's parliament to elect Jacob Zuma president

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's parliament is set to choose Jacob Zuma as state president Wednesday after his ruling ANC's resounding election victory, capping a remarkable political comeback.
LAist

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma Resigns Amid Pressure

South Africa's scandal-plagued President has resigned. President Jacob Zuma made the announcement in a nationally televised address late today. The move follows a protracted showdown with the ...
Reuters

S.Africa's parliament to elect Jacob Zuma president

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's parliament is set to choose Jacob Zuma as state president on Wednesday after his ruling ANC's resounding election victory, capping a remarkable political comeback.