Jacob Zuma

Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (born 12 April 1942) in what is now Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal is a South African politician. He was the President of South Africa from 2009 to 2018.Shinn, David H.; Joshua Eisenman China and Africa: A Century of Engagement University of Pennsylvania Press 2012 page 351

In the 1960s, he was against the government of South Africa's policy of apartheid. He spent some time in prison on Robben Island for conspiring to overthrow the government.

In February 14, 2018 South Africa President Jacob Zuma resigned for a disputed disagreement instruction with the ruling African National Congress.

Personal life
In 2005 he was charged with rape but he was found not guilty.

One of their traditions he follows is polygamy (having more than one wife). He has had six wives (one of them killed herself in 2000) and has fathered more than twenty children.

Zuma was the person to tell the public on December 5, 2013 that Nelson Mandela had died.

Life after the presidency

On the eve of the African National Congress having a vote of no confidence against him, Zuma resigned.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/14/jacob-zuma-resigns-south-africa-president| Jacob Zuma resigns as South Africa's president on eve of no-confidence vote | World news | The Guardianhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-17450447|Jacob Zuma - the survivor whose nine lives ran out - BBC Newshttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/jacob-zuma-resigns-south-africa-president-180209204724335.html |Jacob Zuma resigns as South Africa's president A few weeks after he resigned, it was reported that he fathered a child with a 24 year old woman in a Durban hospital.https://m.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/breaking-jacob-zuma-fathered-a-child-with-a-24-year-old-20180420| Jacob Zuma fathered a child with a 24-year-old | News24https://www.huffingtonpost.co.za/2018/04/20/jacob-zuma-becomes-a-father-again_a_23416176/Jacob Zuma Becomes A Father Again

On 29 June 2021, Zuma was sentenced to fifteen months in prison for not showing up to court over his corruption trial.

In August 2021, Jacob Zuma received an insufficient pension to cover his legal costs. In any case, this is what his relatives suggest, who are calling on their fellow citizens to contribute to their former head of state.

In September 2021, the South African Constitutional Court scathingly dismissed former President Zuma's petition to reverse his ruling sentencing him to 15 months in prison for contempt of justice.https://www.journaldequebec.com/2021/09/17/afrique-du-sud-la-justice-confirme-la-condamnation-de-jacob-zuma-a-de-la-prison Afrique du Sud: la justice confirme la condamnation de Jacob Zuma à de la prison

On July 29, 2024, the ANC disciplinary commission decided to permanently exclude Jacob Zuma, after leading a competing party in the May 2024 elections.www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr4kllkpwxo.amp Ex-SA President Zuma expelled from ANC

On 22 November 2024, the exclusion of Jacob Zuma from the ANC was definitively confirmed by the party, after Jacob Zuma rejected his appeal.https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/world/africa/anc-jacob-zuma-appeal.html |South Africa’s A.N.C. Rejects Jacob Zuma’s Appeal Against His Expulsion

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