Jacob Zuma

In the midst of never-ending legal challenges, former president Jacob Zuma has agreed to contest the position of the national chairperson of.

The notion of a generational mix rather than a generational takeover remains valid in my view.” “Comrades, we have noted the current call for older leaders to make way for the youth. Zuma suggested that better results would be attained if the younger and older generations of leaders collaborated. “I would like to clarify a few issues and share my perspective as the preparations gain momentum. The former statesman confirmed in a statement on Monday that he has been approached by some branches to run for the position of national chairperson. I wish to indicate that I have not shifted from the position we had taken in 2017…

Former president Jacob Zuma has made himself available for the position of national chairperson - a move Gwede Mantashe described as the year's "biggest ...

The former South African president Jacob Zuma, forced to resign in 2018 for corruption charges for which he has not finished answering in court, ...

But he was forced to step down nine years later in favour of his deputy president Ramaphosa. He supports the candidacy of his ex-wife, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, to dethrone Mr. Zuma, 80, has signaled Monday evening in a statement.

Cape Town —. Jacob Zuma Says He Will Answer If ANC Calls. Former president Jacob Zuma, 80, is not ruling out a political comeback, according to a statement ...

[Eye Witness News](https://ewn.co.za/2022/09/27/phaahla-to-give-update-on-impact-of-power-cuts-on-healthcare-sector) reports. [Eye Witness News](https://ewn.co.za/2022/09/27/acsa-contingency-plans-in-place-to-prevent-ctia-running-out-of-jet-fuel) reports. It said that contingency plans had been put in place to prevent Cape Town International Airport from running out of fuel. Airports Company SA (Acsa) is urging passengers not to be concerned as a short supply of jet fuel isn't expected to impact flights. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana told parliament there was no intention of expanding the zero-rated food basket but he said he would consider subjecting more items for review by an expert panel. Zuma says he has been approached to avail himself for the position of national chairperson.

Following widespread rumours of his availability and his alleged endorsement of his ex-wife Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma for the presidential position in the ...

He said therefore, a generational mix rather than a generational take-over remains valid in his view. Which led to the significant drop in the national election in 2019 and dismal performance in the Metropolitan municipalities and some of the strategic municipalities. I have indicated that I will be guided by the branches of the ANC and that I will not refuse such a call should they deem it necessary for me to serve the organisation again at that level or any other,” said Zuma. As a result, many younger leaders were elected to the National Executive Committee. It is widely known that he backed Dlamini-Zuma to be elected as president in the 2017 conference, which she lost to president Ramaphosa. I also wish to confirm that I have been approached by a number of cadres to make myself available for the position of national chairperson of the ANC, to contribute in the rebuilding of the organisation and to provide direction.

Former president Jacob Zuma availing himself for the ANC national chair is the biggest joke of 2022, according to incumbent Gwede Mantashe.

I was his secretary for 10 years. “He was my president for 10 years. I take that as the biggest joke of the year actually.

Former ANC president Jacob Zuma has thrown his hat into the ring for ANC national chairperson should he be nominated ahead of the party's December ...

“The problem with step-aside is that you are charged, and then you step aside, but three years on you are still waiting for the trial to start. Justice should be they investigate you once they’ve charged you and the trial must start within months.” The law of the ANC almost says we are guilty until proved innocent,” she said.

Aside from proving himself entirely incapable of leading, he is also supposedly at death's door, writes Mandy Wiener.

The problem for the Nkandla crew is that the ANC has no choice but to renew itself if it stands any chance of winning control of the country in 2024. “There must be a balance, we are not saying the older generation must be out… Or perhaps Zuma and the Radical Economic Transformation faction of the ANC can see their future ahead as the NPA starts to round up the enablers of state capture and prosecute them in the courts. His own advocate Dali Mpofu SC told the Supreme Court of Appeal that it has been established “beyond any doubt” that Zuma is suffering from a terminal illness. The very notion that he could be raising his hand once again to be an office bearer of the party is so laughable that I am convinced he is doing it as a joke. If it’s not a joke, then surely it is a desperate attempt to cling to power by a senile, sick, octogenarian deluded of rationality and detached from reality.

Former president Zuma confirms his availability for top six position in the ANC if nominated by branches. File Picture: Zwelizwe Ndlovu. Published 16h ago.

On support for Dlamini-Zuma but without mentioning her by name, Zuma said he wished to indicate that he had not shifted from the position he had taken in 2017. He said this was something that people would not forgive him for. In the three-page statement, Zuma said he was available for the national chairperson position, and also endorsed Dlamini-Zuma for the presidential post at the 55th party conference in December.

Advocate Dali Mpofu has weighed in on Gwede Mantashe's dismissal of Jacob Zuma throwing his hat in the ring to become ANC national chair.

Ten percent said he had the political experience to do a good job as chair. If nominated, he could go up against Mantashe, ANC Limpopo chairperson Stan Mathabatha and SA Communist Party deputy general secretary David Masondo. [he can help renew the party](https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2022-09-27-zuma-makes-himself-available-for-anc-chair-endorses-dlamini-zuma-for-president/) if he stands for the position of national chair.

Zweli Mkhize, Jacob Zuma inspired to contest for ANC leadership points to a party stuck in a vortex of bad governance and stale ideas.

This week, the party’s 80-year-old former president, Jacob Zuma, raised his hand to serve as chair of the party with Nkosasana Dlamini-Zuma, 73, as president in December. The inability to let go and move on is just as present in the world of politics with the most powerful man in the world in China’s Xi Jinping looking to extend his reign into another decade if not more. Knowing the best time to leave the stage is difficult for most men in both political and corporate office.

In seeking to destroy the Constitution or to weaken it into insignificance, Dali Mpofu, Jacob Zuma, John Hlophe and others run the risk of standing ...

And if you cut them down, and you’re just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Confronted by the righteous indignation of his son-in-law, Will Roper, who wanted to use all means to fight evil, their exchange is captured thus: Worse than that, these strategies clearly undermine the rule of law and protection of fundamental rights, the exact instruments which provide authority for the actions pursued by the critics. Judge John Hlophe has been found guilty of gross misconduct for seeking to influence the outcome of a case in the Constitutional Court fully 14 years ago, and several other sets of allegations continue to swirl unresolved around him. In the light of the incompetence, negligence, and corruption which have dominated executive governance over the past two decades, it is natural that many have questioned the Constitution out of sheer frustration and desperation. Mpofu’s conduct seeks deliberately, it seems, to shock and undermine the professional ethics to which he is bound, by virtue of his status as an advocate, an “officer of the court”, who also enjoys Senior Counsel status. Instead, we hear him abusing fellow counsel, disrespecting judges, employing delaying tactics, and issuing threats to the chair of the parliamentary committee. No one exemplifies this better than former president Jacob Zuma (who initially asked for his day in court to prove his innocence in the The attacks come from several quarters, most shockingly from within the broad legal profession which is central to its success and has gained so much already from the supremacy of the Constitution. It must be strongly emphasised that these values were fundamental to a rich tradition of constitutionalism developed by the African National Congress and like organisations over at least the previous 75 years, not some kind of neo-liberal imposition from Western imperialists. Yet their parents and elders did, and the legacy of apartheid lives on in so many practices, attitudes, and privileges. These constitutional values are not only set out in section 1 but are repeated and reinforced throughout the Constitution.

Advocate Billy Downer, the lead prosecutor in successive National Prosecuting Authority court encounters with Jacob Zuma since 2001, is a veteran of the ...

Zuma used the Spy Tapes to persuade Mpshe to withdraw the charges against him in April 2009. Unfazed, Zuma has now repacked the allegation as a criminal complaint in his private prosecution of Downer. “All his challenges have ultimately failed, but only after he had pursued them to the bitter end. The manner in which Zuma accomplished this, explained Downer, “is to launch and prosecute endless challenges of various kinds. Zuma first made representations to then National Director of Public Prosecutions, Mokotedi Mpshe, on 10 February 2009. The delay has in large part been due to Mr Zuma’s ‘Stalingrad tactic’.” An SCA ruling on Zuma’s costs found these were “shrouded in secrecy”. This took 34 months to work its way through the courts. Zuma appealed and lost, launching a reconsideration application to the President of the SCA, Judge Mandisa Maya. Maya dismissed this in May 2022. In May 2021, the state attorney’s office Zuma must respond to Maughan by 30 September.