South Africa has an estimated five million people living with HIV, more than any other country. And after his ex-wife, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma - widely seen as the continuity candidate - failed in her bid to succeed him as leader of the ANC, losing to Cyril Ramaphosa in December , they appeared to smell blood.
A ninth motion of no-confidence was filed days before Mr Zuma was due to give the annual State of the Nation address in February Meanwhile, Mr Ramaphosa - favourite to follow in Mr Zuma's footsteps - and the party's top brass had been meeting, apparently preparing to unseat Mr Zuma and shake the party free of corruption allegations ahead of the election.
In the end, what many South Africans had wanted for years finally happened - Zexit. Zuma fights for his reputation. How Zuma's Nkandla home has grown. The Guptas and their links to Zuma. South African government. Image source, AFP. Image source, Reuters.
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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma married in ; divorced in Kate Mantsho married in ; died in Opposition parties have challenged him on the streets and in the courts. Of course, there have been victories for Mr Zuma. Related Topics. He was introduced to the socialist movement and attended evening political classes under Moses Mabhida and Stephen Dlamini for several years. President Zuma was recruited into Umkhonto Wesizwe by the stalwart of the liberation struggle, the late Moses Mabhida and participated in sabotage operations in KwaZulu-Natal.
On the 12th August the sentence was passed, 10 years imprisonment on Robben Island. He was only 21 years old when he began serving his sentence. True to its name, Robben Island taught President Zuma and many of his peers many things about our country and struggle. It became a university in the true sense of the word.
He continued with his political development on the Island and received his political education as well as general education with the help of his comrades. He came out more determined than ever before to fight for freedom.
Abandoning the struggle was never an option for him. He immediately began the task of rebuilding the ANC underground structures, serving under Harry Gwala, the legendary Lion of the Midlands. He recruited young people for military training and arranged their passage to Mozambique and back.
The mission was compromised and he had to leave the country in on the instruction of the leadership. This was after the arrest of his mentor, Mr Harry Themba Gwala.
During his period in exile, President Zuma was based in Swaziland and Mozambique, where he led most of his outstanding operations. During this period, he engaged in underground work with former President Thabo Mbeki and others supporting internal resistance. He was never completely in exile. For example, early in , he secretly entered South Africa to re-establish contact with activists in the Durban area.
He was directly in daily and weekly contact with the underground network inside the country, processing reports from and giving direction to the underground operatives on a regular basis. President Zuma was released in April and was deported to Mozambique. He began serving at senior leadership levels at this time. In , he completed a three-month leadership and military training course in the then Soviet Union. As a result of the pressure applied by the apartheid government on Mozambique, in January , he was forced to leave Mozambique.
Subsequently, he was appointed Head of underground structures and Chief of the Intelligence Department in Lusaka. The National Executive Committee selected President Zuma to lead the compact advance group that came into the country to prepare for the commencement of Talks-about-Talks after the release of former President Mandela and the unbanning of political organizations by the last President of the white-minority based Republic, Mr FW de Klerk in He secretly returned to the country in March , alongside Penuell Maduna and Mathews Phosa, to work as part of a steering committee tasked with identifying remaining obstacles to negotiations between the apartheid government and the ANC.
Later he was involved in negotiations which resulted in the signing of the Groote-Schuur Minute, an agreement that outlined important decisions regarding the return of exiles and the release of political prisoners. The ANC at this time also began re-organising itself inside the country. During this period violence was still continuing in what is now KwaZulu-Natal and also what is now Gauteng.
The apartheid state security forces led a sustained and brutal covert campaign against the ANC and allied organisations in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. President Zuma worked tirelessly persuading and convincing the leadership cadres to pursue peace initiatives. It was not easy. The ANC leadership in the Natal Midlands, which was feeling the brunt of the attacks, was sceptical about the peace negotiations with the Inkatha Freedom Party.
President Zuma had to swim against the tide, firm in his belief that the end result will be peace in KZN and the country as a whole. He knew that the enemy was the regime that was fomenting violence by proxy. In , a South African court found businessman Schabir Shaik guilty of bribing Zuma between and Zuma, seen here replying to a question in Parliament, was fired by President Mbaki over his alleged involvement in the bribery scandal.
Zuma leaves the Johannesburg High Court in February He had been charged with raping a young family friend; he claimed the sex was consensual. Zuma was acquitted a few months later. Zuma is congratulated by his attorney after his acquittal in May Zuma addresses supporters outside the court in Pietermaritzburg in September A South African judge on Wednesday threw out corruption charges against Zuma, boosting the popular politician's bid to succeed President Thabo Mbeki.
Zuma gives an interview the day after his acquittal. He apologized to the nation and launched a bid for the presidency. Zuma, right, is congratulated by Mbeki after defeating him to become the new president of the ANC in December From left, Zuma, Mandela and Mbeki arrive on stage for Mandela's 90th birthday celebration in August Zuma sings and dances after a speech at a rally in February Zuma was elected as South Africa's President a couple of months later.
Zuma takes an oath during his inauguration in May The two met in Durban, South Africa. Zuma signs a blackboard in October , pledging South Africa's support for a global campaign to ensure education for all the world's children. Zuma sings and dances with his new wife, Thobeka Mabhija, at their wedding ceremony in January It was the fifth marriage for the polygamous Zuma. Zuma inspects the troops at a ceremonial welcome in London in March The chess set had been given to the Queen by Nelson Mandela in South Africa was the first African country to host the tournament.
Zuma addresses dignitaries during the opening ceremony of an International Olympic Committee session in July Zuma toasts his 70th birthday in April Zuma was re-elected as the party's president.
Zuma sings during a send-off ceremony for former President Nelson Mandela, who died in December at the age of Zuma poses for a photo following a television interview in October In November of that year, a report was published that contained corruption allegations against Zuma.
Zuma denied any wrongdoing. He also avoided a vote of no-confidence in Parliament. It was the third time in less than a year that Zuma had faced such a vote. Zuma talks on his cell phone during a G20 session in Hamburg, Germany, in July A month later, he survived an ouster attempt in his country's National Assembly.
A motion of no-confidence was defeated by votes to Zuma attends an African Union summit in January In , South Africa's Constitutional Court ordered Zuma to repay millions of dollars in public funds spent on refurbishing his private homestead.
Zuma announces his resignation during a nationally televised address in February It dumped him as party president in December , narrowly electing Cyril Ramaphosa over Zuma's preferred successor, his ex-wife and former cabinet minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
He was charged with 16 counts of corruption, money laundering and racketeering stemming from a billion-dollar government arms deal. He has denied all the allegations against him.
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