… Her arrest, along with four others, follows the dramatic resignation from parliament last Friday of Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, the daughter of South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma, who has been accused of duping the 17 South African men – including some of her relatives – into …
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Jacob Zuma
Also known as: former South African President Jacob Zuma · Zuma · President Zuma · President Jacob Zuma · Erstwhile President Jacob Zuma · former President Jacob Zuma · uBaba · Mr Zuma · President of the Republic
Former South African President who attended a 2010 Epstein dinner in London and whose government was prevented from securing a two-thirds majority by Cope's 2008 formation.
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- December 2025
- November 2025
Former South African president Jacob Zuma’s daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has resigned from parliament amid allegations that she lured 17 men to fight as mercenaries in Russia’s war against Ukraine. …
Former SA president Zuma’s daughter quits parliament amid Russia war claims… The BBC has heard voice notes Sipho sent to his family, in which he says he was recruited by two people – one of them being Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, the daughter of Jacob Zuma, the former president who now leads the country’s main opposition party, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK). …
‘Scared and desperate' – the South Africans who claim they were duped by Zuma's daughter to fight for RussiaThe brother of one of the 17 South Africans stuck in the frontline of the Russia-Ukraine war says his sibling was lured there with promises to get trained for a job as a bodyguard of top officials in Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party. …
Men trapped in Ukraine war promised MKP jobsA group of 17 South Africans allegedly duped into joining the notorious Russian mercenary group Wagner by Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla are not the first to be abandoned by the Zuma family wannabe-junta. …
Jacob Zuma’s failed mercenary ambitions — from China to Russia, the road is littered with abandoned recruitsOne of the daughters of Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s former president, has filed a criminal complaint against her sister, accusing her of recruiting men from South Africa to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war. …
Daughter of South Africa's ex-president accuses sister of Russia recruitment plotJacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party is accused of tricking 17 South African men into joining Russian forces in the Ukraine war. …
Zuma’s MK party accused of sending South Africans to fight in UkraineMembers of uMkhonto weSizwe’s (MK) parliamentary caucus have called on its president, Jacob Zuma, to institute a forensic investigation into R70 million allegedly siphoned from the party. …
Zuma, MKP and the ‘looted’ R70m- October 2025
… The Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria has given former President Jacob Zuma 60 days to repay nearly R29-million, plus interest, in state money that was unlawfully used to pay his legal fees and related expenses. …
Zuma faces 60-day deadline to repay state funds unlawfully used for legal costs… e: “We in Stratcom wanted to annihilate… “We were trained to permanently neutralise – ideas or people or institutions – on behalf of the government of the day, using unlimited state resources to do so.” Moving along to State Capture that coincided with former president Jacob Zuma …
SA’s ongoing capture — Mkhwanazi’s accusations and the countering charges merge with past state sabotage
Politics
Ramaphosa likely to survive impeachment despite Constitutional Court ruling
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A Constitutional Court ruling has forced Parliament to consider impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over allegations concerning US dollars stolen from his home. However, analysis suggests it is unlikely he will be removed from office, as a two-thirds majority of MPs would be required and the ANC's interests appear to align with his remaining in power.
13 hours ago · The Namibian →
Today
Ramaphosa likely to survive impeachment despite Constitutional Court ruling
A Constitutional Court ruling has forced Parliament to consider impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over allegations concerning US dollars stolen from his home. However, analysis suggests it is unlikely he will be removed from office, as a two-thirds majority of MPs would be required and the ANC's interests appear to align with his remaining in power.
13 hours ago · The Namibian →
Tuesday 28 April
NFP expels KZN legislator who blocked Zuma's party takeover
The National Freedom Party has expelled its sole representative in the KZN legislature, Mbali Shinga, after she defied party leadership to vote against a motion of no confidence in Premier Thami Ntuli in December, preventing the MK party from seizing control of the province.
28 April 2026 · The Namibian →
Thursday 2 April
South African army deployed to crime hotspots for one year
South Africa's military has been deployed to five provinces to help police combat gang violence and illicit mining. Security experts warn that military deployment rarely delivers lasting results without addressing root causes of crime, and residents express mixed views on whether soldiers will improve safety.
2 April 2026 · The Namibian →
Thursday 5 March
Mosiuoa Lekota's legacy beyond apartheid struggle honored
The Namibian's analysis of Mosiuoa Lekota, who died on Wednesday, argues that his role in forming the Congress of the People in 2008 was equally vital to his anti-apartheid activism. By breaking the ANC's political dominance, Cope's 1.3 million votes prevented Zuma's government from securing a two-thirds majority, shifted South African politics from racial to policy-based competition, and inspired the formation of other parties including the EFF and ActionSA, fundamentally changing the country's democratic trajectory.
5 March 2026 · The Namibian →
Wednesday 4 February
Epstein used South Africa to prey on women, US files reveal
Newly released US Department of Justice records show convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein cultivated extensive ties to South Africa dating to the 1980s, networked with prominent South African businessmen and officials, and used scouts and intermediaries to recruit South African women and girls through modelling opportunities and employment offers.
4 February 2026 · The Namibian →
Monday 2 February
Epstein Files reveal Zuma dinner in London during 2010 UK visit
Released US Justice Department documents show that former South African President Jacob Zuma attended an intimate dinner organised by late sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein at the Ritz Hotel in London on 5 March 2010, during an official state visit to the United Kingdom.
2 February 2026 · The Namibian →
Zulu king's anti-migrant speech fuels xenophobia debate in South Africa
South Africa's Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini used a derogatory term for African migrants and called for them to leave the country during a speech in KwaZulu-Natal, drawing concern from human rights experts who warn his comments risk encouraging vigilante action against foreigners in a region already marked by anti-migrant tensions.
2 February 2026 · The Namibian →