Former South African President Zuma mulls legal action following expulsion from ruling ANC

30 july 2024 - 08:57:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma's MK Party is seeking legal advice after he [...] Full text...

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South African political party rocked by race row

20 june 2024 - 12:15:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African political party, Democratic Alliance (DA) which is in the process of forming [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling ANC discusses poor election results

06 june 2024 - 09:47:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Supporters of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Thursday protested against the party [...] Full text...

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South African province on high alert after Zuma's election success

04 june 2024 - 10:37:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province are on high alert following former President Jacob [...] Full text...

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Legal challenges over South Africa's disputed elections

03 june 2024 - 12:11:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Monday confirmed that it has received court papers [...] Full text...

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South Africa's top court bars former President Zuma from Parliament

20 may 2024 - 10:40:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  South Africa’s Constitutional Court on Monday overturned an Electoral Court decision, and ruled that [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Constitutional Court to hear Zuma election case

12 april 2024 - 07:10:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Electoral Commission (IEC) on Thursday night approached the Constitutional Court on an [...] Full text...

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Washington acknowledges South Africa's election record

15 march 2024 - 10:37:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – With the national elections looming, the United States Embassy in South Africa has praised [...] Full text...

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Backlash over impeachment of prominent judges in South Africa

23 february 2024 - 12:05:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has slammed the impeachment of two prominent senior [...] Full text...

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Former President Zuma returns to prison, but is immediately released

11 august 2023 - 07:12:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma on Friday morning returned to prison to serve [...] Full text...

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Zuma's foundation rubbishes reports that he will return to jail

14 july 2023 - 07:37:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Jacob Zuma Foundation on Friday rejected speculation that the former President will return [...] Full text...

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Trucks torched on second anniversary of former South African Zuma's arrest

10 july 2023 - 10:07:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions are running high in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga provinces after several trucks [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Commission clears South African soldiers in CAR bloodbath

12 june 2023 - 19:17:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A South African Commission of Inquiry on Monday found that no one could be [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Official opposition party demands answers over extradition debacle

18 april 2023 - 11:36:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), on Tuesday said it will be writing [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pretoria outraged by UAE refusal to release prominent fugitives

08 april 2023 - 07:32:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African government has reacted with outrage at the refusal by the UAE [...] Full text...

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Judge in former South African President Zuma's graft case recuses himself

30 january 2023 - 12:44:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Judge Piet Koen on Monday recused himself from the high-profile corruption case against former [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma ordered to withdraw criminal prosecution of Ramaphosa

22 december 2022 - 09:17:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Thursday said the certificate former President Jacob [...] Full text...

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South Africa's President Ramaphosa orders Zuma to withdraw criminal case

18 december 2022 - 11:38:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has served former President Jacob Zuma with legal papers, [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma launches criminal case against President Ramaphosa

16 december 2022 - 05:08:17
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Thursday night launched a private criminal prosecution against President [...] Full text...

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South Africa: ANC NEC reschedules special meeting to Friday

01 december 2022 - 18:05:12
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) is now scheduled to [...] Full text...

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa 'very likely' to resign

01 december 2022 - 17:20:32
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has lost the political support of the ruling African [...] Full text...

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British King Charles hosts South African President Ramaphosa at Buckingham Palace

23 november 2022 - 09:08:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – British King Charles on Tuesday night used his first major speech to a foreign [...] Full text...

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Court orders former South African President Zuma to return to jail

21 november 2022 - 12:46:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Monday ordered former President Jacob Zuma [...] Full text...

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Top South African court rules against former President Zuma

29 september 2022 - 11:11:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma has failed to convince the Constitutional Court that leading judge [...] Full text...

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Suspected instigators of South Africa riots appear in court

12 august 2022 - 12:26:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Twenty-two people alleged to have instigated the violent rioting in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal and [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa commemorates annivesary of bloody riots

10 july 2022 - 07:58:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa this weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the arrest of former President [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South Africa recovers to pre-pandemic levels, but food inflation rises

08 july 2022 - 07:25:01
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The COVID-19 crisis in South Africa seems to be subsiding but its effects hit household [...] Full text...

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Major concerns over extradition of South Africa's most wanted fugitives

01 july 2022 - 13:12:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday urged the Justice Department and [...] Full text...

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South Africa's prosecuting body addresses Gupta extradition concerns

23 june 2022 - 10:24:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says claims that it is mishandling the extradition [...] Full text...

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South African opposition asks FBI to probe President Cyril Ramaphosa

21 june 2022 - 12:28:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday said it has requested that [...] Full text...

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South Africa’s most wanted fugitives prepare for extradition battle

10 june 2022 - 13:54:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Dubai police have confirmed that South Africa’s most wanted fugitives – Rajesh and Atul [...] Full text...

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South Africa's most wanted fugitives arrested in Dubai

07 june 2022 - 07:49:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s most wanted fugitives are behind bars in Dubai following a global manhunt. Alleged [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa denies 'criminal conduct' allegations from former spy boss

02 june 2022 - 13:27:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African presidency on Thursday denied allegations of concealment of crime made against [...] Full text...

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South Africa's former president Zuma implicated in damning graft report

29 april 2022 - 11:45:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In a further damning indictment on former President Jacob Zuma, the latest report by [...] Full text...

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South African billionaire publishes her memoirs

25 april 2022 - 13:25:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s wealthiest woman has revealed how she fled to the Maldives with her [...] Full text...

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State of Disaster declared after South African floods

19 april 2022 - 09:44:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following an emergency meeting on Sunday, the South African Cabinet has announced that a [...] Full text...

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Scores dead after massive flooding in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province

13 april 2022 - 10:23:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – More than 60 people are feared dead after massive floods caused chaos in Durban [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma's corruption trial postponed again

11 april 2022 - 13:07:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma’s application for a postponement of his long-awaited criminal trial was [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Top court clears way for Zuma’s trial

31 march 2022 - 13:58:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Thursday dismissed former President Jacob Zuma's attempts [...] Full text...

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President Ramaphosa defends Pretoria's UN abstention in Russian invasion vote

07 march 2022 - 11:45:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday defended South Africa's decision to abstain on the UN [...] Full text...

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South Africa;s Police Minister testifies at riot hearings

21 february 2022 - 12:42:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) investigative hearings into last year’s riots in [...] Full text...

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South African court rules former president Zuma's graft trial must go ahead

16 february 2022 - 11:55:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The KwaZulu-Natal High Court on Wednesday dismissed former President Jacob Zuma’s application to appeal [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma heavily implicated in State Capture report

05 january 2022 - 08:52:17
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been heavily implicated in the Zondo Commission [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma granted leave to appeal damning judgement

21 december 2021 - 18:43:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The North Gauteng High Court on Tuesday granted former President Jacob Zuma the right [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma's lawyers to argue return to jail ruling

20 december 2021 - 12:55:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma's lawyers will Tuesday argue his appeal against a court ruling [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Court rules that Zuma's release from prison was illegal

15 december 2021 - 12:27:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The Pretoria High Court on Wednesday said former President Jacob Zuma was not eligible [...] Full text...

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South Africa moves to extradite high-profile Gupta brothers

10 december 2021 - 07:15:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An international campaign has been launched in South Africa to extradite a fugitive Indian [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Major highway blockaded by protestors

03 december 2021 - 11:23:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A major national highway in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province was blockaded Friday in protest [...] Full text...

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South Africa: New book reveals how Zuma's arrest plunged SA into chaos

01 november 2021 - 19:46:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A new book has outlined the July riots that caused chaos in South Africa’s [...] Full text...

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Court dismisses former South African President Zuma's appeal, sets trial date

26 october 2021 - 12:40:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In further setback for former South African President Jacob Zuma, the KwaZulu-Natal High Court [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma lays charges against his prosecutor

21 october 2021 - 12:48:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Thursday laid criminal charges against State advocate Billy Downer, [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma's supporters celebrate his release from prison

14 october 2021 - 13:04:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A large crowd of people loyal to former President Jacob Zuma on Thursday gathered [...] Full text...

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Legendary South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu turns 90

07 october 2021 - 11:31:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The legendary South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is celebrating his 90th birthday in Cape [...] Full text...

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South Africa's major graft trial resumes without former president Zuma

21 september 2021 - 11:56:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Tuesday failed to force former President Jacob [...] Full text...

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South African president's top aide dies

17 september 2021 - 05:46:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy Minister in the Presidency Hlengiwe Mkhize died on Thursday. She was 69 years [...] Full text...

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South African Foundation moves to block Zuma's release

15 september 2021 - 18:14:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) on Wednesday launched an application to declare that the [...] Full text...

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Backlash in South Africa after decision to release Zuma

07 september 2021 - 17:08:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There are growing calls for legal action to be taken against South Africa’s Department [...] Full text...

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Samsung blocks television sets stolen during South African riots

27 august 2021 - 18:15:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Samsung has announced that it has blocked hundreds of television sets during last month's [...] Full text...

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South African jailed ex-president Zuma begs for donations

24 august 2021 - 15:53:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma is urging ordinary compatriots to dig into their [...] Full text...

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Trial of former South African President Zuma postponed due to ill-health

10 august 2021 - 11:45:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday postponed former President Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial to [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Jacob Zuma hospitalised

06 august 2021 - 09:45:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma, who is serving a 15-month prison sentence, has [...] Full text...

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Pro-Zuma group urges ICC to act against South African government

05 august 2021 - 13:58:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A group calling for the release of former President Jacob Zuma from prison has [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma's daughter slams Naomi Campbell

02 august 2021 - 13:17:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –Jacob Zuma’s daughter, Jabu Zuma, has slammed British super model Naomi Campbell for penning an open letter [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Super model Naomi Campbell takes aim at former president Zuma

31 july 2021 - 13:17:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – British super model Naomi Campbell has penned an open letter to former President Jacob [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Jailed ex-president Zuma attends brother's funeral

22 july 2021 - 15:58:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma, who was jailed two weeks ago, on Thursday [...] Full text...

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Civil unrest turns South Africa’s food and agricultural sector upside down

21 july 2021 - 13:51:32
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - While specific costs and implications of the recent South African civil unrest to the food [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa visits scene of violent protests in South Africa

16 july 2021 - 13:32:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday visited the scene of Durban’s violent protests [...] Full text...

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Death toll from South African protests rises to 72

14 july 2021 - 17:49:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The death toll from five days of deadly rioting and looting in several South [...] Full text...

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AU condemns South Africa violence, looting after Zuma jailing

14 july 2021 - 10:21:27
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has strongly condemned the violence in South Africa that has claimed [...] Full text...

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Soldiers deployed to assist with South African riots

13 july 2021 - 14:19:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Gauteng Premier David Makhura on Tuesday said 10 people have been killed during stampedes [...] Full text...

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Violent pro-Zuma protests spread to Johannesburg

11 july 2021 - 10:07:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Violent protests have spread to Johannesburg with supporters of former President Jacob Zuma demanding [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Violent pro-Zuma protests spread

10 july 2021 - 10:23:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Violent protests are spreading in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province with supporters of former President [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Violent protests over Zuma's arrest

09 july 2021 - 13:18:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  Tensions are running high in South Africa’s  KwaZulu-Natal province two days after the arrest [...] Full text...

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South Africa's former President Zuma in jail after dramatic stand-off

08 july 2021 - 07:44:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following a night of high drama, former President Jacob Zuma is back behind bars. Nearly [...] Full text...

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Tension in South Africa as police prepare to arrest Zuma

07 july 2021 - 17:38:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tension is running high in KwaZulu-Natal as a large contingent of policemen prepare to [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Defiant Zuma slams the government

04 july 2021 - 15:42:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A defiant Jacob Zuma on Sunday addressed hundreds of his supporters outside his KwaZulu-Natal [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma in last-ditch attempt to stay out of jail

02 july 2021 - 11:03:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Friday indicated that he will file an urgent application [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Widespread reaction to Zuma's conviction

30 june 2021 - 12:48:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There has been widespread reaction to the Constitutional Court decision to sentence former President [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma sentenced to 15-months imprisonment

29 june 2021 - 09:26:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Tuesday found former President Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of [...] Full text...

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BREAKING NEWS: South Africa's Constitutional Court jails former President Zuma for 15 months for contempt

29 june 2021 - 09:20:12
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for [...] Full text...

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South Africa's top court to rule on Zuma on Tuesday

28 june 2021 - 10:34:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Monday announced that it will deliver its long-awaited judgment on [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Deputy President seeks medical treatment in Russia

27 june 2021 - 10:52:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Deputy President, David Mabuza, on Sunday departed for Russia where he will [...] Full text...

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South African Court hears of bitter split in ruling party

25 june 2021 - 16:54:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The North Gauteng High Court in South Africa on Friday heard that Ace Magashule [...] Full text...

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South Africa seeks extradition of high-profile fugitives

03 june 2021 - 17:30:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s National Prosecutions Authority (NPA) on Thursday said it has applied to the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Suspended ruling party official gets his day in court

31 may 2021 - 12:19:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's North Gauteng High Court on Monday set down two days to hear [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma loses another court battle

27 may 2021 - 16:50:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Constitutional Court on Thursday dismissed former President Jacob Zuma's attempt to appeal [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma pleads not guilty at major graft trial

26 may 2021 - 12:30:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Almost 20 years after former President Jacob Zuma was linked to a corrupt multi-million [...] Full text...

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Suspended South Africa's ruling party official turns to the courts

14 may 2021 - 13:12:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ace Magashule, the suspended secretary-general of the ruling ANC, on Friday asked a court [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa rebukes senior ruling party official

10 may 2021 - 15:59:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  Ace Magashule, the suspended Secretary-General of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC), has [...] Full text...

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UK slaps sanctions on fugitives who fled South Africa

27 april 2021 - 16:00:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions against members of the Indian Gupta family who [...] Full text...

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France honours leading South African advocate

20 april 2021 - 18:45:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has been awarded the Chevalier de la [...] Full text...

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South African president Ramaphosa urged to sanction former leader Zuma

15 april 2021 - 11:53:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to [...] Full text...

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Global law body condemns South Africa's ex-president Zuma

10 april 2021 - 13:22:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has condemned former South African president [...] Full text...

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South Africa's former president Zuma takes aim at Constitutional Court

26 march 2021 - 14:02:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma has slammed Thursday’s Constitutional Court hearing on the State Capture [...] Full text...

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South African former President Zuma condemned for defying top court

19 march 2021 - 10:42:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  A large group of former prominent anti-Apartheid activists and leaders from religious, civil society, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Growing calls for Zuma to appear before anti-graft commission

03 march 2021 - 15:39:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The opposition Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP has urged former President Jacob Zuma to appear [...] Full text...

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Date set for former South African President Zuma's high-profile graft trial

23 february 2021 - 11:46:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following more than 10 years of delays, the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg on [...] Full text...

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South Africa commission seeks two year jail term for Zuma

22 february 2021 - 15:13:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on Monday asked the Constitutional Court to [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma faces arrest threat for defying top court

15 february 2021 - 13:56:42
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Monday said the State Capture Commission of Inquiry [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Case against Zuma and Thales cleared to proceed

09 february 2021 - 15:54:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – International arms company Thales which has been heavily implicated in South Africa’s multi-billion dollar [...] Full text...

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France to confer top award on South African advocate

05 february 2021 - 13:30:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African advocate Thuli Madonsela who helped draft the final Constitution, which was [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma defies Constitutional Court ruling

01 february 2021 - 14:43:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African president Jacob Zuma on Monday served notice that he will defy [...] Full text...

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South African Constitutional Court orders former President Zuma to appear at Zondo Commission

28 january 2021 - 11:08:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma was dealt a bitter blow on Thursday when [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Top South African lawyer dies from COVID-19 complications

27 january 2021 - 13:05:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Advocate Kemp J Kemp, who defended former President Jacob Zuma during his 2006 rape [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma's graft trial inches closer after court bid rejected

22 january 2021 - 14:42:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg on Friday dismissed French arms company Thales' bid [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma gets 'Idiot of the Year' award

30 december 2020 - 11:32:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Sunday Times – South Africa’s biggest selling weekend newspaper – reserves a section [...] Full text...

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Former South Africa president Zuma defies anti-graft commission

14 december 2020 - 17:01:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma of South Africa on Monday said he would not be [...] Full text...

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South African President, Ramaphosa, to face motion of no confidence

26 november 2020 - 17:43:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, will face his first motion of no confidence in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma walks out of inquiry without testifying

19 november 2020 - 13:27:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday walked out of the commission of [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma ordered to pay massive legal fees

30 october 2020 - 17:06:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s legal woes continue to mount. The Supreme Court of [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Commission responds to Zuma's threats

29 october 2020 - 14:57:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Thursday addressed former President Jacob Zuma's [...] Full text...

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Zuma slams South Africa's corruption commission

18 october 2020 - 07:28:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma this weekend slammed the Zondo Commission of Inquiry [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: South Africa's COVID-19 lockdown extended again

15 october 2020 - 08:15:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has confirmed that South Africa’s State [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma ordered to appear before anti-graft commission

09 october 2020 - 11:21:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Friday issued a summons ordering former President Jacob [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma's foundation slams senior judge

25 september 2020 - 15:46:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) -  The Jacob Zuma Foundation has issued a scathing attack on Deputy Chief Justice Raymond [...] Full text...

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Former president Zuma ordered to appear before South Africa's anti-graft commission

21 september 2020 - 13:05:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Monday ordered former President Jacob Zuma [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa emerges victorious after tense ruling party meeting

31 august 2020 - 17:46:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday appeared to secure control of South Africa’s ruling African [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma takes aim at Ramaphosa

28 august 2020 - 17:23:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Friday took aim at his successor, President Cyril Ramaphosa, [...] Full text...

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Deeply divided South Africa ruling ANC to meet this weekend

27 august 2020 - 12:34:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The ruling African National Congress (ANC) will this weekend hold crisis talks to address [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma sued for maintenance by estranged wife

18 august 2020 - 12:31:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma is being sued by one of his wives [...] Full text...

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South Africa's top court rules against former President Zuma

07 august 2020 - 12:54:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed former President Jacob Zuma's appeal against a High [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma back in court for pre-trial hearing

23 june 2020 - 15:09:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South Africa President Jacob Zuma appeared in KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg for [...] Full text...

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South Africa commemorates historic Soweto riots

16 june 2020 - 10:34:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Tuesday commemorated the 44th anniversary of the Soweto Riots which sparked [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Tobacco giant sues government over smoking ban

29 may 2020 - 13:19:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) on Friday launched urgent legal proceedings to challenge [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma's team complains over trial delay

26 may 2020 - 17:10:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  Former President Jacob Zuma's legal team on Tuesday accused the South African National Prosecuting [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma loses another court battle

21 may 2020 - 14:07:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  Former President Jacob Zuma has lost his appeal against a High Court ruling that [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma's graft trial delayed over Covid-19

04 may 2020 - 19:47:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Judge President Mjabuliseni Madondo on Monday agreed to postpone the trial of former South [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma serves notice of his plan to stand trial

19 april 2020 - 13:58:17
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday confirmed that he has restructured his [...] Full text...

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Court rejects former South African President Zuma’s latest bid to avoid trial

13 march 2020 - 12:39:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma’s efforts to avoid standing trial on corruption charges suffered another [...] Full text...

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Arrest warrant issued for former South African president Jacob Zuma

04 february 2020 - 11:14:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for former President Jacob [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa acknowledges South Africa's challenges

31 december 2019 - 14:22:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday acknowledged the "difficulties" of 2019 but said South Africa [...] Full text...

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Pretoria rebuked over fugitive scandal

27 december 2019 - 12:12:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday urged Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi [...] Full text...

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Year-end Analysis: How former South African President Zuma derailed the country

26 december 2019 - 06:56:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Three major issues which dominated the headlines in South Africa over the past year [...] Full text...

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Net closes on former South African President Zuma's fugitive friends

17 december 2019 - 06:36:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A high-level South African delegation has flown to Abu Dhabi in an attempt to [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma reportedly receives treatment in Cuba

09 december 2019 - 12:11:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There are unconfirmed reports that former President Jacob Zuma, is receiving medical treatment in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Top court rules against Zuma

29 november 2019 - 13:11:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – KwaZulu-Natal High Court on Friday ruled that there is no compelling reason for former [...] Full text...

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Lord Peter Hain testifies in South Africa

18 november 2019 - 14:02:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former activist Peter Hain who played a key role in the fight against apartheid [...] Full text...

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Longest UN mediation in Burundi crisis ends

01 november 2019 - 17:38:03
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The latest UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Burundi, Michel Kafando, offered his resignation in mid-week to [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma appears in court again

15 october 2019 - 11:54:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday appeared in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg [...] Full text...

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South Africa's President Ramaphosa addresses corruption crisis on UK trip

14 october 2019 - 11:09:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said the country's ongoing corruption scandal has [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma to stand trial in major graft case

11 october 2019 - 10:10:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma is expected to stand trial next week on 18 charges [...] Full text...

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Southn Africa: Net closes on fugitive Gupta family

10 october 2019 - 19:01:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African authorities on Thursday confirmed that they have issued mutual legal assistance requests [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma to learn his fate on Friday

09 october 2019 - 15:11:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Wednesday confirmed that it is ready to [...] Full text...

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British Royal couple meets Archbishop Tutu in Cape Town

25 september 2019 - 09:44:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to Archbishop [...] Full text...

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Mugabe's final resting place still unknown as preparations for funeral proceed

12 september 2019 - 12:51:52
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - As preparations for the funeral this weekend of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe proceed, the family [...] Full text...

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African Union through two decades

09 september 2019 - 18:01:03
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union is marking the end of its second decade since taking over from [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma loses bruising court battle

06 september 2019 - 10:51:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma has lost a bruising court battle. The KwaZulu-Natal High [...] Full text...

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Former South Africa president Zuma defends defamatory tweet ahead of court case

22 august 2019 - 10:36:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma has taken aim at his ex-Cabinet Minister Derek [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Jacob Zuma sued by ex-cabinet minister

13 august 2019 - 11:24:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma is being sued by one his ex-cabinet ministers Derek [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling party rocked by fresh row

25 july 2019 - 07:52:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has been rocked by fresh infighting after the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Prominent journalist takes aim at Zuma

23 july 2019 - 16:52:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Prominent South African journalist, Redi Tlhabi, says she has received death threats after former [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma appears before anti-graft commission

15 july 2019 - 12:17:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Monday appeared before the Commission of Inquiry probing massive [...] Full text...

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AU needs to be more involved in resolving the Libyan crisis (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

15 july 2019 - 12:08:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The 12th African Union (AU) Extraordinary Summit, held on 7 July in Niamey, Niger, to launch [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma's son acquitted over fatal vehicle accident

12 july 2019 - 12:17:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Duduzane Zuma, the son of controversial former President Jacob Zuma, has been found not [...] Full text...

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Energy crisis batters South Africa's growth prospects (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA correspondent)

24 june 2019 - 10:34:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Of all the problems that Cyril Ramaphosa inherited when he was elected President (and there [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Commission calls for Zuma's appearance

19 june 2019 - 22:15:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA)   -   The Commission of Inquiry probing massive graft in South Africa has called on former [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa inaugurated at spectacular ceremony

25 may 2019 - 11:55:57
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA)   -   President Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated as the sixth democratically-elected president at a spectacular ceremony at [...] Full text...

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Preparations under way for inauguration of South Africa's president Ramaphosa

24 may 2019 - 10:45:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Final preparations are under way for Saturday’s inauguration of President Cyril Ramaphosa at Pretoria’s [...] Full text...

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State calls for Zuma's speedy prosecution

23 may 2019 - 12:17:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Thursday claimed former President Jacob Zuma had [...] Full text...

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ANC veterans urge President Ramaphosa to expel 'rogue elements'

15 may 2019 - 09:38:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A group of liberation heroes is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to drop corrupt [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ANC leading poll but support down

09 may 2019 - 08:31:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – With the vote counting completed at 6,640 polling stations across South Africa (28% of [...] Full text...

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Zuma denies Gaddafi loot reports

10 april 2019 - 11:49:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African president Jacob Zuma has denied media reports that he kept US [...] Full text...

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Pretoria addresses claims over Gaddafi's funds

09 april 2019 - 07:23:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government has said it will only investigate claims that former Libyan dictator Muammar [...] Full text...

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Zuma's son back in the dock for culpable homicide case

26 march 2019 - 14:54:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A second charge of culpable homicide against former President Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane, was [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa visits his pen pal at school

09 march 2019 - 11:35:06
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has visited a young child at her school in the Eastern Cape [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa responds to child's Mandela letter

07 march 2019 - 11:10:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A young Eastern Cape child named Daisy has touched President Cyril Ramaphosa’s heart by sending [...] Full text...

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Mixed reactions to massive gas discovery

18 february 2019 - 10:31:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government has responded to the massive offshore gas find which was announced [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa salutes 'dawn of a new era'

07 february 2019 - 20:01:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Exactly a year after toppling Jacob Zuma and sweeping into office on a ticket [...] Full text...

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South Africa reacts to foreign corruption warning

03 february 2019 - 16:10:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco ) on Sunday said it will [...] Full text...

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Graft charges against Zuma's son provisionally withdrawn

24 january 2019 - 10:19:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Thursday provisionally withdrew graft charges against former [...] Full text...

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South African football officials charged in 2010 World Cup bribery case

14 january 2019 - 15:21:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African fugitive Gupta family which has been heavily implicated in the State Capture [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa delivers ruling party's 2019 election manifesto

12 january 2019 - 14:04:06
Durban, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday told 85,000 supporters that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) [...] Full text...

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South Africa's official opposition targets Zuma again

03 january 2019 - 16:06:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday indicated that it will return [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma addresses his legal problems

24 december 2018 - 07:34:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma has taken to Twitter to rant about his [...] Full text...

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IMF addresses South Africa's economic challenges

20 december 2018 - 07:10:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde who is on a fact-finding trip [...] Full text...

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South African opposition wants Zuma to provide financial security

18 december 2018 - 05:07:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has moved to ensure that former President Jacob [...] Full text...

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Zuma joins social media platforms

14 december 2018 - 11:46:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Friday announced that he has decided to join major [...] Full text...

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South African court orders Zuma to pay his own legal costs

13 december 2018 - 09:58:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In a major blow to former President Jacob Zuma, the North Gauteng High Court [...] Full text...

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South African top lawyer selected to head National Prosecuting Authority

04 december 2018 - 16:11:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday appointed a senior legal adviser at the International Criminal [...] Full text...

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Ex-president Zuma seeks permanent stay of prosecution in graft case

16 november 2018 - 15:06:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – After a 17-year legal battle which dramatically changed the course of South African history, [...] Full text...

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South Africa finance minister resigns over State Capture scandal

09 october 2018 - 16:32:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday announced the resignation of Nhlanhla Nene who has been [...] Full text...

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Ailing Tutu turns 87

07 october 2018 - 12:25:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nobel Laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is spending his 87 birthday in a Cape [...] Full text...

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Ageing Tutu admitted to hospital

27 september 2018 - 15:59:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Archbishop Desmond Tutu was admitted to a Cape Town hospital for unknown reasons on [...] Full text...

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South Africa and UAE sign crucial extradition treaty

26 september 2018 - 17:30:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In a dramatic development relating to South Africa’s State Capture scandal, Pretoria and the [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa promises lifestyle audits for top SA government officials

11 september 2018 - 16:33:45
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - A system of lifestyle audits for top South African government officials will be in place [...] Full text...

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AfDB's IDEV opens development evaluation week in Abidjan

07 september 2018 - 12:55:05
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - AfDB's Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) opened its biennial Development Evaluation Week on Thursday in Abidjan, [...] Full text...

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Tension high in South Africa at state capture inquiry

03 september 2018 - 14:44:55
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Lawyers representing former South African President Jacob Zuma’s son, Duduzane, and the Indian Gupta family, [...] Full text...

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Soweto rocked by xenophobic violence

30 august 2018 - 09:05:02
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Thursday condemned an outbreak of xenophobic violence in [...] Full text...

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South African opposition party calls for probe into new 24-hour television channel

29 august 2018 - 11:46:40
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Wednesday raised concerns over the selection of [...] Full text...

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Commission begins probing widespread gov't corruption in South Africa

20 august 2018 - 09:43:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Commission of Inquiry into allegations of widespread government corruption by senior officials including [...] Full text...

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South African court declares appointment of top advocate as unconstitutional

13 august 2018 - 09:40:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Monday ruled that the appointment of National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Constitutional Court to rule on fate of top prosecutor

10 august 2018 - 13:36:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Constitutional Court on Friday confirmed that it is ready to hand down [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma's son gets bail in culpable homicide case

12 july 2018 - 10:43:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane appeared in a Randburg court for [...] Full text...

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Zuma's son to appear in court on Monday

08 july 2018 - 06:57:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane is due to appear in Johannesburg’s [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling party reconsiders ICC withdrawal threat

06 july 2018 - 10:16:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The ruling African National Congress on Friday said Cabinet will have to consult the [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma's son ordered to appear in court

03 july 2018 - 08:37:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane has been ordered to appear in court on [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma's son dead at 38

02 july 2018 - 11:43:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Office of the South African Presidency on Monday confirmed that one of former [...] Full text...

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South Africa's official opposition barred from its own official

27 june 2018 - 11:19:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Wednesday received a fresh setback when the [...] Full text...

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Major television series to unpack Zuma 'corruption scandals'

01 june 2018 - 13:58:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Best selling author Jacques Pauw who played a formidable role in blowing the lid [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma's son agrees to apologise for racial slurs

23 may 2018 - 08:36:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma’s son, Edward, has agreed to apologise to the nation [...] Full text...

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