President Jacob Zuma

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa‘s parliament prepared to vote Tuesday on a motion of no confidence in embattled South African President Jacob Zuma that could force him to resign after months of growing anger over alleged corruption. Zuma has survived six previous no-confidence votes in parliament, but this is the first to be held by […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela‘s memorial say he suffers from schizophrenia and hallucinated and saw angels while gesturing incoherently just 3 feet away from President Barack Obama and other world leaders, outraging deaf people worldwide who said his signs amounted to gibberish. South African officials scrambled Thursday to explain how […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At Nelson Mandela’s memorial, the crowd applauded dignitaries and even cheered the last apartheid-era president. But spectators booed South African leader Jacob Zuma, embarrassing him on an international stage and reflecting challenges that the ruling party, once led by Mandela, faces ahead of elections next year. “Can we please be disciplined?” a […]

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday honored anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalized since the weekend to recover from a lung infection. Zuma unveiled a statue of Mandela in the city of Bloemfontein, also called Mangaung, which next week hosts the ruling African National Congress party’s convention. […]

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday honored anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalized since the weekend to recover from a lung infection. Zuma unveiled a statue of Mandela in the city of Bloemfontein, also called Mangaung, which next week hosts the ruling African National Congress party’s convention. […]