Jacob Zuma

Jacob Zuma: we will begin to write a new story about South Africa—the story of how, working together, we drove back unemployment and reduced economic inequality and poverty. It is beginning to look possible. Speech: State of the Nation Address. - Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa www.voicegig.com President Zuma: When freedom was attained in 1994, South Africa inherited a problem of structural unemployment which goes back to the 1970s. Employment...Read Full Story

MaringaInc: RT @Julius_S_Malema: It was agreed that Pres. Zuma's head is too big to fit bank notes; unless it's an A4 size paper.Read Full Story

African Union: Commission chair vote ends in deadlock China has built a new headquarters for the African Union A vote to choose a new chairman for the secretariat of the African Union has ended in deadlock – despite three rounds of voting. No clear winner emerged between incumbent Jean Ping, of Gabon, and South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. The vote has now been deferred until the next AU summit in Malawi in July. A BBC correspondent says Mr Ping will now...Read Full Story

This is good . South African President Jacob Zuma reportedly criticized Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini for saying that gays are "rotten", reports News24 . "Traditionally, there were no people who engaged in same sex relationships. There was nothing like that and if you do it, you must know that you are rotten," [the king] said at a ceremony on Sunday marking the 133rd anniversary of the Battle of Isandlwana, where the Zulu army defeated British imperial forces. "I don't care how you feel...Read Full Story

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - President Jacob Zuma squashed more than two years of talk on Friday about the nationalization of South Africa's massive mining sector, saying state control or ownership of the mines in the world's biggest platinum producer could not work.Read Full Story