Jacob Zuma

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Jacob Gedleyihlema (born 12 April 1942) is a South African politician who served as South Africa's fourth President from 2009 to resign on February 14, 2018.

Zuma was also known by his initials JZ and his clan name Msholozi.Moma served as South Africa's deputy president from 1999 to 2005, but was dismissed by President Thabo Mbeki in 2005 after Zuma's financial advisor, Schabir Shaik, was found to soliciting a bribe for Zuma.

After losing Mbeki at the ANC conference in Polokwane, Zuma was nevertheless elected President of the African National Congress (ANC) on December 18, 2007.

Mbeki resigned on September 20, 2008, after being recalled by the ANC's National Executive Committee.

The recall followed Judge Christopher Nicholson of South Africa's decision that Mbeki had improperly interfered with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), as well as the criminal trial of Jacob Zuma for corruption. In the 2009 general election, Zuma led the ANC to victory and was elected President of South Africa.

He was re-elected president of South Africa at the ANC conference in Mangaung on December 18, defeating challenger Kgalema Motlanthe by a large majority and remaining president of South Africa following the 2014 general election, partly due to growing dissatisfaction with Zuma's presidency. Before and during his presidency, Zuma faced serious judicial issues.

Personal life

In an interview, he said:

Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane reported that the state spousal support budget was around R15.52 million, less than a year into Zuma's presidency, responding to a parliamentary inquiry from the Democratic Alliance (DA). Helen Zille, the Opposition leader, voiced disapproving. In subsequent years, Zuma's spokesperson, Mac Maharaj, emphasised that South Africa did not have a formal office of the first lady, and that the state did not assist the President's wives or children except insofar as it funded some travel expenses and spousal attendance at formal functions. Yet, activists in the ANC's Eastern Cape branch of the First Church of South Africa were in favor of a law that only Zuma's first wife should be eligible for state assistance in June 2012.

His wives are:

Zuma has also courted other women, including Princess Sebentile Dlamini, niece of Swazi King Mswati III. Zuma paid the traditional lobola in cattle but not married as of 2022, although the Citizen announced in 2017 that they were still engaged. He was also engaged to Nonkanyiso Conco (born 16 October 1993), a cast member of Real Housewives of Durban. They are no longer involved and are widely dissatisfied, according to reports, they are divorced, but they do have a child together, Sakh'muzi (born 12 April 2018).

Mziwolo Edward, Zuma's firstborn child, was born in 1977 to Minah Shongwe, the niece of Judge Jeremiah Shongwe, who asked to be barred from Zuma's rape trial due to the family's friendship. Nonkululeko, a Pietermaritzburg businessman, has two daughters, born 1998 and 2002, as well as Nonkwaleko (sometimes also wrote Nonkwaleko) Mhlongo, who was born in 1990 and to whom he was rumored to be engaged. In March 2017, Mhlongo allegedly outlined a scheme for defrauding the KwaZulu-Natal government, but not with Zuma's knowledge. According to reports, three children from Johannesburg and one to a woman from Richard's Bay are among his other children. Thandekile Matina, the daughter of soccer administrator Irvin Khoza, was born 8 October 2009 to Sonono Khoza, and three children from Johannesburg.

Khoza gave birth to Zuma's daughter in 2009 in January 2010, and Zuma later revealed that he had paid inh law, acknowledging paternity and appealing for anonymity. Zuma's behavior was criticized by Opposition parties. Both the African Christian Democratic Party and the DA said that the government's HIV/AIDS prevention program, which advocated safe sex and marital fidelity, was undermined. Zille, the deputy prime minister, also stated that it was not purely private concern, because elected public officials had to uphold the principles and values for which they stood. Zuma could no longer use African cultural traditions to justify his "promiscuity," according to People's Congress, and Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille said that Zuma is asking people "to do as I say and not as I do."

Zuma denied that the incident was related to the government's HIV/AIDS program at the time and appealed for anonymity. On February 6, Zuma expressed sorrow "deeply regretting the pain" he caused to his family, the ANC, the alliance, and South Africans in general" amid burgeoning public opinion. The ANC initially defended Zuma, insisting that there were no links between its HIV/AIDS policies and Zuma's personal lives, but the ANC later acknowledged the widespread disapproval on Friday, saying that it had listened to the public and learned "many valuable lessons." "Zuma is our father, so we are not qualified to talk about it," ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema said, but the Youth League has pledged to continue focusing on its HIV/AIDS service and "one boyfriend, one girlfriend" campaign in a national awareness drive. Nosipho Ntwanambi, deputy president of the African Women's League, told ANC Women's League:

Zwelinzima Vavi, the general secretary of the ANC's Tripartite Alliance partner the Congress of South African Trade Unions, said he did not pass no decision but wished that the situation would be "on Zuma's conscience" while still reiterateing Zuma's demand for anonymity.

Grandkids

According to the media, Zuma is a grandfather to seven children, but there are many grandchildren of Zuma. However, his recognizable grandkids have been named "Sethu," "Amahle," "Sthelwesihle," "Asante," "Azizah" and "Akhila," according to reports close to him.

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Early life and political career

Zuma was born in Nkandla, Natal Province (now part of KwaZulu-Natal): 1 & a child, and he walked around Natal and the suburbs of Durban as a child. Nobhekisisa's father was a policeman who died before Zuma was five years old, and his mother Geinamazwi was a domestic servant. In Zulu, he's middle name, Gedleyihlekisa, means "one who smiles while still causing you harm." He was not formalized in school.

Michael (died 2021), Joseph, and Khanya, as well as at least one sister, Velephi (died 2019), are among his three brothers (died 2019). Michael Zuma, a building firm, admitted to using his elder brother Jacob's political status to secure a government job for the company in exchange for a homestead in Nkandla.

Zuma began participating in anti-apartheid politics at an early age and was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1959. He became a founding member of Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1962, two years after the ANC was barred. He was arrested in the western Transvaal, now part of the North West Province, in that year. Zuma was sentenced to ten years in prison for plotting to overthrowrown the apartheid government on Robben Island, alongside Nelson Mandela and other key ANC figures detained during that period. Zuma was a referee for prisoners' association football games, which were run by the prisoners' own governing body, Makana F.A.

Zuma was instrumental in the re-establishment of ANC underground structures in Natal after he was released from jail. He first left South Africa in 1975 and was first based in Swaziland, where he met Thabo Mbeki, and then in Mozambique, where he dealt with the arrival of thousands of prisoners looking for military education following the 1976 Soweto revolt. He was a full member of the ANC National Executive Committee in 1977 and a member of the ANC's Politico-Military Council when it was established in 1983. He served as Deputy Chief Representative of the ANC in Mozambique, a post he occupied until the Nkomati Accord was signed between the Mozambican and South African governments in 1984. He was appointed as the ANC Chief Representative in Mozambique after signing the Accord. The South African government requested that Mozambican authorities expel six senior members of the ANC, including Zuma. He was forced to leave Mozambique in January 1987 and moved to the ANC's Lusaka, Zambia, where he was appointed Head of the ANC's underground department and then posted chief of intelligence shortly thereafter.

Zuma was also a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP); he joined in 1963, served briefly on the party's Politburo from April 1989, and then left in 1990.

Zuma was one of the first ANC leaders to return to South Africa (on March 21, 1990) to begin negotiations when the ANC was unbanned in February 1990. He was elected unopposed as the ANC's Southern Natal Chairperson later this year. Zuma, who was born in Zulu, became a leading peace broker in Natal during the period of brutality that was concentrated in the province and primarily concerned about nationalist supporters of the Zulu-dominated ANC and supporters of the Zulu-nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). He has also been credited with increasing the ANC's Zulu support base in Natal. Zuma was elected Deputy Secretary-General at the ANC's general assembly in July 1991.

Zuma was the ANC's nominee for the premiership of his newly constituted home province, KwaZulu-Natal, in 1994 general election, South Africa's first democratic election. Mandela was elected president and Mbeki his deputy, but KwaZulu-Natal was lost to the IFP. In KwaZulu-Natal, Zuma became a member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Economic Affairs and Tourism. He was elected ANC Provincial Chairperson for KwaZulu-Natal in December 1994, and he succeeded Pallo Jordan and Jeff Radebe by a large margin. He served in both positions until 1997, after being re-elected Provincial Chairperson in 1996.

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