Crimes committed while in office return to haunt former South African President Zuma as court orders him to repay $1.6m in legal fees
In 2021, Zuma served two months in prison for contempt of court after defying a judicial order to testify at an inquiry probing corruption during his presidency. Additionally, he faces charges of corruption, racketeering, fraud, tax evasion and money laundering in relation to a multi-billion-dollar arms deal the South African government signed with a French arms manufacturer in 1999 when he was an influential politician.
South Africa’s government of national unity on trial as DA takes its partner ANC to court in sign
The coalition, referred to as a “government of national unity,” created a new political landscape for South Africa after the ANC had governed since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule in 1994.
President Ramaphosa hails South Africa’s coalition government as united and tackling poverty
Cyril Ramaphosa’s address began what South Africa calls “the seventh administration” — just the seventh government to be formed since the country was freed from the racist system of apartheid in 1994 and people of all races were allowed to vote.
