Zuma fathers a new baby from 24-year-old lady

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma is hugging the headlines again with reports that he has fathered a new baby from a 24-year-old woman. She gave birth to his child in a Durban hospital last week Thursday on his birthday, News24 reported yesterday. The mother is identified as Nonkanyiso Conco and is set to become […]

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South Africa to increase spending on higher education – Zuma

South Africa will raise subsidies to universities to 1 percent of gross domestic product over the next five years from nearly 0.7 percent at present as recommended by a commission on higher education funding, President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday. “As a result of this substantial increase in subsidy to universities, there will be no […]

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South Africa’s Zuma faces crucial no confidence vote

South Africa’s parliament was voting Tuesday on a motion of no confidence in embattled President Jacob Zuma that could force him to resign after months of growing anger over alleged corruption. Zuma has survived six previous attempts to unseat him in parliament, but this is the first to be held by secret ballot after parliamentary […]

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South Africa will exit recession “quicker than we believe”

South African President Jacob Zuma told parliament on Thursday the economy would come out of recession “quicker than we believe”, his first public comments since data showed Africa’s most industrialised economy was struggling. The country sank into recession for the first time in eight years in the first quarter, hit by weakness in consumer sectors […]

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S. A finance minister Gordhan sacked in shock reshuffle

The South African rand plunged more than five percent after President Jacob Zuma sacked his finance minister, a man widely seen as a competent manager of one of the world’s most important emerging economies. Finance minister Pravin Gordhan was ousted and ten new cabinet appointments made in a dramatic reshuffle that could split the ruling […]

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