Manuel's sharp reaction to Manyi's remarks provoked an equally sharp response from Paul Ngobeni, a prominent backer of Jacob Zuma and John Hlophe.

In response to Darren Simpson's parody of South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma's ongoing rape trial of 2006 – for which Zuma was acquitted – Zuma filed a defamation lawsuit on 30 June 2006, for the sum of R 5 million.

Shaik demanded an immediate response to this “ extremely delicate matter ” from Thétard, but Thétard failed to respond and by 19 October, Shaik in his role as Zuma ’ s financial advisor, attempted to stop all construction on Nkandla, prompting Zuma to tell his contractors to ignore Shaik ’ s orders.

In a leaked letter to Jacob Zuma in October 2008, just-resigned President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki alluded to the role the ANC created for her in the anti-apartheid activism:

However, through the Tripartite Alliance and the sitting of many SACP members on the ANC's NEC, the SACP has wielded influence from within the ANC, often serving as an ideological opposition against the presidency and socio-economic policies of Thabo Mbeki ( 1999 – 2008 ); this became most apparent with the ouster of Mbeki from the presidencies of both the party ( 2007, by vote ) and the government ( 2008, by ANC party recall ) and his eventual replacement in both offices with Jacob Zuma, who is widely seen as being more conciliatory to the ideological demands of both the SACP and COSATU.

This region is the birthplace of many notable figures in South Africa's history, such as Pixley ka Isaka Seme ( founder of the African National Congress and the first Black lawyer in South Africa ), John Langalibalele Dube ( founding president of the ANC ), Mangosuthu Buthelezi ( founder of the IFP ), Chief Albert Luthuli ( ANC president and the first African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize ), Anton Lembede ( founding president of the ANC Youth League ), Jacob Zuma ( current President of South Africa ), and Bhambatha.

On 5 April 2009, the Independent Democrats confirmed De Lille's attendance at the announcement of the National Prosecuting Authority the following day regarding its decision either to drop or to maintain its case against ANC President Jacob Zuma, who had been implicated in the Arms Deal.

The cartoon depicts a scene where the ANC president's ( Jacob Zuma ) staunchest supporters ( ANC Youth League president Julius Malema, secretary general of the ANC-Gwede Mantashe, SACP secretary general Blade Nzimande and Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi ) are holding down Lady Justice, while Jacob Zuma is in a state of undress getting ready to " rape " Lady Justice.

Zuma is the President of the African National Congress ( ANC ), the governing political party, and was Deputy President of South Africa from 1999 to 2005.

Zuma became the President of the ANC on 18 December 2007 after defeating incumbent Thabo Mbeki at the ANC conference in Polokwane.

On 14 April 2009, the Guardian newspaper withdrew one of his articles from its website after ANC leader and current South African President Jacob Zuma sued the paper for defamation.

* Jacob Zuma ( ANC ): 1999 – 2005

In early 2008 Highveld together with their sister station Radio 702 submitted a complaint to the South African Human Rights Commission after the Forum of Black Journalists refused white journalists entry to a lunch with ANC President Jacob Zuma.

In 1991, with Jacob Zuma, then an ANC party chairperson for southern Natal, he set up the Peace and Reconstruction Foundation to rebuild the devastation that political violence had wrought in the province of Natal.

On 8 January 2012, after giving a speech at the ANC Centennial 2012 celebrations in Bloemfontein, South Africa, president Jacob Zuma sang the lyrics " shoot the Boer.

Zuma was later elected as the President of the ANC.

When apartheid ended, many former exiled African National Congress ( ANC ) leaders returned home to financially ruined lives, such as Jacob Zuma, one of the most important Zulu ANC members.

Groups hostile to the ANC immediately demanded that Zuma be charged with corruption as well.

Under intense pressure from within the ANC as well as the public, Zuma's spokesperson Lakela Kaunda announced on 14 June 2005 that Zuma would resign his seat in parliament.

After the inauguration of Jacob Zuma as South Africa's president in May 2009 de Klerk said he is optimistic that Zuma and his government can " confound the prophets of doom ".

" Mama Sisulu has, over the decades, been a pillar of strength not only for the Sisulu family but also the entire liberation movement, as she reared, counselled, nursed and educated most of the leaders and founders of the democratic SA ", Zuma said.

Shaik said that he would use his political connections in order to facilitate the contracts and tenders, because at that point both Shaik and Zuma were confident that Zuma would be made Deputy President in the post-Mandela government.

She concluded by saying that she knew that Shaik said the word Zuma often because she often overheard him while he was on the phone.

Shaik's counsel, François van Zyl, said Shaik would testify that as far as he knew, Zuma had by now paid all his creditors and should have no problem paying him back.

" Van Zyl produced a written revolving credit agreement between Shaik and Zuma of which, he said, Parliament was informed.

Ian McLeod, credit manager at Absa Group Limited, one of South Africa's largest banks, said that neither Shaik nor Zuma mentioned the agreement when they were asked to make a list of their assets and liabilities.

From what he saw, he said that he " doubted very much if Zuma could repay Shaik.

Abdool Qadir Mangerah said that he was a close friend of Zuma.

He said that he helped Zuma out of friendship and gave him interest-free loans just like Shaik claimed he did.

Van der Walt said Zuma intervened in sorting out Nkobi's shareholding in ADS, a company strategically placed to get a multimillion-rand contract in the arms deal.

But he said it was about a donation for the Jacob Zuma Education Trust.

Singh also said that she overheard Shaik calling Zuma the next day.

Zuma said that when he was asked in Parliament if the revelations at the Shaik trial were a blot on the moral regeneration programme headed by him, he replied, " not at all, I don't look at it that way.

Judge Squires also said that he was convinced that Shaik gave Zuma " a sustained level of support " designed to maintain a lifestyle the politician could never have afforded otherwise, and that this was an investment in Zuma's political profile from which Shaik expected to benefit.

* 1942 – Jacob Zuma, African politician, President of South Africa

Among those political prisoners was current President of South Africa Jacob Zuma who was imprisoned there for ten years.

Winnie secured fifth place on the ANC's electoral list for the 2009 general election, behind party president and current President of South Africa Jacob Zuma, former President of South Africa Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President of South Africa Baleka Mbete, and Finance Minister Trevor Manuel.

* April 12 – Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa

* President Jacob Zuma ( South Africa )

U. S. President Barack Obama had asked South African President Jacob Zuma to delay Aristide's departure to prevent him from returning to Haiti before a presidential run-off election scheduled for Sunday.

President Jacob Zuma paid tribute to Ma Sisulu in the wake of her death.

In 2005, the unit instituted proceedings against the country's Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, leading to his dismissal.

H. M. Queen Elizabeth II has established the custom of awarding an honorary GCB to visiting heads of state, for example Gustav Heinemann, and Josip Broz Tito ( in 1972 ), Ronald Reagan ( in 1989 ), Lech Wałęsa ( in 1991 ), Dr. Censu Tabone, President of Malta, in 1992, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, George H. W. Bush ( in 1993 ), Nicolas Sarkozy in March 2008, Turkish President Abdullah Gül, Slovenian President Dr Danilo Türk Mexican President Felipe Calderón, and South African President Jacob Zuma.

The first President to be elected under the new constitution was Nelson Mandela, and the incumbent president is Jacob Zuma.

After the elections, the Freedom Front's leader Pieter Mulder was appointed as Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries by the new President Jacob Zuma.

President Zuma attended the official inauguration of the Ndlela monument in Eshowe, Kwazulu-Natal.

In attendance was the then Deputy President Jacob Zuma, and other ministers.

* Led by President Jacob Zuma, in office since 9 May 2009

In 2006, former Deputy President of South Africa Jacob Zuma furthered his claim of being " tried by the media " and has threatened to bring defamation action against various elements of the press for remarks that he alleges are defamatory.