Jacob Zuma

Former South African President Jacob Zuma Survives Car Crash, Amid Election Tensions, Party Alleges ‘Not A Coincidence’

Mar 29, 2024. by Ekohot Editor

Jacob Zuma’s vehicle involved in collision with drunk driver’s car Incident occurred after Zuma was disqualified from upcoming elections Zuma’s party alleges foul play, citing lack of security upgrades for his vehicle Eko Hot Blog reports that South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, was involved in a car accident overnight, according to police authorities. The … Read more

Court Sends Ex-President Back To Jail [PHOTO]

Nov 21, 2022.Nov 21, 2022. by Otunba T.J Abass

A court in South Africa has ordered that ex-president Jacob Zuma be returned to prison. EKO HOT BLOG reports that an appeal court sitting in South Africa said on Monday that former president, Jacob Zuma, was unlawfully given medical parole from a jail term last year and should return to prison to complete his sentence. … Read more

Ex-South African President Jacob Zuma Ordered To Return To Jail After Medical Parole

Dec 15, 2021. by Ekohot Editor

He began medical parole in September, and in the same month the court dismissed his attempt to overturn the sentence EKO HOT BLOG reports that a South African high court has ordered former president Jacob Zuma to return to jail after setting aside a decision to release him on medical parole. The 79-year-old is serving … Read more

South Africa’s Ex-President Jacob Zuma Granted Medical Parole

Sep 6, 2021. by Ekohot Editor

The decision was motivated “by a medical report” the department received, it said. South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, jailed for 15 months in July for contempt of court after snubbing graft investigators, was on Sunday placed on medical parole just two months into his term, prison authorities announced. Zuma, 79, has been hospitalised since … Read more

Former South African President Jacob Zuma Undergoes Surgery

Aug 16, 2021. by Otunba T.J Abass

The prosecutors may appoint a doctor of their choice to assess whether Zuma is fit to stand trial. Jacob Zuma former President of South Africa who was jailed and was recently moved from prison to a health facility, has undergone surgery and will stay in hospital for further procedures, the government has said. “Mr. … Read more

Alleged Corruption: Jacob Zuma’s Trial Delayed Till September 9

Aug 10, 2021. by Ekohot Editor

Zuma last month began serving a 15-month jail sentence for snubbing a commission probing state corruption under his 2009-2018 presidency The long-running corruption trial of South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma over an arms deal dating back more than two decades was postponed on Tuesday to next month after he was hospitalised last week. The … Read more

Jacob Zuma In The Hospital For Medical Observation

Aug 6, 2021. by Otunba T.J Abass

Jacob Zuma who is 79, is supposed to attend the resumption of a long-running corruption trial on Aug. 10. Jacob Zuma Former President of South Africa President, who was imprisoned for contempt of court last month, had been hospitalized. Jacob Zuma was hospitalised today Friday, August 6, less than a week before he is … Read more

South African Court Defers Jacob Zuma’s Trial For One Month

Jul 21, 2021. by Otunba T.J Abass

Appearing by video link in court on Monday, Zuma seeked a further delay in his corruption trial. A South African court has adjourned former president Jacob Zuma’s arms deal corruption trial to August 10, after he applied for a postponement to appear in person rather than virtually. Zuma’s jailing earlier this month ignited protests by … Read more

Zuma Corruption Trial To Resume Amid Violent South Africa Protests

Jul 18, 2021. by Ekohot Editor

The 79-year-old appeared in person for the opening and pleaded not guilty The dragging corruption trial of South Africa’s jailed ex-president Jacob Zuma resumes on Monday despite deadly violence that swept the nation after his imprisonment in an unrelated case. Zuma faces 16 charges of fraud, graft, and racketeering related to a 1999 purchase of … Read more

Riot Intensifies In S/Africa Over Imprisonment Of Ex-President Jacob Zuma

Jul 14, 2021. by Ekohot Editor

Zuma was sentenced last month for defying a constitutional court order to give evidence at an inquiry investigating high-level corruption during his nine years in office Rioters looted shops and threw stones at police on Tuesday as violent protests triggered by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma spread across South Africa. The military prepared … Read more

Scores Killed In South Africa Protests After Ex-President Jacob Zuma Is Jailed

Jul 14, 2021. by Ekohot Editor

Soldiers patrolled the streets of Johannesburg in armored personnel carriers Tuesday, holding rifles with live ammunition as the military worked to gain some sense of order following the violence. EKO HOT BLOG reports that soldiers and police were struggling to restore order in parts of South Africa on Tuesday, as police said the number of … Read more

Jacob Zuma: Military Deployed To Quell Unrest Over Ex-president’s Jailing

Jul 13, 2021. by Ekohot Editor

Opportunistic criminals appear to be taking advantage of the anger some feel over Zuma’s incarceration to steal and cause destruction, police said. South Africa has deployed military on the streets, to quell the violence that erupted in the wake of former president Jacob Zuma’s jailing, after days of riots left at least six people dead. … Read more

Former South African President Jacob Zuma To Begin Sentence

Jul 8, 2021. by Otunba T.J Abass

Former South African President Jacob Zuma Undergoes Surgery

Zuma also faces a separate court case relating to a $2 billion arms deal in 1999 when he was deputy president. He denied the charges. Former South African President Jacob Zuma turned himself in to the Police on Wednesday to begin 15 months in jail for contempt of court. Lirandzu Themba, Police spokesperson, confirmed … Read more

BREAKING: Court Jails Former South Africa President, Jacob Zuma

Jun 29, 2021.Jun 29, 2021. by Ekohot Editor

South Africa’s constitutional court has on Tuesday ruled that former president Jacob Zuma be imprisoned for 15 months. Jacob Zuma, who’s been repeatedly implicated in aiding and abetting the plunder of state funds during the nine years he led South Africa, has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for defying a court order to … Read more

S’Africa’s Ex-President Jacob Zuma’s Trial Resumes June 30th

Jun 23, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

The trial of South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, on decade-old corruption charges, alongside French arms company Thales, is due to resume on Tuesday. Recall In February, a judge issued a stayed warrant for his arrest after he failed to appear, citing illness. The court, however, rejected his “sick note” saying he would have to … Read more