JACOB ZUMA

South Africa slips into 2nd recession in two years

Miners welcome S.Africa's plans to open up power generation

S.Africa protest forces president to suspend state of union speech

Arrest warrant issued for S.Africa ex-president Zuma

South African Airways begins last-ditch rescue plan to prevent 'collapse'

South African Airways secures state-led rescue

South African Airways strike called off after deal signed

S.Africa unions threaten to 'shut down' aviation sector

South African Airways hit by crippling strike

South African Airways cancels all flights after strike call

South African Airways cancels flights ahead of strike

South African Airways workers to strike over mass layoff plans

South Africa's state-owned power company Eskom is to be split into three entities, with transmission the first to become a stand-alone unit

The corruption trial of South Africa's embattled former president Jacob Zuma has been delayed again after his lawyer announced Tuesday he would appeal.The last-minute move pushes back a long-awaited trial over bribery allegations dating back to a 1990s arms deal. Zuma dismissed the charges as a conspiracy.If it goes ahead, the trial would be the first time Zuma faces a court on graft charges, despite a string of accusations over his long political career.

Zuma in dates

The US Treasury has sanctioned close associates of South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma, pictured here, who is at the center of a massive corruption scandal

The son of South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma on Monday denied allegations by the former deputy finance minister that he was offered a $40-million bribe.Duduzane Zuma, 35, was testifying before a judicial inquiry probing allegations that his father organised a systematic plunder of government coffers in a scandal known as "state capture".He has been named by various witnesses that have appeared before the inquiry, including former ministers, as having been a conduit for the Guptas, a wealthy migrant business family that allegedly had a corrupt relationship with his father.

As literacy rate in South Africa remains at an all-time low and millions are without healthcare or proper sanitation, the people will be looking to Cyril Ramaphosa to bring drastic reformation across the nation.

His family said, Masekela died peacefully in Johannesburg, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with prostate cancer.

The South African president has been at the receiving end of criticism after he sacked Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan last week.

A half-naked woman walking down a street near the Table Mountain in Fresno, California, has claimed she was a mermaid.