Jacob Zuma
About Jacob Zuma
The South African President from 2009 to 2018. Zuma faced numerous corruption allegations, resulting in 783 charges of fraud, racketeering, and money laundering. His presidency was marked by state capture, the systematic looting of state institutions by the Gupta family. Zuma was forced to resign in 2018. In 2021, he was imprisoned for contempt of court, sparking the worst riots in South Africa since the end of apartheid. Zuma was later released on medical parole. His corruption and the state capture era devastated South African institutions and the economy.
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