Jacob Zuma
Images of South African President Jacob Zuma, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and France President Francois Hollande are seen in a electronic display as journalists visit the Rio Centro Convention center where will be held the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustentable Development on May 30, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. The UN Rio+20 conference will take place next June 20-22 in this city.
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He has indicated his wish to go back to Qunu at this point
The march called by the ANC is a protest against the continued display and exhibition in that gallery's website of an insulting portrait of president Jacob Zuma
is in good health, and we constantly assure him of the love, support and good wishes of millions of South Africans and people around the worldMore quotes »
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S.African president withdraws case
-- South African President Jacob Zuma has withdrawn his legal case against a gallery that displayed a portrait depicting his genitals.The agreement, in which the Goodman Gallery said it "regrets the pain that the display of the painting has caused," was announced Read more »
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SAfrica: Zuma seeks ban on artwork; vandals hit
-- South African President Jacob Zuma and his African National Congress sought a court order Tuesday to have a painting depicting the president's genitals removed from an art gallery but two men took matters into their own hands by defacing the portrait with Read more »
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Mandela, 93, hospitalized with stomach ailment
"has had a long-standing abdominal complaint and doctors feel it needs proper specialist medical attention," President Jacob Zuma said, asking that Mandela's privacy be respected.The statement did not say at which hospital Mandela was being treated. In 2011, Read more »
Around the web
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Sadc Troika meeting on Zim deferred
Munyaradzi Huni in LUANDA, Angola THE Sadc Troika on Peace, Defence and Security meeting that was scheduled for yesterday evening was deferred to today after its chairman President Jacob Zuma of South Africa failed to turn up. The meeting was convened to 59 m ago from The Herald Read more »
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Cartoon Slideshow: A Painting Causes an Uproar in South Africa
(Left) A painting of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma at an exhibition in Johannesburg. (Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko) | (Right) The painting after it was vandalized by protesters. (Photo: Reuters) The painting that launched a thousand political cart 3:51 PM from PRI's The World Read more »
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Letters: On Jacob Zuma, oceans, the American navy, women, Chinese censorship, island ownership, the Eurovision song contest
Portrait of a president SIR – Once again South Africa has made the headlines for all the wrong reasons, this time over a gallery’s cartoon portrait of President Jacob Zuma (“No joke”, May 26th). Like most decent South Africans, regardless of race or cree 11:05 AM from Economist Read more »
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Enough of "The Spear".
Can we now put “The Spear” behind us and give Jacob Zuma back his dignity and let us focus on some real news for once. The Goodman Gallery and Brett Murray has had their claim to fame. I do not want to see Helen Zille, Pieter Mulder, Thuli Madonsella or 9:25 AM from News24 Read more »
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JZ backs freedom of expression
The government will defend the right of its people to express themselves in any manner, including protest action, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday. He told the National Assembly that freedom of expression was as important and "as understood and appr 9:08 AM from iAfrica.com Read more »
