Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is a South African politician who served as the fourth president of South Africa from 2009 to 2018. He is also referred to by his initials JZ and clan name Msholozi. Zuma was a former anti-apartheid activist,member of Umkhonto we Sizwe,and president of the African National Congress (ANC) from 2007 to 2017.
The National Treasury is one of the departments of the South African government. The Treasury manages national economic policy,prepares the South African government's annual budget and manages the government's finances. Along with the South African Revenue Service and Statistics South Africa,the Treasury falls within the portfolio of the Minister of Finance. Throughout the course of President Jacob Zuma's second administration,the ministry has undergone several changes. Most notably,Nhlanhla Nene was suddenly dismissed on 9 December 2015,without explanation,and replaced with a relatively unknown parliamentary back-bencher from the ruling ANC's caucus,David 'Des' van Rooyen for a record-total of 3 days. He was,in turn,replaced by Pravin Gordhan after the President faced significant pressure from political and business groups over the move. On 30 March 2017 Jacob Zuma axed Pravin Gordhan and appointed Malusi Gigaba as a Finance Minister. Following Zuma's resignation,President Cyril Ramaphosa returned Nhlanhla Nene as Minister in his cabinet reshuffle on 26 February 2018.
Knowledge Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba is a South African politician who served as Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of South Africa appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa from 27 February 2018 until his resignation on 13 November 2018. He also held the post from 25 May 2014 to 31 March 2017 as appointed by former President Jacob Zuma. He previously served as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs,Minister of Public Enterprises and Minister of Finance in the government of South Africa. He is currently a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress.
Corruption in South Africa includes the improper use of public resources for private ends,including bribery and improper favouritism. Corruption was at its highest during the period of state capture under the presidency of Jacob Zuma and has remained widespread,negatively "affecting criminal justice,service provision,economic opportunity,social cohesion and political integrity" of South Africa.
Lynne Brown is a South African politician who is a former Minister of Public Enterprises and former Premier of the Western Cape Province. She was born in Cape Town and grew up in Mitchells Plain. She was appointed Premier of the Western Cape following the resignation of Ebrahim Rasool in July 2008. Previously,she was Minister for Economic Development and Tourism. She is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and an elected member of its National Executive Committee in 2007 and 2012. She is from a coloured background and was the fourth coloured premier of the Western Cape,the second from the ANC,and the first openly gay person to be appointed to a cabinet post in any African government.
Zwelini Lawrence Mkhize is a South African medical doctor and politician who served as the Minister of Health from May 2019 until his resignation on 5 August 2021. He previously served as the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2018 to 2019. Before that,he was the fifth Premier of KwaZulu-Natal from 2009 to 2013.
Barbara Anne Hogan is a former Minister of Health and of Public Enterprises in the Cabinet of South Africa.
Nhlanhla Musa Nene served as the Minister of Finance of South Africa under President Jacob Zuma from 25 May 2014 until his controversial removal on 9 December 2015,and under President Cyril Ramaphosa from 27 February 2018 until his resignation on 9 October 2018. He also previously served as the Deputy Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of South Africa from November 2008 to May 2014,as chairperson of the Finance Portfolio Committee in the South African Parliament,and as a Member of Parliament for the African National Congress (ANC) starting in 1999. His home is in Kranskop,KwaZulu-Natal.
Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan is a politician and anti-apartheid activist who has held various ministerial posts in the Cabinet of South Africa. He served as Minister of Finance from 2009 until 2014 and again from 2015 until 2017,as Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2014 until 2015,and as Minister of Public Enterprises since February 2018.
State capture is a type of systemic political corruption in which private interests significantly influence a state's decision-making processes to their own advantage.
The Hawks are the South African Police Services' Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI),which targets organised crime,economic crime,corruption,and other serious crime referred to it by the President or another division of the South African Police Service (SAPS). It was set up as the Scorpions by the Thabo Mbeki administration in 2001 but President Jacob Zuma replaced it with the Hawks as its succession in 2008,with much new associates.
Ngoako Ramatlhodi,a senior member of the African National Congress,was South Africa's Minister of Public Service and Administration from 2015 to March 2017. In the first Zuma administration he had been an MP and a controversial member of the Judicial Service Commission. He resigned as MP in 2017.
Godfrey Phumulo Masualle is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape who has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly since May 2019. He was Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises from May 2019 to March 2023,and before that he was the sixth Premier of the Eastern Cape from May 2014 to May 2019.
David Douglas van Rooyen is the former Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Africa. He took office on 13 December 2015 and was dropped from cabinet on 27 February 2018 by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The Gupta family is a wealthy and influential business family from India,with close ties to former South African President Jacob Zuma and his administration. The family's most notable members are the brothers Ajay,Atul,and Rajesh "Tony" Gupta—as well as Atul's nephews Varun,and US-based Ashish and Amol. The family's business empire in South Africa spanned a variety of industries,including mining,media,and technology. The family name has become synonymous with corruption in South Africa as well as undue influence,and state capture. They have been sanctioned by multiple countries for their activities,with investigations ongoing in both South Africa and the United States. Many prominent South Africans and politicians have been linked to the family's alleged corrupt activities,including members of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party. The Gupta family has since fled South Africa and their current whereabouts are unknown although since fleeing the country their presence has been reported in Switzerland,the United Arab Emirates (UAE),and Vanuatu.
Jacob Zuma's tenure as South Africa's fourth post-apartheid president began on 9 May 2009 and ended on 14 February 2018. He held office under a mandate from the parliamentary caucus of the African National Congress (ANC),which had governed South Africa since 1994 and which won comfortable majorities in the 2009 and 2014 national elections. His presidency was beset by controversy,and he faced,and defeated,an impeachment attempt and a record eight motions of no confidence in the South African Parliament,four of which went to a vote. His party asked him to resign in February 2018,ahead of the constitutional end of his second term.
The 54th National Conference of the African National Congress (ANC) took place from 16 to 20 December 2017 at the Johannesburg Expo Centre in Nasrec,Gauteng. At the conference,the ANC elected its National Executive Committee (NEC) and other top internal leaders. Often referred to as the Nasrec Conference,it was held during the centenary of the birth of former ANC President Oliver Tambo and was convened under the theme,"Remember Tambo:Towards Unity,Renewal and Radical Socioeconomic Transformation."
Sfiso Norbert Buthelezi is a South African politician and a member of the country's ruling party,the African National Congress.
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture,Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State,better known as the Zondo Commission or State Capture Commission,is a public inquiry established in January 2018 by former President Jacob Zuma to investigate allegations of state capture,corruption,and fraud in the public sector in South Africa.
Enoch Godongwana is a South African politician and former trade unionist who is currently serving as the Minister of Finance since August 2021. He is a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC).
