Jacob Zuma: Power failure
Andrew England South Africa’s president is mired in scandals that have tarnished his and the ANC’s reputation ©Corbis W ith a characteristic mix of defiance and mirth, Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s president, has chuckled…
Jacob’s Ladder
Jacob Zuma is a former goatherd, a master of traditional Zulu stick-fighting, a resistance hero, a one-time spymaster, a graceful dancer, and the father of some 20 children. He has been tried for rape and…
Jacob Zuma accused of corruption ‘on a grand scale’ in South Africa
Friday 29 November 2013 12.27 EST Opposition say president should be investigated if preliminary findings that he misspent huge sums of public money are upheld Jacob Zuma’s aides said they ‘cannot comment on a report that…
Jacob Zuma: Top 5 Things You Didn’t Know
05/22/2009 05:12 am ET | Updated May 25, 2011 Catherine LyonsHuffington Post Jacob Zuma, current president of the African National Congress and the leading candidate in South Africa’s presidential election Wednesday, is quite the character….
Jacob Zuma Biography
Jacob Zuma was elected president of South Africa in 2009. In 2007, he won the presidency of the African National Congress, the country’s leading political party. Synopsis Born in Nkandla, South Africa, on April 12,…
P W BOTHA
Pieter Willem Botha commonly known as “PW” an Botha was born on the farm Telegraaf in the Paul Roux district of the Orange Free State , the son of Afrikaner parents. He was the only…
Chronology of Key Events
Case Studies in Sanctions and Terrorism << Case Studies Index Case 62-2 UN v. South Africa (1962-1994: Apartheid; Namibia) Case 85-1 US, Commonwealth v. South Africa (1985-91: Apartheid) | Chronology of Key Events | Goals…
SANCTIONS ON SOUTH AFRICA: WHAT DID THEY DO?
ECONOMIC GROWTH CENTER YALE UNIVERSITY P.O. Box 208269 27 Hillhouse Avenue New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8269 CENTER DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 796 Philip I. Levy Yale University February 1999 Note: Center Discussion Papers are preliminary materials circulated…
Economic Sanctions against South Africa and the Importance of Switzerland
Economic Sanctions against South Africa and the Importance of Switzerland In 1986 – about 40 years after the beginning of Apartheid – South Africa’s most important trading partners (the USA, the EC, and Japan) imposed…
Apartheid
by Thomas W. Hazlett The now-defunct apartheid system of South Africa presented a fascinating instance of interest-groupcompetition for political advantage. In light of the extreme human rights abuses stemming from apartheid, it is remarkable that…