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South African President Jacob Zuma addresses the nation and press at the government's Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. South Africa's President Jacob Zuma says he will resign 'with immediate effect' (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Ouster in South Africa

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES Shares

Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as South African president on Thursday after the resignation Wednesday of Jacob Zuma. (Associated Press)

South Africa’s new president has a small amount of time to make a big difference

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times Shares

Secretary General of the African National Congress, (ANC) Ace Magashule, makes a statement at a briefing at the ANC headquarters in downtoan Johannesburg, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Magashule said the scandal-tainted President Jacob Zuma must leave office. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africa’s ruling party demands that Jacob Zuma resign

By Christopher Torchia - Associated Press Shares

South African President Jacob Zuma (left) clings to power with former ally and designated heir apparent Cyril Ramaphosa waiting in the wings to take over the troubled African National Congress. Mr. Ramaphosa won election in ANC to cause the power struggle. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

South Africa’s tale of two presidents a riveting read

By Geoff Hill — Special to The Washington Times Shares

The election of Cyril Ramaphosa as president of the African National Congress is seen as a particularly sweet triumph for a small minority long overshadowed by more powerful blocs in post-apartheid South African politics. (Associated Press)

South Africa’s tiny Venda tribe celebrates Ramaphosa’s ANC leadership victory

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times Shares

African National Congress standard-bearer Jacob Zuma has support from only 28 percent of South Africans, and 65 percent feel he should resign as president, according to a recent Ipsos poll. (Associated Press/File)

Political divisions, corruption scandals threaten South Africa’s ANC party

By Zaheer Cassim - Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times Shares

Zuma

Zuma defiant as challenges to his power mount

By Geoff Hill — Special to The Washington Times Shares

Jacob Zuma Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Of arms and the man named Zuma

By David Keene - The Washington Times Shares

Leader of the official opposition Democratic Alliance Mmusi Maimane talks to the press at the election results center in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. Since South Africa's first all-race election in 1994, the African National Congress party has had widespread support on the strength of its successful fight against white-minority rule. But this is its worst-ever election showing after corruption scandals and a stagnant economy that has frustrated the urban middle class. "The tide in our country is turning," the leader of the leading opposition party says.(AP Photo/Herman Verwey)

South Africa’s ruling party suffers biggest election setback

By Cara Anna - Associated Press Shares

South African Economic Freedom Fighters, EFF, disrupt the official opening session inside Parliament while security personnel dressed in white shirts try and stop the action in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Security guards entered South Africa's parliament on Thursday to remove opposition lawmakers who disrupted an annual address by President Jacob Zuma to demand that he answer questions about a spending scandal. (AP Photo/Rodger Bosch, Pool)

Corruption questions block South African President Zuma’s State of the Nation speech

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times Shares

South African President Jacob Zuma will deliver his State of the Nation speech on Thursday amid widespread discord. (Associated Press)

South Africa’s Jacob Zuma set for State of the Nation showdown

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times Shares

Residents protest what high electricity prices in Ekangala, located near the South African capital of Pretoria. South Africans are unhappy about electricity cuts that have plagued the country since early December, and the rolling blackouts could spell trouble for the ruling African National Congress at the ballot box. (Associated Press)

South Africa power blackouts problematic for ANC as poor claim unfair targeting

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times Shares

An ANC supporter waits for the ruling party president Jacob Zuma to arrive at a victory party downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, following the announcement of the results for the 2014 national election result Saturday May 10, 2014. South Africa's election commission completed a vote count that confirms the ruling African National Congress as the winner but also shows the strengthening of prominent opposition groups. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

EDITORIAL: South Africa must move beyond Zuma

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES Shares

Elderly and disabled South African voters, assisted by nurses, cast their ballots during early voting for special groups at the Nazareth House old-age home in Johannesburg, South Africa Monday, May 5, 2014. South Africa goes to the polls on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 in elections that are likely to see the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party return to power with a smaller majority due to voters disaffected by corruption in government and economic inequality. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

ANC ruling party set for victory in South Africa despite charges of ballot interference

By Geoff Hill — Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times Shares

A woman sells chicken feet at a market in Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria. South African President Jacob Zuma said Monday that he anticipates an election victory this week. (Associated Press)

South Africa’s ruling ANC party sees popularity on decline as elections near

By Geoff Hill — Special to The Washington Times Shares

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2005, file photo, former South African President Nelson Mandela, 87, is in a jovial mood at the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, where he met with the winner and runner-up of the local "Idols" competition. South Africa's president says, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, that Mandela has died. He was 95. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)

Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, dies at age 95

By James Morrison - The Washington Times Shares

A South African Police Service forensic officer digs up a grave for the exhumation of two bodies that are believed to be those of young activists at Avalon Cemetery in Johannesburg on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Authorities believe the bodies are those of two young activists last seen 24 years ago at the home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Bodies exhumed in killings tied to Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie

By Michelle Faul - Associated Press Shares

Public praying for ailing Mandela in hospital for unspecified tests

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press Shares

People take photos of the giant statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Mandela Square in Johannesburg on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. South Africans prayed for Mr. Mandela's health and anxiously awaited further word about the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader after he was admitted to a military hospital on Saturday. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

South Africa at crossroads as Mandela is hospitalized

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press Shares

S. Africa’s president could face intraparty challenger

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press Shares

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