Zuma: South Africa's charismatic, yet divisive ex-president
Former South African president Jacob Zuma addresses his supporters in front of his rural home in Nkandla for the first time since he was given a 15-months sentence for contempt of court on July 04, 2021. PHOTO/ AFP
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What you need to know:
A Zuma-led ANC faction in 2009 disbanded an elite anti-corruption body set up by his predecessor, known as the Scorpions, after it began irking the president and his allies.
Born on April 12, 1942 in a rural hamlet in KwaZulu-Natal province, Zuma joined the ANC as a teenager, when the party was still underground, and rose through its ranks.
