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    World Xenophobia: What South Africans Are Saying About Nigerians

    South African Government has assured that it will continue to collaborate with major stakeholders in Nigeria to find lasting solution to xenophobic attack of Nigerians in South Africa. The South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Lulu Mnguni, gave the assurance on Thursday in Abuja said...
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    World White House Silent on Trump's Call to Buhari, Zuma

    The White House is yet to acknowledge that President Donald Trump had a phone conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and President Jacob Zuma of South Africa. The phone calls were not mentioned during the White House daily press briefing, neither was it mentioned on the...
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    World South Africa: What Jacob Zuma and President Trump Discussed

    US President Donald Trump today called South African President Jacob Zuma shortly after speaking with President Muhammadu Buhari. READ: What President Buhari and US President Trump Discussed The South African government has issued a press release on the phone call. Read statement below...
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    World Jacob Zuma Confirms Trump's Call, Nigeria Yet To React

    South African Presidency has confirmed a request from the White House for a telecon between President Zuma and President Trump this afternoon. Nigerian Bulletin had earlier reported that United States President, Donald Trump will today speak by phone to Nigerian president Buhari at 3:45 pm...
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    World Donald Trump to Call President Buhari, Zuma on Phone Today

    US President Donald Trump will today speak to President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and President Jacob Zuma of South Africa. Trump is expected to call Buhari on phone at 3:45pm [Lagos time]. Zuma's call will happen at 5:10pm [Lagos time]. Geoffrey York, Africa correspondent for The Globe...
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    World South African President, Jacob Zuma Picks Race As Storm Destroys His Tent At Public Event [PHOTOS]

    There was chaos in a high profile event in South Africa, after strong winds ripped through a tent where President Jacob Zuma was giving a speech, forcing him and his audience to flee. Mr Zuma was giving a speech as part of national Reconciliation Day in Gopane in the country's North-West...
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    World Winnie Mandela Calls on Jacob Zuma to Resign

    Winnie Mandela has joined calls for the resignation of South African President, Jacob Zuma. TELEGRAPH UK reports that Winnie Mandela said the ruling African National Congress needed new leaders. "We cannot pretend we do not have problems, we cannot pretend things are not wrong in our...
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    World President Zuma Pays Back $542,000 Public Funds Spent Refurbishing His Private Home

    South African President Jacob Zuma has paid back $542,000 of public money spent refurbishing his private home, his office said Monday, in a controversy that has dominated his second term in office. The country’s highest court found earlier this year that Zuma had violated the constitution by...
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    World South Africa: Jacob Zuma's Rape Case Resurrected By 4 Protesters

    South African President, Jacob Zuma was publicly embarrassed by four protesters - Simamkele Dlakavu, Tinyiko Shikwambane, Naledi Chirwa and Amanda Mavuso, who reminded the public that somewhere in his past lies a rape accusation. GUARDIAN UK reports that the four women staged a silent...
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    World South Africa Reacts Angrily To US, Britain Over Terrorist Attacks

    The Jacob Zuma-led South African government reacted angrily on Wednesday to warnings by the United States and Britain about possible imminent “terrorist” attacks by Islamic extremists in the country’s major cities. Without naming the countries, a strongly-worded statement described the warnings...
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    World South Africa's President, Zuma Survives Impeachment Plot

    South Africa’s President, Jacob Zuma, on Tuesday survived an impeachment vote in parliament launched after the constitutional court ruled he had ignored an order to repay state funds spent on his private home. The big majority of the African National Congress in the 400-seat assembly ensured...
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    World South Africa's Jacob Zuma Faces Impeachment

    South Africa's parliament is due to vote on an opposition-sponsored motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma. The Democratic Alliance (DA) said he was no longer fit to govern after the country's highest court ruled last week that he had breached the constitution by failing to repay public money...
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    World South African Court Orders President Zuma to Repay State Funds

    South Africa’s Constitutional Court has ordered President Jacob Zuma to repay some of the $16 million in public funds used for upgrades at his private home. The 11 justices of the Constitutional Court unanimously ruled that the President should reimburse some of the sum spent on the...
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    Business READ What House of Representatives Said About MTN Fine After Jacob Zuma's Visit

    The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Telecommunications, Hon. Sajeed Fijabi, on Wednesday insisted that MTN Nigeria should be made to pay the N1.04 trillion fine in full instead of reducing it to N780bn. Speaking in a meeting with the Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu and...
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    Business How MTN's Failure to Register SIMs Aided Boko Haram Activities – Buhari

    President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday while receiving the South Africa president, Jacob Zuma has said the failure of the MTN Nigeria Ltd to disconnect millions of unregistered subscribers had contributed to the killing of thousands of Nigerians by Boko Haram terrorists. He said it was for that...
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    Politics South African President, Jacob Zuma In Nigeria - See Photos

    President Jacob Zuma of South Africa arrived Nigeria last night on a two day state visit. He was received by former vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama. During his visit, Zuma will have bilateral talks with President Buhari, meet with the Nigerian...
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