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    Jacob Zuma

    President of South Africa from 2009 to 2018

    His Excellency

    Jacob Zuma

    Zuma in November 2017

    In office
    9 May 2009 – 14 February 2018
    Deputy
    • Kgalema Motlanthe
      (2009–2014)
    • Cyril Ramaphosa
      (2014–2018)
    Preceded byKgalema Motlanthe
    Succeeded byCyril Ramaphosa
    In office
    18 December 2007 – 18 December 2017
    Deputy
    • Kgalema Motlanthe
      (2007–2012)
    • Cyril Ramaphosa
      (2012–2017)
    Preceded byThabo Mbeki
    Succeeded byCyril Ramaphosa
    In office
    14 June 1999 – 14 June 2005
    PresidentThabo Mbeki
    Preceded byThabo Mbeki
    Succeeded byPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
    In office
    20 December 1997 – 18 December 2007
    PresidentThabo Mbeki
    Preceded byThabo Mbeki
    Succeeded byKgalema Motlanthe
    In office
    20 December 1994 – 20 December 1997
    Preceded byThabo Mbeki
    Succeeded byMosiuoa Lekota
    In office
    7 July 1991 – 20 December 1994
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    How first lady Tobeka Zuma lost 30kg in a year

    Elegant in a fitted purple lace dress, first lady Tobeka Madiba Zuma arrived in the reception room of the president's official Durban residence. Her smile was radiant and she appeared taller than usual - a combination of the cream stilettos and a new-found slender figure.

    President Jacob Zuma's fifth wife was welcoming and hospitable, but first there was a security kontroll at John Dube House in Morningside and a meeting with her personal assistant, Khanyisile Maphumulo, who assured us that "Madam Zuma", as the staff call her, would not be long. Soon the first lady herself was there.

    "Welcome, my dear," were her first words as she seated herself on an imposing couch.

    This was a rare opportunity to interview - and man small talk with - the president's wife, who is known for her style and glamour. She wanted to talk about her foundation, but the opportunity to discuss her weight loss was overwhelming. Madiba Zuma

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    Jacob Zuma - the survivor whose nine lives ran out

    The 75-year-old is a proud polygamist - following a Zulu tradition - and currently has four wives. He has been married six times in total, and has 21 children. One of his wives, Mozambican Kate Mantsho, took her own life in 2000.

    However, he is also known for his infidelity and has fathered a child with another woman.

    It wasn't long until people were questioning his carefully crafted "people's president" image. By 2013, it lay in tatters following the upgrading of his residence in the rural area of Nkandla, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, using state funds.

    By the time of the memorial for South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, in December of that year, ANC supporters were openly heckling and booing him in front of foreign dignitaries - including US President Barack Obama.

    "He is eating when we are hungry," one protester said, capturing the public anger over the Nkandla upgrade, whi