Jacob Zuma

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Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (born 12 April 1942)[1] in what is now Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal is a South African politician. He has been the President of South Africa since 2009. [2]

In the 1960s, he was against the government of South Africa's policy of apartheid. He spent some time in prison on Robben Island for conspiring to overthrow the government.[3]

  1. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1113190/Jacob-Zuma
  2. Shinn, David H.; Joshua Eisenman China and Africa: A Century of Engagement University of Pennsylvania Press 2012 page 351
  3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18678408

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