Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is the President of South Africa in 2013. Zuma joined politics with the African National Congress in 1959, before it was banned. in 1961. He then joined the South African Communist Party. He was imprisoned for 10-years for conspiring to overthrow the government. In 1990, the ANC was unbanned, and Zuma was a key ANC leader in the negotiations for the change of the country. He was later elected to parliament in 1999 and became Health Minister and Deputy President of South Africa. In the 2009 election, his party (ANC) won and helped elect him to the role of president. He took the position on 2009 May 29.
The role of president is elected by elected members of parliament, thus indirectly elected.
Jacob Zuma is the current president of SA.
Jacob Zuma
Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe is the Minister in the Presidency for South Africa.
Since South Africa is not a province, nor part of an empire, it is not run by a governor, but rather by a president. The current president of the Republic of South Africais Kgalema Motlanthe. * South Africa is a country.
He was the President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
Daniel F Malan was President of South Africa from 1948 to 1954. He opposed South African participation in WW2 and was one of the primary planners of Apartheid.
Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa.Nelson mandela
South Africa had a president not a prime minister in 2011.It was President Jacob Zuma (South Africa's current president)
The head of the government of South Africa is the president. The current president of South Africa is Jacob Zuma.
Nelson Mandela died on December 5, 2013 in South Africa. He was a former President of South Africa and known for his work in the anti-apartheid revolution.
South Africa has a President
The Africa Cup of Nations was held in South Africa in 2013.
The state president of South Africa in 1982 was Marais Viljoen. He served from 1979 to 1984 and was the last ceremonial state president of South Africa.
South Africa has a president
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for being the president of south Africa and still is the president now
Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe is the Minister in the Presidency for South Africa.
there is no south African vice president.
No, Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States, Jacob Zuma is the president of South Africa. South Africa hasn't had a prime minister since 1984.