Jacob Zuma

=== Mandela's memorial ===
[[File:Mandela-Memorial 8175.JPG|thumb|220x220px|A jumbotron shows Zuma entering Mandela's memorial on 10 December 2013]]In a press conference on 5 December 2013, Zuma announced the death of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first democratically elected president.<ref>{{cite web|date=5 December 2013|title=President Jacob Zuma on death of former President Nelson Mandela|url=http://www.gov.za/speeches/view.php?sid=42463|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214114924/http://www.gov.za/speeches/view.php?sid=42463|archive-date=14 February 2014|access-date=8 December 2013|publisher=The Presidency}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=5 December 2013|title=President Jacob Zuma announces the passing of Madiba|work=SABC|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltwj1ftRJ68|url-status=live|access-date=8 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606143409/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltwj1ftRJ68|archive-date=6 June 2014}}</ref> The memorial took place on 10 December 2013 at [[FNB Stadium]] near [[Soweto]]. When Zuma entered the stadium parts of the crowd booed him loudly.<ref>{{cite web|date=31 March 2013|title=South African president Jacob Zuma booed at Mandela memorial|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/10508338/South-African-president-Jacob-Zuma-booed-at-Mandela-memorial.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413015424/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/10508338/South-African-president-Jacob-Zuma-booed-at-Mandela-memorial.html|archive-date=13 April 2016|access-date=31 March 2016|website=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-12-10|title=South African President Zuma humiliated at Nelson Mandela memorial|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-dec-10-la-fg-wn-nelson-mandela-memorial-jacob-zuma-20131210-story.html|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> Ramaphosa and Archbishop [[Desmond Tutu]] called for discipline,<ref name="Thelwell-2013">{{Cite web|last=Thelwell|first=Emma|date=2013-12-10|title=Mandela memorial: why the crowds booed President Zuma|url=https://www.channel4.com/news/mandela-memorial-why-the-crowds-booed-president-zuma|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Channel 4 News|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="Mnyanda-2013">{{Cite web|last=Mnyanda|first=Siya|date=2013-12-11|title=Mandela memorial: it's the ANC that's betrayed South Africa, not the booing|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/11/nelson-mandela-anc-jacob-zuma-boo|access-date=2022-01-13|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> with Ramaphosa telling the crowd in Zulu that the country could address its internal disagreements when foreign dignitaries were not present.<ref name="Grootes-2013">{{Cite web|last=Grootes|first=Stephen|date=2013-12-10|title=Booing Zuma: Is this the turning point?|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-12-10-booing-zuma-is-this-the-turning-point/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Daily Maverick|language=en}}</ref> Some South African commentators said that the crowd's actions were unexpected,<ref name="Thelwell-2013" /><ref name="Grootes-2013" /> and they were widely linked to the ongoing [[Nkandla homestead|Nkandla scandal]],<ref name="Thelwell-2013" /><ref name="Whitaker-2013">{{Cite web|last=Whitaker|first=Raymond|date=2013-12-10|title=Nelson Mandela memorial: The booing of Jacob Zuma shows that divisions still remain|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/nelson-mandela-memorial-the-booing-of-jacob-zuma-shows-that-divisions-still-remain-8996467.html|access-date=2022-01-13|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Meredith|first=Charlotte|date=2013-12-10|title=Outrage As Jacob Zuma Is Booed At Nelson Mandela Memorial|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/12/10/jacob-zuma-nelson-mandela_n_4417586.html|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Huffington Post|language=en}}</ref> a draft of the Public Protector's provisional report had been leaked the previous week, or to dissatisfaction with Zuma's administration more generally.<ref>{{cite news|date=16 December 2013|title=The boos for Jacob Zuma represent Mandela's success|publisher=Al Jazeera|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2013/12/jacob-zuma-nelsonmandelasouthafricaanc.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114100632/http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2013/12/jacob-zuma-nelsonmandelasouthafricaanc.html|archive-date=14 January 2014}}</ref> Others suggested that the booing reflected frustration with the lack of socioeconomic change under the ANC government since Mandela's presidency,<ref name="Whitaker-2013" /> or that it reflected enduring divisions within the ANC; the crowd also chanted Mbeki's name.<ref name="Grootes-2013" /> In a public statement, the ANC chastised those who had booed, saying they had embarrassed the country.<ref name="Mnyanda-2013" /> The [[South African Broadcasting Corporation]] (SABC) was criticised for having cut away from the booing in its live broadcast of the memorial.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-12-11|title=SABC censors footage of Zuma booing at Mandela memorial|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2013-12-11-sabc-censors-footage-of-mandela-memorial-zuma-booing/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=[[Mail & Guardian]] |language=en-ZA}}</ref>