Jacob Zuma

== Controversies ==

=== Alleged abuses by bodyguards ===
In 2010, Zuma's bodyguards were implicated in multiple incidents involving members of the public and journalists.

In February, a Cape Town student, [[Chumani Maxwele]], was detained by police after allegedly showing Zuma's motorcade a "rude gesture". Maxwele, an active ANC member,<ref>{{cite web |work=[[Independent Online (South Africa)|Independent Online]] |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/pic-zuma-cops-lock-up-jogger-473729 |title=PIC: Zuma cops lock up jogger |location=South Africa |access-date=15 September 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623081841/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=vn20100217062211616C809058 |archive-date=23 June 2010  }}</ref> was released after 24 hours, having provided a written apology to police, which he later claimed was coerced. He also claimed that his home had been raided by plain-clothes policemen, and that he had been forced into the vehicle at gunpoint. Maxwele later instituted legal action against the police,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article327217.ece |title=Zuma jogger to sue police |publisher=Times LIVE |access-date=15 September 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301132945/http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article327217.ece |archive-date=1 March 2010  }}</ref> and a complaint was filed on his behalf to the [[Human Rights Commission]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article351461.ece |title=Zuma jogger case to go to HRC |publisher=Times LIVE |access-date=15 September 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314074010/http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article351461.ece |archive-date=14 March 2010  }}</ref> The incident led to a heated dispute when it was discussed in Parliament.<ref>{{cite web |work=[[Independent Online (South Africa)|Independent Online]] |url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20100304043526705C821173 |title=News – Crime & Courts: MPs blast arrest of jogger |location=South Africa |access-date=15 September 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821113237/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 |archive-date=21 August 2010  }}</ref>

In March, journalist Tshepo Lesole was forced to delete pictures of Zuma's convoy from his camera by police, and two photographers were detained by police when photographing Zuma's Johannesburg home.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/economy/mail-and-guardian-disturbed-by-zuma-house-incident-813364 |title=Mail & Guardian 'disturbed' by Zuma house incident |work=[[Independent Online (South Africa)|Independent Online]] |date=18 March 2010 |access-date=19 February 2018 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Zille: Zuma must rein in his bullies|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2010-03-17-zille-zuma-must-rein-in-his-bullies/|date=17 March 2010|website=[[Mail & Guardian]] |language=en-ZA|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> [[Sky News]] reporter Emma Hurd claimed she had been pushed, manhandled and "groped" by Zuma's bodyguards in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/incoming/article363660.ece |title=Zuma's bodyguards groped me: reporter |publisher=Times LIVE |date=19 March 2010 |access-date=15 September 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322193459/http://www.timeslive.co.za/incoming/article363660.ece |archive-date=22 March 2010  }}</ref>

=== "Shoot the Boer" song ===
In January 2012, Zuma gave a speech at the ANC Centennial 2012 celebrations in [[Bloemfontein]] and, afterwards, sang the controversial song "[[Dubul' ibhunu]]" ("Shoot the [[Boer]]").<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/special-features/the-zuma-era/complaint-laid-against-zuma-1.1242416 |title=Complaint laid against Zuma – The Zuma Era |work=[[Independent Online (South Africa)|Independent Online]] |location=South Africa |date=24 February 2012 |access-date=18 October 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429115636/http://www.iol.co.za/news/special-features/the-zuma-era/complaint-laid-against-zuma-1.1242416 |archive-date=29 April 2012  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=SABC |url=http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/383404804a48659d9b959f8f72c0ef2b/Rightwing-movement-to-lay-hate-speech-charge-against-Zuma-20120224 |title=SABC News.com – Rightwing movement to lay hate speech charge against Zuma:Friday 24 February 2012 |publisher=Sabc.co.za |date=24 February 2012 |access-date=18 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723183036/http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/383404804a48659d9b959f8f72c0ef2b/Rightwing-movement-to-lay-hate-speech-charge-against-Zuma-20120224 |archive-date=23 July 2013  }}</ref>

=== "The Spear" painting ===
In 2012, Zuma was featured in a [[satirical]] painting by Cape Town-based artist [[Brett Murray]], who depicted him in his painting ''[[The Spear (painting)|The Spear]]'', with his genitals exposed. The ANC responded by threatening court action against the gallery showing the painting, and further demanding that the image should be removed from online sources.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stephen|first=Grootes|title=Zuma portrait saga goes to court|url=http://www.ewn.co.za/en/2012/05/19/Zuma%20portrait%20saga%20goes%20to%20court.aspx|access-date=19 May 2012|newspaper=Eyewitness News|date=19 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602173211/http://ewn.co.za/en/2012/05/19/Zuma%20portrait%20saga%20goes%20to%20court.aspx|archive-date=2 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Just Hanging Out|date=18 May 2012|url=http://6000.co.za/just-hanging-out/|publisher=6000 Miles from Civilization|access-date=19 May 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020034534/http://6000.co.za/just-hanging-out/|archive-date=20 October 2012}}</ref> On 22 May 2012, the painting was vandalised while it was hanging in an art gallery in Johannesburg. Zuma's face and genitals were painted over.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jacob Zuma painting vandalised in South Africa gallery|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18159204|access-date=22 May 2012|work=BBC News|date=22 May 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522102315/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18159204|archive-date=22 May 2012}}</ref>

=== Panama Papers revelations ===
[[Khulubuse Zuma|Clive Khulubuse Zuma]], Jacob Zuma's nephew, was named in the [[Panama Papers]]<ref>{{cite web|title = The Power Players: Clive Khulubuse Zuma|url = https://projects.icij.org/panama-papers/power-players/index.html#18|publisher = ICIJ|access-date = 3 April 2016|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160404015649/https://projects.icij.org/panama-papers/power-players/index.html#18|archive-date = 4 April 2016 }}</ref> as a result of his links to oilfields in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (DRC). Shortly after Jacob Zuma met with DRC president [[Joseph Kabila]], Khulubuse Zuma's company Caprikat Limited secured a 100-billion-rand oil deal in the DRC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/the-panama-papers-and-the-zuma-link-20160404 |title=The Panama papers and the Zuma link |publisher=News24 |date=4 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414075555/http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/the-panama-papers-and-the-zuma-link-20160404 |archive-date=14 April 2016  }}</ref><ref name="auto22"/><ref name="du Preez">{{Cite news|last=du Preez|first=Max|date=2 May 2017|title=Could it be Gerrie Nel vs Jacob Zuma?|work=News24|url=http://www.news24.com/Columnists/MaxduPreez/gerrie-nel-could-be-our-last-hope-to-get-rid-of-zuma-20170502|url-status=live|access-date=2 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502093837/http://www.news24.com/Columnists/MaxduPreez/gerrie-nel-could-be-our-last-hope-to-get-rid-of-zuma-20170502|archive-date=2 May 2017}}</ref>