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Duduzile Zuma, right, former South Africa's President Jacob Zuma's daughter watches on as a journalist asks a question during media briefing where her father was expected in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, June 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma arrested on terrorism charges over riots

A daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma has been arrested on terrorism charges for allegedly inciting violence during deadly riots that shook the country in 2021.

FILE - Former president of the A.N.C. and South Africa, Jacob Zuma, waves to supporters after casting his ballot in Nkandla, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, Wednesday, May 29, 2024 during the general elections. The African National Congress (ANC) announced Monday, July 29, 2024 that Zuma has been expelled from the ANC. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Former South Africa president Zuma is expelled by his former ANC party after forming a challenger

FILE - Former president of the A.N.C. and South Africa, Jacob Zuma, waves to supporters after casting his ballot in Nkandla, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, Wednesday, May 29, 2024 during the general elections. Former South African President Jacob Zuma was expected to face a disciplinary hearing with the African National Congress party, after campaigning against the organization he once led as head of a new political party in national elections in May. Wednesday's hearing could lead to Zuma, 82, being expelled from the ANC. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Former South African president Zuma faces expulsion from the ANC after joining a rival party

Former president and now leader of the MK Party, Jacob Zuma, speaks at the Results Operation Centre (ROC) in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, June 1, 2024. The African National Congress party has lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South African political party led by Zuma seeks to halt parliament election of country’s president

African National Congress (ANC) spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, during a news briefing at the party headquarters in Johannesburg, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Bhengu-Motsiri said top officials in the ANC have had initial talks with representatives of five other parties over a coalition or agreement to form a government but no decision has been made. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africa’s weakened ANC talks with 5 parties over possible coalition but says it’s still early

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Former president and now leader of the MK Party, Jacob Zuma, speaks at the Results Operation Centre (ROC) in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, June 1, 2024. The African National Congress party has lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Former South Africa leader Zuma threatens legal action over allegations of election irregularities

Supporters of Umkhonto weSizwe party react during an election meeting in Mpumalanga, near Durban, South Africa, Saturday, May 25, 2024, in anticipation of the 2024 general elections scheduled for May 29. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

South Africa’s surprise election challenger is evoking the past anti-apartheid struggle

Veteran fighters parade as they wait for former South African President Jacob Zuma to arrive at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024. Zuma, who has turned his back on the African National Congress (ANC) he once led, will face South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced him as leader of the ANC in the general elections later in May. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Former South African President Jacob Zuma criticizes top court over election disqualification

Former South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024. Zuma, who has turned his back on the African National Congress (ANC) he once led, will face South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced him as leader of the ANC in a bitter battle in the general elections later in May. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Who is Jacob Zuma, the former South African president disqualified from next week’s election?

Former South African President Jacob Zuma greets supporters at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024. Zuma, who has turned his back on the African National Congress (ANC) he once led, will face South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced him as leader of the ANC in the general elections later in May. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Ex-South African leader Zuma, now a ruling party critic, is disqualified from next week’s election

Former South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024. Zuma, who has turned his back on the African National Congress (ANC) he once led, will face South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced him as leader of the ANC in a bitter battle in the general elections later in May. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Former South Africa leader Zuma promises jobs and free education as he launches party manifesto

FILE - Former South African President Jacob Zuma, centre, with his legal team in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on Jan. 31, 2022 during a hearing of his corruption trial. Former South African President Jacob Zuma will go on trial for corruption next April, four years after he was formally charged with taking bribes in connection with a multi-billion-dollar arms deal and 20 years after he was first implicated, prosecutors said Thursday May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, Pool, File)

Ex-South African leader’s corruption trial date set as he fights another case to run for election

FILE - Former South African President Jacob Zuma addresses supporters of the newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, March 27, 2024. South African police are investigating if former President Jacob Zuma’s new political party forged supporters’ signatures to register for national elections next month. (AP Photo, File)

South African police investigate if former president’s party forged signatures to contest elections

South Africa’s ANC loses another court case against rival party led by former president Zuma

FILE — Former South African president, Jacob Zuma, sings and dances after addressing his supporters of the UMkhonto WeSizwe, (MK) party outside the High court in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, April 11, 2024. For the first time since 1994, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) might receive less than 50% of votes after Zuma stepped down in disgrace in 2018 amid a swirl of corruption allegations and has given his support to the newly-formed MK. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe/File)

How South Africa’s former leader Zuma turned on his allies and became a surprise election foe

Former South African President Jacob Zuma in the Electoral High Court in Johannesburg Monday April 8 2024. South Africa's Electoral Court has ruled, Tuesday, April 9, 2024 that Zuma can stand for office as a lawmaker in the country's upcoming elections, (AP Photo)

A South African court overturns ban, rules that former leader Jacob Zuma can run in the election

Former South Africa leader Jacob Zuma is barred from running in elections, election authority says

FILE - Former South African President Jacob Zuma speaks during a press conference in Soweto, South Africa, on Dec. 16, 2023, where Zuma gave his backing to a new party, uMkhonto weSizwe, (MK) for this year's national elections. South Africa's ruling African National Congress party has failed in its legal bid to have MK deregistered and disallowed from participating in the country's upcoming elections. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

South Africa’s ANC fails in bid to ban former leader Zuma’s party from polls

FILE - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures while standing next to Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, left, ahead of his state of the nation address at the City Hall in Cape Town on Feb. 8, 2024. A special investigations unit searched the home of South Africa's Speaker of Parliament on Tuesday March 19, 2024 and seized evidence as part of a probe into accusations that she accepted bribes in her previous role as defense minister. (Rodger Bosch/pool photo via AP, File)

Investigators search the home of South Africa’s Parliament Speaker over bribery allegations

African National Congress supporters carry a mock coffin of former President Jacob Zuma as they gather at the Mose Mabhida stadium in Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, for their national manifesto launch in anticipation of the 2024 general elections. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa’s ruling ANC takes rival party to court in fractious buildup to election

African National Congress supporters at the Mbombela, South Africa, Stadium Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. The ruling party celebrated the 112th anniversary of its establishment ahead of national elections, expected to be the toughest since it came to power in 1994. (AP Photo)

South Africa’s ruling party marks its 112th anniversary ahead of a tough election year

Former South African President Jacob Zuma, centre speaks as his daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla listens, during a press conference in Soweto, South Africa, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. Zuma has denounced his ruling African National Congress party and announced that he will vote for a newly-formed political formation in the country's general election next year. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South African ex-President Jacob Zuma has denounced the ANC and pledged to vote for a new party

FILE - South Africa's Koeberg nuclear power station is seen on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. The South African government has on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 announced plans to build new nuclear power stations to generate more electricity amid an energy crisis in the continent’s most advanced economy. The move to invite bids was immediately criticized by the main political opposition party. It claimed Russian state-owned nuclear agency Rosatom was the South African government’s “preferred partner.”(AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, file)

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South African cabinet minister and 3 other lawmakers cleared of corruption in parliamentary probe

FILE - South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma speaks during a media briefing in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 22, 2022. Zuma was taken back to prison on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, and released shortly after receiving a special remission authorized by President Cyril Ramaphosa, prison officials announced on Friday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Former South African President Zuma taken back to prison and released again within 2 hours

South African Defence Force (SANDF) patrol at a toll station in Durban, South Africa, Friday July 14, 2023. South Africa deployed the army in four of its provinces after at least 21 trucks carrying goods were set on fire in various parts of the country in the span of five days. The move came amid concerns of more violent unrest over a court decision that could send former president Jacob Zuma back to jail, although authorities denied the two issues are connected. (AP Photo)

South Africa deploys army over burning of trucks, braces for unrest over ex-president’s court case