Jacob Zuma

 

UJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (  UZulu: [Gedleyihlekisa Zuma]; wazalwa ngo-12 ku-Mbasa ngonyaka ka-1942) ungusopolitiki waseNingizimu Afrika owayengumongameli wesine waseNingizimu Afrika kusukela ngonyaka ka-2009 kuya ku-2018.  Uphinde abizwe ngamagama akhe okuqala JZ namagama omndeni UNxamalala noMsholozi. UZuma wayengumshisekeli owayeliswana nobandlululo, ilungu loMkhonto weSizwe, futhi wayengumongameli we-I-African National Congress (ANC) kusukela ngo-2007 kuya ku-2017.

UZuma wazalelwa esifundeni sasemaphandleni saseNkandla, manje esiyingxenye yesifundazwe saKwaZulu-Natal futhi esikhungweni sokusekela uZuma. Wajoyina i-ANC eneminyaka engu-17 ngo-1959 futhi wachitha iminyaka eyishumi ejele LaseRobben Island njengesiboshwa sezombusazwe. Waya ekudingisweni ngo-1975 futhi ekugcineni wamiswa njengenhloko yomnyango wobunhloli we-ANC. Ngemva kokuba i-ANC ingavinjelwe ngo-1990, ngokushesha wakhuphuka ebuholini bezwe futhi waba yiphini likanobhala-jikelele ngo-1991, usihlalo kazwelonke ngo-1994, nephini likamongameli ngo-1997. Wayeyiphini likamongameli waseNingizimu Afrika kusukela ngo-1999 kuya ku-2005 ngaphansi kukaMongameli UThabo Mbeki, owalandela UNelson Mandela. U-Mbeki waxosha u-Zuma ngo-14 June 2005 ngemuva kokuba umeluleki wezezimali kaZuma, UShabir Shaik, egwetshwe ngecala lokukhokhela inkhohlakalo ka-Zuma maqondana nesivumelwano sezikhali. UZuma wamangalelwe ngenkohlakalo futhi kanye namacala okudlwengula ecaleni lika-2006 elaziwa kakhulu. Wakwazi ukugcina ukusekelwa komfelandawonye wangakwesobunxele ngaphakathi kwe-ANC, okwamvumela ukuba asuse uMbeki njengomongameli we-ANC ngoDisemba 2007 engqungqutheleni yokukhetha ye-ANC ePolokwane.

UZuma wakhethwa njengomongameli waseNingizimu Afrika okhethweni luka-2009 futhi wathatha isikhundla ngo-9 Meyi. Amacala obugebengu amangalelwe ngawo akhishwa ngokusemthethweni ngesonto elifanayo. Njengomongameli, wasungula i-R4-trillion National Infrastructure Plan futhi wasayina isivumelwano sokuphazamiseka kwamandla enuzi nohulumeni waseRussia, owavinjelwa yiNkantolo Ephakeme yaseWestern Cape ngo-2017. Njengelungu le-South African Communist Party, wancika kakhulu enkulumweni ye-I-populist yesobunxele, futhi enkulumeni yakhe ye-State of the Nation ka-2017 wamemezela inqubomgomo entsha "yenguquko enkulu yezomnotho". Phakathi kwezinqubomgomo ezimbalwa ezasetshenziswa ngaphambi kokuphela kokubusa kwakhe kwakuwukuqashwa kwezwe ngaphandle kwesinxephezelo, imfundo ephakeme yamahhala, uchungechunge lwemizamo yokwakhiwa kwemikhakha eyinhloko ehilela imingcele yobunikazi bakwamanye amazwe, kanye nezidingo eziqinile zokunikeza amandla omnyama kwezomnotho. Ezindaweni zamazwe ngamazwe, uZuma wagcizelela Ukubambisana kweNingizimu neNingizimu kanye nokuxoxisana kwezomnotho. Ukwamukelwa kweNingizimu Afrika eqenjini le-BRICS kuye kwachazwa njengokunqoba okukhulu kukaZuma, futhi udunyiswe ngenqubomgomo yakhe ye-HIV / AIDS.