Jacob zuma
Mzasni's fourth democratically elected president, Jacob Zuma, resigned from presidency at the age of 75.
He resigned with immediate effect on national TV, after 9 years in power!
"I have...come to the decision to resign as the president of the republic with immediate effect," Zuma told reporters at the Union Buildings on Wednesday night.
Zuma's time as president has been marked by controversy, ranging from his relationship with the controversial Gupta family, dropped charges of corruption and his acquittal on a charge of rape, to the upgrades to his Nkandla homestead.
Zuma's time as president has been marked by controversy, ranging from his relationship with the controversial Gupta family, dropped charges of corruption and his acquittal on a charge of rape, to the upgrades to his Nkandla homestead.
His resignation comes after a massive raid at the Gupta mansion in Saxonworld on Wednesday morning.
READ: HAWKS RAID GUPTA HOME!
After many calls for him to step down as the president, the day that many South African never thought would come, has finally come.
Zuma has been the president of the Republic of South Africa since May 2009.
He was in his second five-year term of presidency when he called it quits!
READ: HAWKS RAID GUPTA HOME!
Hawks are seen at the Guptas compound in Saxonworld
THE HAWKS are currently carrying out a raid at the Guptas house in Saxonworld, Joburg.
As a dramatic raid is carried out on the Gupta family’s Saxonwold compound, City Press has learnt of the imminent arrest of at least two Gupta brothers as well as Duduzane Zuma.
City Press said it was told by a senior source within the security cluster that two Gupta brothers as well as President Jacob Zuma’s son face arrest from today in connection with money laundering, fraud and corruption charges related to the failed dairy farm project in Vrede, Free State.
The source was unable to reveal which two of the three Gupta brothers are set to be arrested.
However, City Press has established that elder Gupta brother Ajay is in the country.
