Word: nelsons
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...arrested and convicted of trying to overthrow the government in 1964 and sentenced to 10 years on Robben Island, where he reportedly cheered up fellow inmates like Nelson Mandela with songs and impromptu theatre...
...Appointed deputy president in 1999 by Thabo Mbeki, who became South Africa's president after Nelson Mandela retired in 1998. Their relationship soured in 2005, when Mbeki sacked Zuma following a corruption scandal in which Schabir Shaik, a close Zuma associate, was found guilty of corruption and fraud for paying him some $180,000 in bribes...
...Many party elders are horrified that such a man should step into shoes once occupied by Nelson Mandela, but they can't deny that he has achieved an African rarity: the peaceful overthrow of a powerful incumbent." - Rian Malan, an award-winning South African author, on Zuma's accomplishments. (TIME...
...days, is an unabashed polygamist. That's just one of the personal quirks causing some foreigners to shudder at the prospect of Zuma assuming control of one of Africa's most successful democracies. An uneducated freedom fighter who hoisted himself out of poverty and served a prison sentence alongside Nelson Mandela under South Africa's Apartheid regime, Zuma is heralded as a canny politician whose rough-hewn populism - his unofficial song is the Zulu anthem "Bring Me My Machine Gun", which he's been known to sing at jam-packed rallies - has proven an irresistible lure for many...
South Africa goes to the polls Wednesday in an election billed as the most important since Nelson Mandela led his nation to overthrow apartheid 15 years ago. How so, when the result - a landslide for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the election of its leader Jacob Zuma to the presidency - is barely in doubt? Here's TIME's quick question-and-answer guide to South Africa's general election: (Read "Why South Africa's Over The Rainbow...