Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. On May 14, South African president and African National Congress (ANC) party ...

H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini Zuma is a trailblazer in the upliftment and empowerment of women across the African continent. Her career as an activist and politician is testimony to her ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A female leader on Monday was inaugurated into the top leadership position at the African Union for the first time. South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma took charge of ...

Weak leadership was to blame for the African National Congress's (ANC) poor performance in South Africa's local elections, according to the head of the African Union (AU) Commission. Nkosazana Dlamini ...

Although South Africa is ready for a female president, financial resources and difficulties limit women to challenge the position. ANC veteran and member of the National Executive Committee (NEC), ...

Like a truly professional politician, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma steadfastly refused to see the irony. Here she was in Paris on 15 November, 2012, as chair of the African Union (AU) Commission, having ...

Africa needs a skills revolution if it is to fully develop and take its rightful place in the world, says African Union Commission chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Speaking in an interview ...

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who is vying to unseat African Union head Jean Ping, is one of South Africa's most powerful women, known for her competent management and stern personality. A veteran of the ...

South African President Jacob Zuma has publicly endorsed his ex-wife for the leadership of the African National Congress, the party which has governed the country since the end of racial segregation ...

She would bring with her the same torpid inaction she brought to the AU. Her supporters say she has kept the AU ship steady, and this is true, but she has done nothing to reinvigorate the organisation ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is a fierce campaigner against racial inequality whose hostility to big business has rattled investors in South Africa. She is also one of two front ...