It was elected in the general election of 22 April 2009, and first met on 6 May of that year to elect Jacob Zuma as the fourth President of South Africa.
The most recent edition of the magazine, from Fall 2013, features an article by South African president Jacob Zuma and an interview with former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
In 2008, the Sunday Times reported that Ferrostaal allegedly gave former president Thabo Mbeki R30 million in bribes, some of which was allegedly shared with current president Jacob Zuma.
In the 2009 cabinet reorganization after the election of President Jacob Zuma, the portfolio's responsibilities were divided and transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform.
According to South African President Jacob Zuma "If you do not vote, you are depriving yourself of a freedom we have fought for and given you.
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In late March 2010 CPPCC Chairman Jia Qinglin (贾庆林) visited South Africa and met with South Africa's President Jacob Zuma and signed contracts worth more than US$300 million.
In March 2010, he was nominated by South African President Jacob Zuma to succeed Yvo de Boer as the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Slier has interviewed leading politicians including Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniye, former Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Israeli President Shimon Peres, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Republika Srpska Prime Minister, Milorad Dodik, the former Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union Eduard Shevardnadze and South African President Jacob Zuma.
Jacob Zuma of the ruling African National Congress won the election with 277 votes (13 more than the number of seats held by the ANC), while Mvume Dandala of the Congress of the People got 47 votes.
A noted dissenter from the predominant opinion of COSATU, he had publicly backed Thabo Mbeki for the presidency at the African National Congress's 2007 national conference in Polokwane while the trade union federation had adopted a resolution backing Jacob Zuma.