President jacob zuma biography of mahatma

          Apart from Mahatma, many South Africans of Indian origin and specifically Hindus, played a prominent part in our struggle for freedom and are..

          This is how South African President Jacob Zuma described the association of Mahatma Gandhi with his country.

        1. This is how South African President Jacob Zuma described the association of Mahatma Gandhi with his country.
        2. And,its success is visibleacross a range of our discussions today, President Zuma and I reviewed the full spectrum of our engagement.
        3. Apart from Mahatma, many South Africans of Indian origin and specifically Hindus, played a prominent part in our struggle for freedom and are.
        4. Speech of the President of the Republic of India, H.E. Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, at the Banquet Hosted by the President of the Republic of South Africa.
        5. Legendary Mahatma Gandhi.

          6. Early Life 

          Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma famously known as Jacob Zuma was born to Nobhekisisa and Geinamazwi Zuma on the 12th of April 1942 in Nkanla, South Africa.

          Zuma is the firstborn of five children of his father. His mother had three sons with his father, Zuma being the eldest. He got his middle name ‘’Gedleyihlekisa’’ from his father who constructed the name from a Zulu phrase, which translated into English;  “I cannot keep quiet when someone pretends to love me with a deceitful smile.” 

          His father was a policeman who died when Zuma was five.

          His notions of Satyagraha (passive resistance) and the equality of all human beings were forged in South Africa, where he served his apprentice as a Mahatma.

          After his death, he and his mother left for his mother’s parental home in kwaMaphumulo, Natal. At age 7, he started herding his grandfather’s cattle while his mates are in school. His mother was not happy seeing him rear cattle and wished she could take him back to Nkandla but there was no school there. 

          When Zuma grew up to the youth stage, his mother had to p