Jacob Zuma Foundation

{{Short description|South African foundation}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

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| founders = Jacob Zuma

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| location = Atterbury House, Hampton Office Park, 20 Georgian Crescent, Bryanston, Gauteng

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| website = {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20160216234716/http://www.jacob-g-zumafoundation.org/}}

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The Jacob Zuma Foundation is a foundation created by former South African President Jacob Zuma.

Following Zuma's arrest and imprisonment for contempt of court, the foundation has made a number of public statements in his support. These have ranged from denouncing Zuma's sentence,{{Cite web|date=1 July 2021|title=Jacob Zuma Foundation denounces constitutional court ruling sending the former president to jail|url=https://mg.co.za/news/2021-07-01-jacob-zuma-foundation-denounces-constitutional-court-ruling-sending-former-president-to-jail/|access-date=26 July 2021|website=The Mail & Guardian}} justifying violent protests, which caused 342 deaths{{cite news|last1=Davis|first1=Rebecca|last2=Nicolson|first2=Greg|last3=Simelan|first3=Bheki|date=8 August 2021|title=South Africa's three bloodiest days: 342 dead, and we are still in the dark|work=The Daily Maverick|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-08-08-south-africas-three-bloodiest-days-342-dead-and-we-are-still-in-the-dark/}} during the 2021 South African unrest,{{Cite web|title=WATCH {{!}} Zuma foundation defends KZN protest action {{!}} eNCA|url=https://www.enca.com/news/watch-zuma-foundation-defends-kzn-protest-action|access-date=26 July 2021|website=www.enca.com}} to issuing statements expressing concern for Zuma's health during his imprisonment.{{Cite web|title=Zuma Foundation concerned about former president's health|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/zuma-foundation-concerned-about-former-presidents-health-73e551fe-7ef6-4519-badf-001778d152c8|access-date=26 July 2021|website=www.iol.co.za}}