abstract:Robert Jacob (December 5, 1879—1944) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal from 1918 to 1920, and again from 1922 to 1927.
African notables included Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and South African President Jacob Zuma.
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Mr Mbeki's deputy, Jacob Zuma, may have triggered the rand's latest slide by seeming to sympathise with Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, whose policies have pushed South Africa's neighbour to the brink of economic collapse.