SA: Jacob Zuma weds fifth wife

  1. Posted on Wednesday 30 December 2009 - 13:33
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    Nangayi Guyson, AfricaNews reporter in Kampala, Uganda Photo: One of the wives of Zuma
    President Jacob Zuma is all set to marry his fifth wife, disclosed Inkosi Bhekumuzi Zuma - a relative of the South Africa leader and head of Zuma's clan in his home area of Nkandla. The president is scheduled to tie the nuptial knot next Monday, January 4 2010.
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    He said Zuma's other fiancé, Gloria Bongi Ngema from Durban, had presented umbondo (gifts) to the Zuma family on Monday. Umbondo is the last Zulu traditional ceremony before the wedding. It is done after lobolo (dowry) has been paid.

    It was not known when Zuma would tie the knot with Ngema.

    Zuma married Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma, his third wife, two years ago during a traditional wedding at his Nkandla home. The wedding will be a "private affair" attended by "close friends, family and locals", according to reports in the Sowetan newspaper.

    Zuma's spokesman, Vincent Magwenya, refused to comment on the coming wedding, saying it was a family affair.

    Approached for comment during Zuma's Christmas party in Nkandla, Zuma's aide Zizi Kodwa also declined to comment.

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