South Africa Prez marries for fifth time and is already making plans for his sixth!
South Africa Prez marries for fifth time and is already making plans for his sixth!Wearing leopard skins and carrying a Zulu shield in a traditional ceremony in his hometown, South Africa's polygamous President Jacob Zuma has married for the fifth time.
The 67-year-old and his new bride, Thobeka Madiba, 30 years his junior, danced in an open field at his homestead in Nkandla, a village deep in the KwaZulu-Natal province.
The two formally wed when a tribal elder asked Madiba if she accepted to join the Zuma family. When she agreed, he pronounced her Zuma's third current wife.
Madiba, who reportedly has three children with Zuma, attended the president's inauguration in May. Since then, she has attended official functions and is referred to as Thobeka Madiba-Zuma.
Even as his wedding preparations were on, a gift-giving ceremony was held earlier this week, signalling he had paid the traditional dowry, for his latest fiancu00e9e, Bongi Ngema.
Other wivesHis first wife, Sizakele Khumalo, whom he married in 1973, attended the ceremony. Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma, his second wife, was at the homestead preparing for the reception in a massive tent.
One of Zuma's earlier wives committed suicide in 2000, while in 1998 he divorced Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who remains the home affairs minister. Polygamy is legal in the country, but mostly practised in rural areas.
