Zuma takes wife No. 6
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April 16, 2012, Monday
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SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma, who turned 70 last week, will marry for the sixth time next weekend when he takes his long-time fiancee, Bongi Ngema, as his fourth current wife, his spokesman said yesterday.
Polygamy forms part of Zulu culture and is legal in South Africa, and Zuma, a Zulu traditionalist, has 21 children, according to the presidency website.
"President Jacob Zuma will be formalizing his relationship with his fiancee by having a private traditional ceremony this coming weekend," said Zuma's spokesman, Mac Maharaj.
The ceremony will take place in Nkandla in KwaZulu Natal province, Maharaj said.
Zuma is also married to Sizakele Zuma, Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma and Tobeka Madiba-Zuma. He was previously married to Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and to Kate Mantsho-Zuma who committed suicide in 2000.
Polygamy forms part of Zulu culture and is legal in South Africa, and Zuma, a Zulu traditionalist, has 21 children, according to the presidency website.
"President Jacob Zuma will be formalizing his relationship with his fiancee by having a private traditional ceremony this coming weekend," said Zuma's spokesman, Mac Maharaj.
The ceremony will take place in Nkandla in KwaZulu Natal province, Maharaj said.
Zuma is also married to Sizakele Zuma, Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma and Tobeka Madiba-Zuma. He was previously married to Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and to Kate Mantsho-Zuma who committed suicide in 2000.
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