SA's President Jacob Zuma
has found himself in a new
Sxx scandal. The President
has allegedly fathered a child
with the daughter of one of
his friends. The news comes
shortly after his fifth
marriage this year. The
opposition has been quick to
accuse him "of undermining
his own government's safe
Sxx campaign, designed to
limit the spread of HIV and
AIDS."
Media outlets are awash with
reports that Zuma fathered a
baby girl with a 39-year-old
divorcee Sonona Khoza in
October last year. Sonono is
the daughter of Irvin Khoza,
a close friend of the
President and the chairman
of the organising committee
for the world cup. He is also
chairman of one of the
biggest teams in South Africa
(Orlando Pirates) and is
vice-president of the South
African Football Association.
However In 2006 Zuma was
trialed and acquitted of
raping a family friend who
was HIV positive. His claim
that he protected himself
from the virus by having a
shower after Sxx prompted
widespread ridicule and
outrage in South Africa.
According to news reports,
the Democratic Alliance leader
Helen Zille, has been quoted
as saying Zuma ’s conduct
was damaging to the struggle
against HIV and AIDS.
“ President Jacob Zuma’s
behavior directly contradicts
the government ’s campaign
against multiple sexual
partners, and the inherent
Aids risk in having
unprotected Sxx," Zille said
in a statement. "South Africa
now has a President who,
both through his words and
his actions, is doing similar
damage to that struggle".
Not only that president Zuma
is a polygamous man, Early
this year, he got married to
his fifth wife, Thobeka
Madiba, aged 37. He has also
engaged Gloria Bongi Ngema
from Durban. It is not known
if Zuma would tie the knot
with Ngema anytime soon.
Jacob Zuma’s other wives
include, Sizakele Khumalo,
who he married in 1973, and
Nompumelelo MaNtuli-Zuma,
who he married in 2007
during a traditional wedding
at his Nkandla home.
The president was legally
married to Kate Zuma who
died in 2000, Home Affairs
Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini
Zuma, was also married to
the ANC president but later
divorced in 1998.
January 24, 2010, 01:03:43 PM