{"id":9329,"date":"2012-04-21T09:49:46","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T09:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faceofmalawi.com\/?p=9329"},"modified":"2012-04-21T09:49:46","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T09:49:46","slug":"polygamous-jacob-zuma-marries-for-the-sixth-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/21\/polygamous-jacob-zuma-marries-for-the-sixth-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Polygamous Jacob Zuma marries for the sixth time"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa\u2019s polygamous President Jacob Zuma married his fourth current wife on Friday, the sixth time the 70-year-old has tied the knot.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Jacob Zuma has today, 20 April 2012, married Ms Bongi Ngema at a traditional ceremony known as umgcagco at his home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal,\u201d his office said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cA wedding reception will be held this evening, and tomorrow there will be the umabo, where the bride showers the groom\u2019s family with gifts.\u201d
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\nThe bridal party took part in a traditional Zulu celebratory dance after tying the knot in Zuma\u2019s rural home village.<\/p>\n

The couple have a seven-year-old son and the businesswoman and long-time fianc\u00e9 joins three other wives as one of four first ladies, the presidency said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new Mrs Zuma had already been part of the spousal office machinery in terms of administrative support so there will be no changes due to the wedding,\u201d said the statement.The wedding is Zuma\u2019s third in just over four years and the second since coming to power in 2009 as the country\u2019s first president with multiple wives, something that is legal under liberal post-apartheid laws.<\/p>\n

In all, he has married six times. One of his wives has died, and another \u2013 home affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma \u2013 divorced him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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