Sun 14 Jun, 2009
South African President’s Wives Fail to be Captivated by Jacob Zuma’s first State of the Nation Speech
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This picture is worth putting up without further comment, exactly as it appeared in South African newspapers along with a small snippet from an accompanying press article.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – 3 June 2009: President Jacob Zuma presents his State of the Nation Address at a joint sitting of the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces at Parliament. Pictured here are Zuma’s wives; Thobeka Mabhija, Nompumelelo Ntuli and Sizakele Khumalo. (Photo by Gallo Images)
“Polygamy is legally recognized in South Africa. The President appears to be a master at managing polygamous matrimony. All three Mrs Zumas attended the official inauguration of their husband as President in Pretoria on Saturday, May 9, 2009. On June 3 they all flew to Cape Town to listen as their husband delivered his first ever address to the nation.
While the speech was described as groundbreaking and the President was hailed as “a man of his word”, a significant portion of the rhetoric of a man who is more renowned for his “song and dance” appears to have been lost to the most important members of his audience.
Zuma has been married a total of five times. One of his former wives, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, is even a minister in his cabinet. A medical doctor by profession she was South Africa’s Minister of Health from 1994 to 1999, under President Mandela, then Minister of Foreign Affairs from June 1999 to May 10, 2009, under Presidents Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Motlanthe.
She was moved to the position of Minister of Home Affairs in the cabinet of her ex-husband on 10 May 2009.”
There are some posts on this blog which I really enjoy putting up, and others which I hate. But this particular one I simply love; it is so good that I fairly curl up with pleasure.