Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma

Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma
First Lady of South Africa
In role
9 May 2009 – 14 February 2018
Serving with Gertrude Sizakele Khumalo
President Jacob Zuma
Preceded by Mapula Motlanthe
Succeeded by Tshepo Motsepe
Personal details
Born Nompumeleo Ntuli Zuma
Political party African National Congress
Spouse(s) Jacob Zuma
Children 3

Nompumeleo Ntuli Zuma is the former First Lady of South Africa, and is the second current wife in a polygamous marriage with Jacob Zuma, the former President of South Africa.[1]

Biography

Zuma’s fourth marriage and second current wife, Nompumelelo Ntuli (MaNtuli) is the mother to three of his children, before she married him in 2008 at a traditional ceremony which received plenty of media attention in the run-up to Zuma’s bid for the presidency. She has three children: Manqoba Kholwani, Sinqobile, Thandisiwe.

Controversies

In 2015, it was alleged she was part of a plot to poison her husband, then-president Jacob Zuma. In result, she was banned from Nkandla homestead.[2]

References

  1. ↑ https://mg.co.za/article/2010-01-04-all-the-presidents-women
  2. ↑ https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Zumas-wife-ousted-over-plot-to-poison-him-report-20150222
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