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Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma

Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma

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Nompumelelo 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]

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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.

Ban from compound

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 the Nkandla homestead.[2] She was detained by the State Security Agency, allegedly unlawfully, and was released later. Later investigations found no evidence of the poisoning or her role in it.[3] The exact circumstances of her detention are under investigation.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "All the president's women". 4 January 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Zuma's wife ousted over plot to poison him – report".
  3. [3]
    "No evidence Jacob Zuma was ever poisoned, MaNtuli will not be prosecuted - NPA". News24. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. [4]
    Mitchley, Alex. "Zuma's estranged wife MaNtuli allegedly detained unlawfully by SSA after poison plot". News24. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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