07 September,2010 09:32 AM IST | | Centerstage Team
There are reports that South African president Jacob Zuma is expecting his 22nd child. The Telegraph reported that his fianc ufffde Bongiwe Gloria Ngema is due to deliver early next year. This report came only a fortnight after the arrival of Zuma's 21st child who was born to the second of his current wives. CS gives you some dope on him:
>>u00a0Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma was born on April 12, 1942 in Nkandla, Zululand to a policeman and domestic worker
>>u00a0He joined the African National Congress in 1959. Zuma served 10 years imprisonment on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela.
>>u00a0Zuma is a polygamist and he has married five times. His first wife is Gertrude Sizakele Khumalo whom he met in 1959 and married in 1973. They have no kids.u00a0
>>u00a0His other wife is Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma with whom he has four children Msholozi, Gugulethu, Thuli (Nokuthula Nomaqhawe) and Thuthu (Thuthukile Xolile Nomonde). They divorced in June 1998.
>>u00a0Mozambique resident Kate Mantsho was his third wife. They had five children Mxolisi Saady, twins Duduzile and Duduzane, Phumzile and Vusi. Kate committed suicide onu00a0 December 8, 2000.
>>u00a0Zuma also had three children with Nompumelelo Ntuli, Thandisiwe, Sinqobile, and Manqoba Kholwani.
>>u00a0The South African president married Thobeka Stacie Madiba and has a child from her. She has another of Zuma's out of wedlock children living with her.
>>u00a0Zuma also has three children with other women.
