Jacob Zuma fourth wife, Gloria Bongekile Ngema biography
Gloria Bongekile Ngema, the fourth wife of the former South African president, Jacob Zuma, is the founder of an anti-diabetes awareness organization called Bongi Ngema-Zuma Foundation. She is a prominent business person in Durban. Her husband is a traditionalist who believes in polygamous marriage rather than having mistresses and pretending to be monogamous in public.
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How many wives does Jacob Zuma have? Gloria Bongekile's husband was married seven times. On his 70th birthday, he revealed that he was looking forward to taking Helen Zille, the Democratic Alliance party's white leader at that time, on a date. He has 23 children, and the government did not fund any of Zuma's marriage ceremonies or pay his wives' maintenance fees.
Gloria Bongekile Ngema profile summary
- Full name: Gloria Bongekile Ngema
- Date of birth: 1st January 1965
- Age: 56 years
- Career: Businessperson
- Nationality: South African
- Gloria Bongekile Ngema Instagram: bongingema_zuma.foundation
Gloria Bongekile Ngema biography
Gloria Bongekile Ngema date of birth is 1st January 1965. She was born in Umlazi, South Africa, in a family of six children. Her late parents' names are Pricilla and Abednego Ngema, and she has four sisters and two brothers. Gloria Bongekile Ngema age is 56 years. Her 50th birthday was in 2015.
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She went to a primary school in Umlazi, a high school in Inanda – Ohlange, and returned to Umlazi to study at Mangosuthu Technikon. She also has a Marketing Diploma and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration.
Gloria gained tremendous experience in accounting, finance, and investment because she worked in the insurance and banking sectors. Some of the companies she served include Standard Chartered, JIC Mining Services, Investment Bank, Deloitte & Touche, Merchant Bank, and IBM. Bongi relocated to Johannesburg in 1989.
Gloria Bongekile Ngema’s polygamous family
Zuma married his first wife, Gertrude Sizakele Khumalo, in 1973. He married Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in 1978 and divorced her in 1998. They gave birth to four children, Msholozi, Gugu, Thuli, and Thuthukile, and Dlamini.
Zuma's third wife, Kate Mantsho Zuma, committed suicide in 2000 and left a note stating that she lived "24 years of hell" in her marriage. She left behind five children; Saady, twins Duduzile and Duduzane, Phumzile, and Vusi.
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He married Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma, a hotel cleaner, but they separated in 2010 because of allegations that she was planning to poison him. She was sent out of her husband's Nkandla home in 2015.
Gloria Ngema wedding
Zuma married another wife, Tobeka Madiba, an assistant banker, in January 2010 and tied knots with Gloria Ngema on 20th April 2012. Zuma and Ngema's traditional Zulu wedding was held in Nkandla town.
Zuma's other three wives participated in the bridal party that followed after the wedding as per the traditions. Traditional wedding songs filled the event. Ngema resided in Pretoria and accompanied Zuma on official trips abroad like her cowives. Zuma wives traveled with him rotationally.
Gloria married the 70-year-old Zuma when she was 47 years. She stated that she willingly agreed to be his fourth wife. On the other hand, Zuma's seventh wife, Nonkanyiso Conco, married him in 2018 at 24 years of age.
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Coco, a director of the Pietermaritzburg-based Nomkhubulwane Culture and Youth Development organization, gave birth to a son for the 76-year-old Zuma at Busamed Hillcrest Hospital. Reports had it that she would visit Zuma's home in Nkandla from the time she was 19 years old.
Who are Gloria Bongekile Ngema children? She and Zuma have a son named Sinqumo Zuma. Gloria occupied one of the six double-story thatched huts in his multi-million-pound rural homestead built for his wives and children.
In 2009, he sired a baby girl out of wedlock with a Swazi princess, Sonono Khoza, the daughter of a senior football official named Irvin Khoza and the granddaughter of King Sobhuza II. He paid ten cows for her in 2002 but did not officially acknowledge the marriage. Zuma has acquitted rape charges against an HIV-positive woman in 2006. He has three children out of wedlock with a woman from Johannesburg.
Gloria Bongekile Ngema pictures
Gloria Ngema is a role model to women who are striving for excellence. She has received numerous awards and recognitions for helping the community fight diabetes. Here are some of her captivating photos:
1. Ngema at the 2019 presidential inauguration ceremony
She made a grand entrance at the City of Tshwane on Saturday, 25th May 2019. The theme of the inauguration was; Together celebrating 25 years of freedom: Renewal and Growth for a better South Africa. Ngema took pictures with Mangosuthu Buthelezi and more honorable people during the event.
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2. Ngema's 2014 honorary Doctorate
Shaw University, the oldest black university in the US, acknowledged Ngema's health care service to South Africa and the global population by awarding her an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. It also heralded as a health-care trailblazer, visionary, and global leader.
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3. Ngema's 2016 African Female Leader Award
She was elected the African Female Leader of the Year 2016. The African Leadership Awards are awarded to the best achievers, super-achievers, and future business leaders in Africa for steering their businesses through turbulent times.
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4. Ngema's 2018 SAWiSA award
She received one of the prestigious South African Women in Science Awards (SAWiSA), the Women Science Award, in 2018. The award profiles women scientists and researchers as role models for girls.
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Gloria Bongekile Ngema has offered many diabetic patients financial and medical assistance. Her peaceful marriage has changed stereotypes about polygamy. Women in polygamous marriages look up to her.
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