Duduzile Zuma Sambudla Causes Stir With Picture of Cyril Ramaphosa, SA Amused: “This Is Dusting Me”

Duduzile Zuma Sambudla Causes Stir With Picture of Cyril Ramaphosa, SA Amused: “This Is Dusting Me”

  • Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla went online to post a picture of herself sharing a moment with President Cyril Ramaphosa
  • Zuma-Sambudla took to her official @DZumaSambudla X account to publicise the scenes, to a raucous response
  • Vocal social media users flooded the comments section to share their thoughts on the surprising turn of events
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla surprises with picture of herself and Cyril Ramaphosa
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla had online users doing a double-take after sharing a photo of herself and President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: Brenton Geach and Per-Anders Pettersson
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DURBAN — uMkhonto we Sizwe Party (MKP) Member of Parliament (MP) and National Assembly representative to the Pan-African Parliament, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, has again set tongues wagging.

Former president Jacob Zuma's daughter surprised her followers when she headed to social media to post a picture of herself sharing a surprising moment with President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Zuma Sambudla sets tongues wagging

Sambudla, a member of the Pan-African Parliament, is known for directing sharp jibes and criticism at the leader of the African National Congress (ANC).

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Taking to her @DZumaSambudla official X account, she captioned it:

"I am the daughter of President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma."

The photo showed Zuma-Sambudla and Ramaphosa laughing almost hysterically at what was likely a political event.

They appear to be holding hands as they cackle during an exchange. However, the vocal politician did not add further context to justify the occurrence.

Locals react to scenes

The post, published on Tuesday, 23 July 2024, naturally raised some eyebrows.

It attracted 297,000 views, 4400 likes, almost 500 and 600 reposts and responses, respectively.

Briefly News looks at some of the reactions.

@neilorpen wrote:

"Some things you want to whisper rather than shout."

@_LillyMM_ said:

"This picture is dusting me. I wonder what the conversation was all about?"

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Nhlamulo Ndhlela denies Zuma-Sambudla dating rumours

In related news, Briefly News reported that MK Party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela addressed allegations of romantic involvement with Dudu Zuma-Sambudla.

Rumours had surfaced from various sources within the party, suggesting a deeper connection between the two prominent figures, while Ndhlela categorically denied anything more than having a friendship with her.

Source: Briefly News

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Tshepiso Mametela Tshepiso Mametela is a seasoned journalist with eight years of experience writing for online and print publications. He is an evening/weekend editor at Briefly News. He was a general news reporter for The Herald, a senior sports contributor at Opera News SA, and a reporter for Caxton Local Media’s Bedfordview and Edenvale News and Joburg East Express community titles. He has attended media workshops, including the crime and court reporting one by the Wits Justice Project and Wits Centre for Journalism in 2024. He was a member of the Forum of Community Journalists (FCJ) from 2018 to 2020.